We Are Renewable

Woodworth and Leduc discuss the relations between First Nations and Canada. They cite that while the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's concluding 2015 report urges Canadians to come "to terms with events of the past in a manner that overcomes conflict and establishes a respectful and healthy relationship," the symbols of the Grant Memorial symbolizes what it means to reconcile Indigenous-settler relations and their relationship with creation in times of climatic change. They also mention that what endangers people are long-held ideas and acts that reflect a turning away from respectful relations with each other, the land, waters and climate. People need to renew a dialogue with the ceremonies and images that are Indigenous to the places they live across Canada. Inspired by the Two Row Wampum, Great Law, and "two arrows bound together," the Brant Memorial is one special place for considering what it may mean to recover new peaceful ways of reconciling and renewing relations.