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For Dr. Kahente Horn-Miller<\/strong>, research is not something separate from life\u2014it is something lived, carried, and shared through story.<\/p>\n

An Indigenous scholar, educator, and longhouse knowledge keeper, Dr. Horn-Miller approaches research as a form of responsibility grounded in community, relationship, and lived experience. As Associate Vice-President of Indigenous Teaching, Learning and Research at 杏吧原创 University and a professor in the Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies, her work is redefining what research can look like\u2014and who it is for.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s my form of activism,\u201d she says. \u201cThrough education, through research, through storytelling.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

At the centre of her work is Indigenous storytelling\u2014not simply as a way of communicating knowledge, but as a rigorous and embodied research methodology. Her approach challenges conventional academic boundaries, insisting on care, interdependence, and self-authorship.<\/p>\n

Her current research builds on her doctoral work, Sky Woman\u2019s Great Granddaughters<\/em>, which explored identity among Kanien\u2019keh\u00e1:ka women from the Kahnaw\u00e0:ke Mohawk community. Through narrative inquiry, she examined how colonial systems\u2014from the Indian Act to broader political ideologies\u2014have shaped and constrained Indigenous identity, while also documenting how women reclaim identity through kinship, community, and Indigenous ways of knowing.<\/p>\n

A defining element of that work was her reimagining of the Sky Woman creation story. Rather than analyzing the story from a distance, Dr. Horn-Miller voiced it in the first person\u2014embodying Sky Woman as both an ancestral figure and a methodological intervention.<\/p>\n

What began as a research method has since evolved into a powerful solo performance piece presented in both academic and community spaces.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s not just about telling our stories,\u201d she explains. \u201cIt\u2019s about telling them our way, on our own terms.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

By speaking from within the story, her work dissolves the boundaries between theory, narrative, and self. In doing so, it opens new possibilities for research as something relational and lived, rather than detached and purely analytical.<\/p>\n

This emphasis on connection is central to her current thinking, particularly through the concept of \u201cresonance.\u201d Drawing on sociological theory while remaining grounded in Indigenous knowledge systems, Dr. Horn-Miller explores how modern life has distanced people from land, memory, and one another\u2014and how stories, ceremonies, and shared experiences can help restore those relationships.<\/p>\n

She is now extending this work through immersive technologies designed with the same ethic of care. Projects such as Wa\u2019\u00f6t\u0161i\u2019gwa:t\u00f3<\/em>, a 360-degree longhouse experience, and Tsi tewateriweiast\u00e1kwa<\/em>, a virtual reality Indigenous learning space, invite participants into story in multisensory ways.<\/p>\n

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\u201cFaculty who\u2019ve experienced them say things like, \u2018I felt it,\u2019\u201d she says. \u201cAnd just like with the Sky Woman story, that\u2019s the point.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

For Dr. Horn-Miller, these innovations are not about novelty, but about deepening connection\u2014using contemporary tools to support longstanding ways of knowing.<\/p>\n

That commitment is guided by the Haudenosaunee principle often described as thinking for the next seven generations. Whether in research, teaching, or leadership, she continually asks how today\u2019s decisions will shape the future.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI\u2019m always thinking: how will this benefit our children\u2019s children\u2019s children?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

This perspective also informs her work at the institutional level. From developing 杏吧原创\u2019s Collaborative Indigenous Learning Bundles to contributing to the university\u2019s Calls to Action, Dr. Horn-Miller works across disciplines to bring Indigenous knowledge into the academy on its own terms.<\/p>\n

At the same time, she engages directly with the challenges shaping contemporary conversations around Indigenous identity, belonging, and appropriation. Rather than avoiding difficult discussions, she creates space for dialogue grounded in practice and care. Initiatives like the Ojig\u00ecjowewin Legal Symposium bring together scholars and community members to explore how Indigenous legal traditions can guide real-world questions around conflict, governance, and belonging.<\/p>\n

Her work also extends into community-based research. A new mapping initiative at Kitigan Zibi will support Algonquin youth in documenting place names, stories, and ecological knowledge\u2014often in their own language.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThese tools aren\u2019t just maps,\u201d she says. \u201cThey\u2019re invitations for young people to ask their families, \u2018Can you tell me about this place?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

For Dr. Horn-Miller, this work is about more than preservation\u2014it is about continuity. By bringing together storytelling, technology, language, and land-based knowledge, her research connects generations and challenges conventional ideas of innovation.<\/p>\n

In doing so, she reminds us that some of the most forward-looking forms of research are rooted in the oldest relationships\u2014between people, land, language, and story.<\/p>\n

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