March 16, 2021 Model of Micronesian Wa. Canoes are one of the oldest and still most widely used global Indigenous technologies. Their functionality and cultural significance allow them to be vessels for transportation, a positive foundation for building relationships, and a teaching and learning space. Canoes are also a strong cultural symbol with ties to Traditional Ecological Knowledge and environmental stewardship. “This exhibit is a representation of the ongoing relationship building and knowledge exchange between three Indigenous communities around Mnisota Makoce,” said Jacob Bernier, a Red River Métis descendant who grew up in St. Paul, a graduate student in Heritage Studies and Public History (HSPH) in the College of Design and is one of the exhibit’s two Indigenous student curators. “These are canoe communities. The focus on revitalizing canoe traditions and the continuance of these ways of knowing is important to future generations. These traditional ways were interrupted, and nearly lost, due to multiple assaults of colonization. As Mat Pendleton from the Lower Sioux Indian community says, the rivers were highways and byways for Indigenous people. Revitalizing these practices is central to identity.”