Right relations, truth-telling, and reconciliation
As Living Skies Regional Council continues to live into a major restructuring, we are still working on how we will honour our commitments and responsibilities as Treaty People living on Indigenous and treaty lands in Saskatchewan. Please scroll down for news on events, resources, and action opportunities.
Honouring the Medicine Wheel at a national United Church Indigenous gathering.
Local work towards truth telling and right relationship continues, and includes:
Blanket Exercises; work with Office of the Treaty Commissioner; showing up for and supporting solidarity actions and advocacy with government when asked; support for restorative justice; video and book groups to spark further learning and education in our communities of faith; listening and learning circles with Indigenous leadership; work on naming, understanding, and challenging racism and White privilege.
The Regional work and its relationships are still in discernment. It will be rooted in the good work of the former All My Relations Network of SK Conference, and in conversations with the Indigenous church and other Indigenous partners, and non Indigenous people who want to be on the journey to right relationship and justice . Below is further information on some of the commitments and resources that will continue to guide and shape our journey.
Important background
The Apology of the United Church of Canada to Indigenous Peoples
Truth and Reconciliation Commission Calls to Action (these guide much of our work)
The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (this also guides much of our work)
Indigenous Ministries, United Church of Canada
Office of the Treaty Commissioner, SK
KAIROS Blanket Exercise
Commitments of the former All My Relations Network of Saskatchewan Conference
As an open, diverse and evolving community living into friendship, justice and reconciliation, we strive to acknowledge and overcome the separation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples, and to deepen our relations with all creation by:
being together in circles of respect, friendship and prayer
sharing stories
learning our shared history
challenging and encouraging people to support and create local initiatives for justice and good relations
moving forward in a good way.
News and events
SK report from Jubilee 2025: Turn Debt into Hope
Introduction A four-day grassroots convergence of activists, faith groups, Indigenous leaders, and civil-society partners was held at at Ambrose University in June 2025. Organized under the...
Call for daily prayer for wildfire impacts
The Power of Prayer: call for daily prayer for wildfire impacts. Keewatin Circle, the Indigenous United Church in Manitoba, invites you to pray with them for all communities in Canada regarding the...
Faith in action: 2025 federal election resources
As faith communities, and registered charities, we don’t promote or critique only one party. We address all of them, we focus on how their policies affect people and planet, and we expect...
Gratitude for our unmarked burials learning day
March 1 gathering on unmarked burials: gratitude for all who participated Many thanks to the 30 plus people from across SK and beyond who attended Our Sacred Obligations gathering on March 1, online...
Regional learning day, Unmarked Burials report
Our Sacred Responsibilities: learning from the Unmarked Burials report and challenging settler denial. All welcome to this day-long learning gathering, open to Indigenous and non-Indigenous people....
Planning for National Day of Truth and Reconciliation 2024
Honouring Orange Shirt Day/ National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, Monday September 30, 2024 “When you wear an orange shirt it’s like a little bit of justice for us Survivors in our lifetime,...
