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Intactness/Fracture - Embodying Shard Knowledge

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Photograph of two women standing on a stone stage outside at night with a projected image of a pot with a yellow orange tint.

Santee Smith Pottery (credit: Artist Santee Smith/Photography Ian R. Maracle).

Santee Smith Gardiner Museum (credit: Artist Santee Smith/Photography Vladimir Kanic).

Recorded Lecture

October 28, 2022

12:25PM EST

Santee Smith/Tekaronhiáhkhwa

Santee Smith / Tekaronhiáhkhwa is a multidisciplinary artist from the Kahnyen’kehàka Nation, Six Nations. Premiering her inaugural work Kaha:wi in 2004, she then founded Kaha:wi Dance Theatre which has grown into an internationally renowned company. Her work speaks to Indigenous identity and continuance. Smith is the 19th Chancellor of McMaster University. 

www.kahawidance.org 

@kahawidance

@santeesmith

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