{"id":17566,"date":"2017-06-14T16:27:23","date_gmt":"2017-06-14T20:27:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=17566"},"modified":"2017-06-14T16:27:23","modified_gmt":"2017-06-14T20:27:23","slug":"indigenous-people-have-led-the-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/indigenous-people-have-led-the-way\/","title":{"rendered":"Indigenous people have led the way"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With my family, I attended the first ever Powwow in Aurora on June 3.<br \/>\nWe heard again the story of European abuses of our native people, a history I only learned as an adult.<br \/>\nThe knowledge that children were taken from their families in attempts to destroy their culture while inflicting physical, emotional and psychic pain came as a shocking revelation to me.<br \/>\nThat this happened still in my lifetime was nearly impossible to believe.  I yearn to make amends. But how?<br \/>\nOnce again the grace, generosity and wisdom of our indigenous people has led the way.<br \/>\nBy holding this ancient ceremony of peaceful celebration of life, with song, music, dancing and feasting, in the middle of Aurora and inviting all of us \u201cothers\u201d to share with them, they teach us the beauty and maturity of their path.<br \/>\nThey extend their hands, though still with wounded hearts, that all our children may live together with respect and understanding.<br \/>\nI weep for the wrongs of the past but seeing my grandsons dancing joyfully with their indigenous cousins gives me hope for the future.<br \/>\nMy heartfelt thanks to the organisers of this event and to the Town of Aurora for making space for what I hope can become true reconciliation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kathie Caple and Family<br \/>\nAurora<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-facebook nolightbox\" data-provider=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers-online.com%2Fauroran%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F17566&#038;t=Indigenous%20people%20have%20led%20the%20way&#038;s=100&#038;p&#091;url&#093;=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers-online.com%2Fauroran%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F17566&#038;p&#091;images&#093;&#091;0&#093;=&#038;p&#091;title&#093;=Indigenous%20people%20have%20led%20the%20way\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Facebook\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/facebook.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-twitter nolightbox\" data-provider=\"twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers-online.com%2Fauroran%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F17566&#038;text=Like%3F\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"twitter\" title=\"Share on Twitter\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/twitter.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-mail nolightbox\" data-provider=\"mail\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share by email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Indigenous%20people%20have%20led%20the%20way&#038;body=Like%3F:%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers-online.com%2Fauroran%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F17566\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"mail\" title=\"Share by email\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/mail.png\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With my family, I attended the first ever Powwow in Aurora on June 3. 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