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SUMMARY:Decolonizing Ourselves: Residential School Tour and Our Future in Treaty
DESCRIPTION:Saturday 6 September 10:30AM-4:30PM MDT/ CST. Please join KAIROS Prairies North for a day that will include a tour of the former Blue Quills Indian Residential School building led by survivors/Elders\, lunch\, and learning about Treaty. All welcome! This in-person only event is within a reasonable drive of the Edmonton area to the west and the Battlefords area to the east. \nLocation: University nuhelot’įne thaiyots’į nistameyimâkanak Blue Quills https://maps.app.goo.gl/XSB36ayBQbZMbxKh7 \nThis gathering is hosted by the KAIROS Prairies North Decolonization Group with gratitude to our community partners\, in particular University nuhelot’įne thaiyots’į nistameyimâkanak Blue Quills and the United Church of Canada’s Reconciliation and Justice Fund. This gathering is free of charge\, including lunch. We do ask you to register\, please\, so we know numbers and can send you material. \nOptional free transportation (carpooling) from Edmonton will be offered and details will follow by email. \nRegistration: \nhttps://kairoscanada.org/event/decolonizing-ourselves-residential-school-tour-and-our-future-in-treaty
URL:https://livingskiesrc.ca/event/decolonizing-ourselves-residential-school-tour-and-our-future-in-treaty/
LOCATION:Blue Quills University\, AB\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Regional Events,Right Relations
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Regina:20240914T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Regina:20240914T173000
DTSTAMP:20260416T184821
CREATED:20240828T193226Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240910T204552Z
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SUMMARY:Decolonizing ourselves gathering: We all drink from the same river.
DESCRIPTION:Echo Valley Provincial Park near Fort Qu’Appelle SK\, Treaty 4 \nSaturday\, September 14\, 2024 from 1:00-5:30 PM\, plus optional additional times and locations for the commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the signing of Treaty 4. \nPlease join KAIROS Prairies North for a day of water teachings\, ceremony\, reflection\, and action commitments with Elders and knowledge keepers Elder Marjorie Beaucage; Holly Yuzicapi; Michelle Brass (invited)\, settler educator Jim Harding (invited).  Please click here for all details and free registration.  We invite you also to see this gathering as a chance to reflect on commitments mutually made in ceremony in Treaty 4.  Our gathering is taking place in the wider context of the commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the signing of Treaty Four. \nClick here for more Treaty 4 information.
URL:https://livingskiesrc.ca/event/decolonizing-ourselves-gathering-we-all-drink-from-the-same-river/
LOCATION:Echo Valley Provincial Park\, 8 km west of Fort Qu'Appelle\, Fort Qu'Appelle\, SK
CATEGORIES:Regional Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Regina:20220827T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Regina:20220827T183000
DTSTAMP:20260416T184821
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SUMMARY:Healing Haunted Histories land and community gathering
DESCRIPTION:Decolonizing Ourselves: Healing Haunted Histories gathering \nMuskeg Lake Cree Nation SK\, 27 August 2022\, 1:00PM- 5:00PM\, followed by community meal\, and optional overnight camping. \nCome for a day on the land\, exploring paths to decolonizing through landlines\, songlines\, and bloodlines.  Elders and knowledge keepers Harry and Germaine Lafond; and authors\, teachers and theologians Elaine Enns\, and Ched Myers will guide us. Overnight camping the evening of Aug 27 available. Info and registration here. More details will be sent following registration. \nLocation: Muskeg Lake Cree Nation\, maskêko sâkahikanihk\, approximately 5 hours’ drive from Edmonton\, 4 hours from Regina\, 1.5 hours from Saskatoon. \nCost: $50\, dinner included\, camping extra. Overnight camping option for the evening of 27 August until noon August 28. Indigenous registrants are invited to come as our guests. The fee is also waived for anyone unwaged/ low wage. \nA little work in advance: We invite you to get the book Healing Haunted Histories and read it. It can be ordered here: https://www.commonword.ca/ResourceView/82/23857 \nClick here for information on the organizers.
URL:https://livingskiesrc.ca/event/healing-haunted-histories-land-and-community-gathering/
LOCATION:Muskeg Lake Cree Nation\, https://goo.gl/maps/WhBFLTsERkdFPRLm7\, Saskatchewan\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Clusters and Networks,Intercultural,Regional Events,Right Relations
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Regina:20220505T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Regina:20220505T203000
DTSTAMP:20260416T184821
CREATED:20220420T154154Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220420T154312Z
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SUMMARY:Land acknowledgement workshop for faith and spiritual communities
DESCRIPTION:The Decolonization group of KAIROS Prairies North Region welcomes you to attend two online workshops May 3 and 5\, designed to help our communities develop or renew our land acknowledgement practices and commitments. (KAIROS Prairies North includes the United Church of Canada as a founding member.) REGISTER HERE: https://bit.ly/3jfkpQD \nLeadership: We are honoured to work with Dr Rose Roberts (PhD) and Dr Stryker Calvez (PhD)\, two Cree and Métis experts who have presented land acknowledgement workshops at the University of Saskatchewan for many years\, and created a series of short videos to help others develop and personalize their land acknowledgments to make them meaningful. \nMore details- and homework\nThis online series will invite us to reflect and act on the role and meaning of land acknowledgements in our personal lives as well as in our faith communities. We hope to connect with one another to consider our relationships with place\, land\, people and spirit\, and to learn how to make our land acknowledgments authentic and genuine. \nThe workshops will each be 1.5 hours. They will require your active participation as well as a personal commitment (2-3 hours) to learning and self-reflection prior to the first event. This is mandatory ‘homework’ that involves: \n\nWatch video series here: https://teaching.usask.ca/curriculum/indigenous_voices/land-acknowledgements/module.php\nSpend time outside in a quiet place to reflect.\nWrite your own land acknowledgment\n\n*Plan to spend 2 hours for the pre-work. The videos run ~1 hour. \nREGISTER HERE: https://bit.ly/3jfkpQD \n**Register early (before April 25th) to join a “Watch Party” on April 26th where we will watch the videos and discuss them as a group in preparation for Workshop #1. \nWe hope to see you there! \nKAIROS Prairies North Decolonization Working Group and the Treaty Land Sharing Network \n (Please note: Workshops will not be recorded) \n 
URL:https://livingskiesrc.ca/event/land-acknowledgement-workshop-for-faith-and-spiritual-communities/2022-05-05/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Events,Regional Events,Right Relations
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Regina:20220503T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Regina:20220503T203000
DTSTAMP:20260416T184822
CREATED:20220420T154154Z
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SUMMARY:Land acknowledgement workshop for faith and spiritual communities
DESCRIPTION:The Decolonization group of KAIROS Prairies North Region welcomes you to attend two online workshops May 3 and 5\, designed to help our communities develop or renew our land acknowledgement practices and commitments. (KAIROS Prairies North includes the United Church of Canada as a founding member.) REGISTER HERE: https://bit.ly/3jfkpQD \nLeadership: We are honoured to work with Dr Rose Roberts (PhD) and Dr Stryker Calvez (PhD)\, two Cree and Métis experts who have presented land acknowledgement workshops at the University of Saskatchewan for many years\, and created a series of short videos to help others develop and personalize their land acknowledgments to make them meaningful. \nMore details- and homework\nThis online series will invite us to reflect and act on the role and meaning of land acknowledgements in our personal lives as well as in our faith communities. We hope to connect with one another to consider our relationships with place\, land\, people and spirit\, and to learn how to make our land acknowledgments authentic and genuine. \nThe workshops will each be 1.5 hours. They will require your active participation as well as a personal commitment (2-3 hours) to learning and self-reflection prior to the first event. This is mandatory ‘homework’ that involves: \n\nWatch video series here: https://teaching.usask.ca/curriculum/indigenous_voices/land-acknowledgements/module.php\nSpend time outside in a quiet place to reflect.\nWrite your own land acknowledgment\n\n*Plan to spend 2 hours for the pre-work. The videos run ~1 hour. \nREGISTER HERE: https://bit.ly/3jfkpQD \n**Register early (before April 25th) to join a “Watch Party” on April 26th where we will watch the videos and discuss them as a group in preparation for Workshop #1. \nWe hope to see you there! \nKAIROS Prairies North Decolonization Working Group and the Treaty Land Sharing Network \n (Please note: Workshops will not be recorded) \n 
URL:https://livingskiesrc.ca/event/land-acknowledgement-workshop-for-faith-and-spiritual-communities/2022-05-03/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Events,Regional Events,Right Relations
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Regina:20211106T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Regina:20211106T143000
DTSTAMP:20260416T184822
CREATED:20210914T181436Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211025T182816Z
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SUMMARY:Treaty in SK: Exploring the book Treaty Elders of Saskatchewan together
DESCRIPTION:Save the Dates! \nOn  November 6 we will be hosting part two of a discussion of the important book\, Treaty Elders of Saskatchewan\, by Harold Cardinal and Walter Hildebrandt. For those who don’t have access to oral tradition\, including many settlers\, this book is the most accessible way to learn about the meaning of treaties from the Indigenous Elders who are the oral historians of treaty and the treaty relationship. Everyone who is interested in joining the conversation is welcome\, and no prior participation is necessary. \nJaved Sommers from KAIROS Prairies North will be guiding our exploration of the book. In the first Zoom session on Wednesday Oct 27 at 7:30pm\, we’ll focus on understanding the history of treaties. In the second session on Saturday Nov 6 at 1:00pm\, we’ll turn to the future of treaty relations. You can attend one or both! \nOptions for getting the book:  Your local library; order a copy through the Office of the Treaty Commissioner here; Turning the Tide bookstore in Saskatoon \nLink for November 2:\nhttps://uregina-ca.zoom.us/j/97025480155?pwd=ZFR4dWtFaURJaUNLMmlUV1gwaE1xdz09 \nMeeting ID: 970 2548 0155\nPasscode: 749172\nFind your local number: https://uregina-ca.zoom.us/u/aJVBrqleK
URL:https://livingskiesrc.ca/event/treaty-in-sk-exploring-the-book-treaty-elders-of-saskatchewan-together/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Events,Regional Events,Right Relations
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Regina:20211027T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Regina:20211027T210000
DTSTAMP:20260416T184822
CREATED:20210914T175814Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211025T181257Z
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SUMMARY:Treaty in SK: exploring Treaty Elders of Saskatchewan together
DESCRIPTION:Save the dates! \nOn October 27 and November 6 we will be hosting a discussion of the important book\, Treaty Elders of Saskatchewan\, by Harold Cardinal and Walter Hildebrandt. For those who don’t have access to oral tradition\, including many settlers\, this book is the most accessible way to learn about the meaning of treaties from the Indigenous Elders who are the oral historians of treaty and the treaty relationship. Everyone who is interested in joining the conversation is welcome\, and no prior participation is necessary. \nJaved Sommers from KAIROS Prairies North will be guiding our exploration of the book. In the first Zoom session on Wednesday Oct 27 at 7:30pm\, we’ll focus on understanding the history of treaties. In the second session on Saturday Nov 6 at 1:00pm\, we’ll turn to the future of treaty relations. You can attend one or both! \nOptions for getting the book:  Your local library; order a copy through the Office of the Treaty Commissioner here; Turning the Tide bookstore in Saskatoon \nLink for October 27: \nhttps://uregina-ca.zoom.us/j/99867756264?pwd=YUNYSHZkQUVwWTFtMU45M0t4Sld2Zz09 \nMeeting ID: 998 6775 6264\nPasscode: 855660\nFind your local number: https://uregina-ca.zoom.us/u/adcG84h7b
URL:https://livingskiesrc.ca/event/treaty-in-sk-exploring-treaty-elders-of-saskatchewan-together/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Events,Regional Events,Right Relations
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Regina:20210316T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Regina:20210316T200000
DTSTAMP:20260416T184822
CREATED:20210304T015020Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210304T015020Z
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SUMMARY:Bill C-15: Step forward or step back?
DESCRIPTION:Bill C-15: Step Forward or Step Back? Tuesday March 16 2021\, 6:00PM in AB/ SK. Join us for diverse Indigenous perspectives on the federal bill to implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Speakers: Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond (Aki-kwe); Sylvia McAdam (Saysewahum); Brenda Gunn; and moderator Maureen Johns (Goes with Eagle Woman). \nAll welcome!\nOrganized by KAIROS Prairies North. Register here: The Zoom link will be sent automatically\, so please check your spam folder. Click here for the Facebook event. \nClick here for the PDF poster\nClick here for the JPG poster (photo)
URL:https://livingskiesrc.ca/event/bill-c-15-step-forward-or-step-back/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Events,Intercultural,Regional Events,Right Relations
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