Megan Kanerahtenha:wi Whyte
Kanyen’kehá:ka Yeráhstha’ | Yakorihonnyén:nis | Karahstánnyons Teyontatesnyé:nons Yonterihwayénhstha’
Mohawk First Nations Artist | Art Educator | Art Therapist-in-Training
Kanien’kehá:ka
“Tóhsa nonhwén:ton ayonkhi’nikonhrakwé:ni’ tsi káhsonh tsi ní:kon yakwaweyentéhtas ne aorí:wa ki ne’ kén:ton tsi yonkwatká:wenh ohén:ton yayonkwenonhátye’.
Yakoksà:tayen, yeráhstha’, yakorihonnyén:nis táhnon karahstánnyons yonhstáhkwa’ tayontatéhsnye’. Kahnawá:ke nityakawé:nonh.
Concordia Tsi Yontaterihonnyennitha’kowáhne Yeyonterihwayenhstá:nes ne Karahstánnyonhsnéha Teyontatehsnyé:nons ne na’ né:e’ iyénhre’ takonwanatétsyenhte’.
Ne ó:ni ratinekénhteron táhnon tsyonathonwí:sen teyontatehsnyé:nons néne Kahnawá:ke Ratiyà:tase Kentyóhkwa, ne Onkwehón:we Youth Ratiyà:tase Health Network táhnon ne Konnokwehón:we National Advisory Board yonhstáhkwa karahstánnyons akonwatiya’takénhna’.
Ne akorihwakwe’ní:yo, Skatne Ionkwatehiaróntie kayenawá:tshera ne youth taonsahontenhonterón:tahkwe’ ne onhwentsyá:ke, enhotitó:kenhse ne sexual health táhnon tsi niyonkwarihó:tens.
Ne akoyo’ténhsera ne Megan niyakotyerà:tha’ ayerahstánnyon’ ne ayeyenterí:tstahkwe’ skén:nen ní:yoht ratí:teron, konnonkwehonwehnéha táhnon ó:ni onhwentsyakékha, atenakera’tétshera táhnon yotewennó:te’.
English
“Let us never be betrayed into saying we have finished our education; because that would mean we had stopped growing”
Megan Kanerahtenha:wi Whyte is a young mother, artist, art educator, and art therapist candidate from the Kahnawake Mohawk First Nation community.
She is currently completing a MFA at Concordia University in Art Therapy, with focus on addressing multigenerational trauma and attachment through visual media.
Outside of her schooling, Megan is actively involved with the Kahnawake Youth Forum, the Native Youth Sexual Health Network and the Indigenous Young Women’s National Advisory Board providing an arts-based approach to social change.
Her main project, Skatne Ionkwatehiahrontie, is a youth program that aims to foster relationships to the land, explore sexual health and connect youth to cultural networks. Megan’s social work in these spaces also inspire her artistic development, having her art pieces reflect concepts of healthy relationships, indigenous ‘womanism’, as well as environmental, reproductive, and social justice.