Week 27 – Donate to Support Survivors and Families from Robertson, David A. 52 Ways to Reconcile: How to Walk with Indigenous Peoples on the Path to Healing

This week focuses on supporting Residential School Survivors and their families.

For many Survivors, sharing what happened at residential schools was never an option. Many carried deep feelings of shame, had little support, and did not feel safe speaking about their experiences. As a result, countless stories remained untold for generations….

Week 26 – Take Part in a Smudge and Learn about Sacred Medicines from Robertson, David A. 52 Ways to Reconcile: How to Walk with Indigenous Peoples on the Path to Healing

This week, we learn about the Four Sacred Medicines and the important role they play in many Indigenous cultures….

Week 25 – Celebrate National Indigenous People Day from Robertson, David A. 52 Ways to Reconcile: How to Walk with Indigenous Peoples on the Path to Healing

National Indigenous Peoples Day has been celebrated since 1996. It is a day to recognize and celebrate Indigenous Peoples, their cultures, communities, and the many contributions they have made and continue to make across this land….

Week 24 – Recognize Indigenous Innovation
From 52 Ways to Reconcile: How to Walk with Indigenous Peoples on the Path to Healing by David A. Robertson

This week invites us to look at the incredible innovation Indigenous Peoples have demonstrated for thousands of years, and how settlers arriving on this land dismissed Indigenous knowledge, laws, cultures, values, beliefs, medicine, and social structures. In doing so, settlers stripped Indigenous Peoples of their rights, their land, and their ways of life while claiming they had no rightful place on the land they had inhabited for generations….