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Talena atfield band Talena A. Atfield born January 14, is a retired Canadian bass guitarist and Indigenous persons historian of the University of Waterloo , best known as a former member of the heavy metal group Kittie. Atfield grew up in London, Ontario , the elder sister of two children. At age 14, she received her first guitar as a Christmas present from her parents, inspiring her to play music later on. She cites Bon Jovi as an influence, as her parents introduced her to their music at age nine.

Talena Atfield (Kanien&#;kehá:ka, Six Nations) is an assistant professor at the University of Waterloo in the department of History. She holds a Ph.D. in anthropology from the University of Toronto that she received in She is interested in the histories of collecting, retaining, and displaying Indigenous cultures in museums and galleries in North America as well as the regeneration of disrupted or fractured knowledges held in museum collections through community-based methodologies. She is especially interested in basket weaving, beadwork, tufting, quillwork, leatherwork, and regalia-making. 

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Atfield is an artist whose work has recently been accepted for exhibition in the Woodland Cultural Centre’s 48thannual juried art show. She is currently preparing an exhibition of her beadwork under an Ontario Arts Council grant in which she challenges ideologies of authenticity in Hodinohso:ni beadwork often referred to as “whimseys”.

Talena atfield wikipedia It follows the history of the Canadian heavy metal band Kittie , from their formation in and through their first six studio albums, from Spit to I've Failed You The film also includes interviews with the current, and most of the past, members of the band, interspersed with archival footage. The film was dedicated to the memory of bassist Trish Doan , who died prior to the film's completion in February In January , Kittie bassist Trish Doan reached out to Rob McCallum, asking if he would be interested in directing a documentary about the band. The documentary's rough cut, from July , lasted four hours long; by September , McCallum had reduced its length to two-and-a-half hours, removing parts which were repetitious.

She previously held the position of curator of eastern ethnology at the Canadian Museum of History for several years, where she co-curated the exhibit Peskotomuhkatiyik Skutik () with Peskotomuhkati communities in New Brunswick Canada and Maine USA. 

Dr. Atfield is currently working with a group of Hodinosho:ni scholars on a project called Ga̱̱hsrǫ:nih (To make something): The Frederick W.

Waugh Hodinohso:ni Collection. Ga̱̱hsrǫ:nih is a multi-disciplinary project aiming to reintegrate stories, photos, material culture, and archives collected by F.W. Waugh between and for the Geological Survey of Canada. The Ga̱̱hsrǫ:nih team has received a Canada Council for the Arts Long-Term Projects Grant in Creating, Knowing and Sharing: The Arts and Cultures of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Peoples. 

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“Hodinohso:ni Basket Weavers,” Indigenous Speakers Series, University of Waterloo, 20 January Available at: ?v=rR2ko0uowDw

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Talena atfield pictures Post a Comment. Seventeen-year-old guitarist Fallon Bowman is on the road in support of Spit , the hit debut album by her band, Kittie. But just as things are picking up substantial steam for the group, Bowman is looking to bail. I was heavily invested in the Industrial sound and listening to that kind of music, and that was not where everybody else was at. Being young and inexperienced, there was nothing to help me navigate that impasse at the time.

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University of Waterloo. (). Q and A with the experts: The role of Indigenous women in the preservation and transmission of traditional knowledge [press release]