Barry Ace, Art + Law Indigenous Artist-in-Residence, will walk attendees through his exhibition in the SoCA Armouries Gallery during the World Indigenous Law Conference.
A welcoming PowWow and Haudenosaunee Social, free and open to the public, will be the opening event of the World Indigenous Law Conference, from noon to 10 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 18.
The conference, “Wawiiatanong Ziibi: Where the River Bends, the Application of Indigenous Laws in Indigenous Communities and in the Courts,” will continue through Nov. 21 on Windsor’s riverfront at the St. Clair Centre for the Arts.
Hosted by Windsor Law in partnership with Sunchild Law, it will bring together lawyers, judges, academics, knowledge keepers, policy experts, community leadership, community advocates, students, and all interested parties for conversation and discourse about the implementation of Indigenous Law in western contemporary legal systems, highlighting Indigenous Laws that already exist in Indigenous communities and Nations.
This is the fourth bi-annual global conference represented by the North on Turtle Island and held on the traditional territory of the Three Fires Confederacy which is comprised of the Ojibway, the Odawa, and the Potawatomi.
The Welcome Social on Sunday will include a touring Indigenous virtual reality project, invited drums, special giveaways, and a community feast. Find details of this and all the events on the agenda on the conference website.
—Rachelle Prince