Tag Archives: First Nations

Last Year This Year Next Year

Audio Recordings, Nature / tagged , , , , / / by
The thing about the calendars we use is that they have a hard place to start and stop It has been many moons since everything just rolled along

“Percept: Two Identities” Bronze sculpture by Debbie Gessner representing the phases of the moon and of life. The bronze looked at from one side shows a native man with the sun on his shoulder. The reverse side shows a man with the phases of the moon going through his hands as a necklace with each bead a different phase.

Qu’appelle and ESL

Audio Recordings, Remembering / tagged , , , , / / by
(Cree - Kah-tep-was "The River That Calls") They come today from countries far away to learn this country's names for river, lake and tree There was a time the natives of this land sat in these same desks in de-braided fear learning to forget them

This poem references the experience of First Nations children who were systematically stripped of their culture and language in Canada’s residential schools. September 30th is set aside in the spirit of Truth and Reconciliation and marked by the wearing of orange shirts in memory of one young girl’s experience.

Phyllis’ Story

https://www.techlifetoday.ca/articles/2020/why-we-wear-orange-on-orange-shirt-day-nait