Prud'homme-Cranford, RainPurcell, Kaitlyn2024-02-292024-02-292024-02-05Purcell, K. (2024). łuk’é náte (A Child Called Dream) (Doctoral thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca.https://hdl.handle.net/1880/118206https://doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/43050łuk’é náte (A Child Called Dream) is a work of research-creation that moves between autobiographical accounts of my childhood and my life in university over the last thirteen years. I reflect on the process and publication of my first book, ʔbédayine, as well as the grief of losing my sister Lorrie, the intergenerational traumas passed down from my mother, and the creative research practices I have embraced over all these years. Through my doctoral studies and the writing of this thesis, I found ways to heal myself and embrace the parts of my way of thinking and being that I had been ashamed of. My mind riddled with attention and trauma disorders. My mind which struggles to communicate verbally as well as I can write. My mind tangled by a lifetime living in fear as a result of intergenerational violence passed down by the residential and day school systems. Through my intuitive research-creation practices as an urban Dënë Sųłınë́ person, I write my childhood memoir while exploring my lineage of thought from both Indigenous and non-Indigenous scholars, poets, and artists, such as Rob Cardinal, Kablusiak, CAConrad, Anne Boyer, and Marilyn Dumont. The critical exegesis is woven into the creative elements, and the creative is woven into the critical. It is a genre-bending work of research-creation, storyweaving and intuition as theoretical practice. It is a carefully curated amalgamation of poetry, story, personal archival material, photos, and art. I storyweave my childhood with reflections on my journey becoming sober and becoming an academic—and that which induced moments of either a regressed or reclaimed sense of self and autonomy. This creative process becomes instrumental in my ability to transform trauma cycles, and use art for restorative grieving, clowning, and holistic self-acceptance.enUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.Research-CreationIndigenous StudiesTurtle Island LiteratureHermeneuticsDreamworkStoryweavingDene SulineCreative Non-FictionMemoirCut-up WritingGriefDreamsRecoveryLiterature--Canadian (English)Literature--EnglishNative American StudiesPhilosophyEducation--Artdoctoral thesis