Louise Herne
Founding Member | Konon:kwe Council
Louise Herne (Wakerakatste), a Bear Clan Mother for the Mohawk Nation Council, is a founding member of Konon:kwe Council, a circle of Mohawk women working to reconstruct the power of their origins and the principal organizer and leader of Ohero:kon (“Under the Husk”), a traditional rite-of-passage ceremony for Mohawk youth. A former Spirit Aligned Legacy Leader, Louise has presented at the UN’s Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, lectures regularly at universities throughout North America on Haudenosaunee philosophies, and is the Distinguished Scholar in Indigenous Learning at McMaster University Institute for Innovation and Excellence in Teaching and Learning (MIIETL).
Panel Presentations:
Indigenous Forum – Women at the Center: A Call to Interdependence
March 28th | 3:00 pm to 4:15 pm
