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Apr 18, 2018 · 10 pieces of art to help you engage with truth and reconciliation. First Stories - Two Spirited (Sharon A. Desjarlais, 2007) "This film makes me smile every time I watch it. It has a message of ...
Sep 30, 2021 · Today is Orange Shirt Day and National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.Orange Shirt Day was inspired by the story of Phyllis Webstad whose brand new orange shirt was taken away by residential school authorities and honours and was created to raise awareness about Canada’s history of residential schools.[adinserter block="4"][adinserter block="15"]National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, a ...
Jul 10, 2021 · The Art of Reconciliation follows eight local First Nations people as they are each paired with an artist to tell their stories and experiences of reconciliation through the creation of portraits. The portraits were then exhibited, along with a screening of the documentary, during Reconciliation Week 2021, before embarking on a 12-month tour of South Australian galleries.
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- The Ballad of Crowfoot by Willie Dunn
- In My Own Moccasins: A Memoir of Resilience by Helen Knott
- Sick and Tired, Iini Sookumapi and Aggressive Assimilation by Adrian Stimson
Willie Dunn's 1968 National Film Board short film The Ballad of Crowfoot, often called Canada's first music video, remains one of the most powerful and moving films I've ever seen. Comprised of archival imagery and contemporary newspaper clippings set to Dunn's incantatory song named for the 19th century Siksika Chief who negotiated Treaty 7 on beh...
I read Helen Knott's incredible, life-changing book In My Own Moccasins: A Memoir of Resiliencetwice — once before I realized I was an addict, and once after. I think that first reading helped me get to the point of realization that sparked the second reading. This book is that powerful. Her story begins with her in a state of withdrawal, as she tr...
I am a member of the Siksika Nation in southern Alberta whose art looks at numerous issues around residential schools and the history of genocide, given that I have attended two and been affiliated with four overall. My works often evoke melancholy, whimsy, cultural fragility and resilience. In Sick and Tired(2005), I created an installation that b...
The Art of Reconciliation follows eight local First Nations people as they are each paired with an artist to tell their stories and experiences of reconciliation through the creation of portraits. The portraits were then exhibited, along with a screening of the documentary, during Reconciliation Week 2021, before embarking on a 12-month tour of South Australian galleries.
The Art of Reconciliation was produced in collaboration with the City of Port Adelaide Enfield and City Of Charles Sturt by C44 and crewed by First Nations interns as part of the South Australian Film Corporation’s First Nations Screen Strategy 2020-2025.
