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Carleton Expert Available: Indigenous History Month

Published on June 4, 2019

June is Indigenous History Month and a Carleton expert is available to comment.

John Kelly
Adjunct Professor, School of Journalism and Communication

EmailJohn.Kelly@carleton.ca

Kelly serves as a co-director of Carleton University’s Centre for Indigenous Research, Culture, Language and Education (CIRCLE) and is a member of Carleton’s Indigenous Education Council. He co-authored the Encyclopedia of Native American Music of North America with Elaine Keillor and Timothy Archambault.

Kelly has worked with Indigenous language and cultural revitalization and preservation programs since 1992. He developed unique electronic recording and editing systems for creating language resources and trained community members throughout the Northwest to use these systems to record their elders. Kelly is one of 15 Indigenous experts designated by Canadian Heritage as a leading language and culture authority.

Kelly is also available to discuss the release of the final report from the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.

 

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