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Keith Goulet Interview – From a northern trap line to the provincial cabinet – lessons learned

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At age 73 Metis-Cree elder Keith Goulet obtained a doctorate in history from the University of Regina with the thesis Land and Colonization: A Nehinew (Cree) Perspective. This capped a career as a teacher, Cree language consultant, community college principal and politician. Dr. Goulet was the first aboriginal cabinet minister in Saskatchewan. In this, the first of two interviews, we explore the history and application of the Doctrine of Discovery as espoused by the 15th Century Roman Catholic Church. We also investigate Dr. Goulet’s family roots that contributed to the political movement of Metis, and we explore humanism within the aboriginal context.

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  • Lloyd Robertson

    Lloyd Hawkeye Robertson is an Adjunct Professor of Psychology at the University of Regina. His main professional interest has been on the evolution and structure of the self.   He has also published on the psychological impacts of Indian residential schools, the use of a community development process to combat youth suicide, the construction of the (North American) aboriginal self, the concept of free will in psychotherapy, and male stigma as it affects men’s identity.  He is currently President of the New Enlightenment Project: A Canadian Humanist Initiative.

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