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We Are the Land

Fishing - S99-11492 - CD2001-010-007 We have not forgotten the land. In every generation we have affirmed our claim to our ancestral lands.

Darrell George dip netting salmon, Fraser River near Lillooet, British Columbia, 1999, photograph by Nicholette Prince
Canadian Museum of Civilization, S99-11492, CD2001-010-007



We have an ancient bond with the land. Our bond with the land is forged in knowledge. Scraping a moose hide - 45721 - CD96-616-021

Scraping a moose hide for tanning, Ojibwa, Lac Seul, Ontario, 1919, photograph by Frederick W. Waugh
Canadian Museum of Civilization, 45721, CD96-616-021



Using a corn mortar - 17168 - CD95-817-023 Our bond with the land is forged in centuries of work.

William Styres and Mrs. Johnson using corn mortar, Quebec, 1912, photograph by Frederick W. Waugh
Canadian Museum of Civilization, 17168, CD95-817-023



Our bond with the land is forged in the prayers, offerings and dances that hold our connections with other living beings of the earth. Dancing - Courtesy of Woodland Cultural Centre

Dancer
Collection of the Woodland Cultural Centre



Basket weaving  - 18818 - CD95-823-020 We speak of our bond with the land in the things we make, in the memories of our Elders and in the voices of our own experience.

Mrs. Bomberry, 1912, photograph by Frederick W. Waugh
Showing last step in basket weaving before binding the edge, Grand River, Ontario
Canadian Museum of Civilization, 18818, CD95-823-020

 
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