Mckelvey Kelly, PhD, MA, BA (Hons)

Area of Study / Keywords

Indigenous North America Community Engagement Women and Gender Ethnohistory Settler Colonialism

About

I am a historian of Indigenous and North American history and have been teaching for five years. My approach to teaching is inspired by circular pedagogy and decolonization, which means we focus on creating an inclusive and interactive classroom. I originally joined the University of Alberta as a SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of History, Classics, and Religion, and now as a member of the Academic Teaching Staff.

My research focuses on community-engagement with the Wendat/Wandat Nations of North America with a particular interest in settler colonialism, removal, and the experiences of Indigenous women. My current book project, Landscapes of Love: Wandat Women, Removal, and Community (Re)Building, investigates how Wandat women sustained their community during forced removals and fought for their identities, families, lands, and rights in the making of America in the nineteenth century. This is a collaborative research project with an Advisory Council of six Wandat women who are Chiefs and Faith Keepers across the dispersed Wendat/Wandat Confederacy.

HIST 260 - Pre-Confederation Canada

HIST 261 - Post-Confederation Canada

HIST 368 - Histories of Indigenous Peoples and Kanata until 1870

Examines selected themes of the histories of Indigenous Peoples in what is now known as Canada (or Kanata, a word in Iroquoian meaning village or settlement) from Time Immemorial until 1870.

HIST 369 - Histories of Indigenous Peoples and Kanata after 1870

Examines selected themes of the histories of Indigenous Peoples in what is now known as Canada (or Kanata, a word in Iroquoian meaning village or settlement) after 1870.

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