🔲 as an artist -the biggest support has been connecting w so many international artists. people from around the world with their own land based impact stories to tell i continue to acknowledge my ancestors along with our present and future generations - where we collectively evolve through art, language, and culture and that without doing so - much of our land based histories would be lost this piece was created in 2025 to acknowledge sept 30th which is the National day for Truth and Reconciliation #TRC i think about what the TRC means to me as a northern First Nation member: my bear clan mother as a residential school survivor, for me as a sixties scoop survivor, and my twin sister as a Missing Murdered Indigenous Woman #MMIW i encourage all to keep sharing, stay strong, and connected with a kind and open heart ᑭᐢᑌᔨᐦᑖᑯᓯᐏᐣ ᐅᐸᐢᐲᐘᐠ kistêyihtâkosiwin opaspîwak “honour the survivors” ~ 🔺🔺🔺 learn more here: Confronting Genocide in Canada: The Canadian Museum for Human Rights recognizes that the colonial experience in Canada, from first contact to the present, constitutes genocide against Indigenous peoples. The Indian residential school system was one key component of this genocide humanrights.ca/news/confront… The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation - is a place of learning and dialogue where the truths of the residential school experience will be honoured and kept safe for future generations nctr.ca/ #IndigenousFuturism #NotYourStereotype