{"id":23476,"date":"2019-04-04T19:56:25","date_gmt":"2019-04-04T23:56:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=23476"},"modified":"2019-04-04T19:56:35","modified_gmt":"2019-04-04T23:56:35","slug":"reader-impressed-by-sacred-canoe-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/reader-impressed-by-sacred-canoe-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Reader impressed by \u201cSacred Canoe\u201d project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

(Re: Peaceful portage departs on path towards Truth & Reconciliation, March 28)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Sacred Canoe is a beautiful example\nof how history can be brought to life as a tool for education and inspiration.\nThe power of art, theatre and music crosses all cultures and speaks to who we\nare as human beings and the connection we have to each other.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This article by Brock Weir, editor of The\nAuroran, tells an important story in Canadian history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The indigenous people lived in this land\nand they had a deep spiritual connection to the land and they respected nature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Their family structure was very important\nto them and each family member had roles to play in the community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Indigenous people had a functional\nsocial structure. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brock Weir notes that there were three\nparts of the play and each part told the audience a story of the indigenous\npeople in Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first part of the play highlights the\nearly relationships between settlers and the native people, where they worked\ntogether in harmony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The second part of the play illustrates\nthe colonization of the Native people and the Indian Act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lastly, the third act highlights the\nResidential School system and the impact it had on the indigenous communities\nand their children.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The play involved quite a few students\nfrom Sacred Heart Catholic High School. \nThere was dancing, singing and acting done by the students.  The sets and the canoe were painted by the\nstudents.  There were also costumes made\nup by the students and the outfits did not exceed the cost of one hundred\ndollars. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Integral in the performance aspect of The\nSacred Canoe were Aurora teacher Dawn Ellis-Mobbs, Department Head of Arts at\nSacred Heart, and Newmarket Musician Glenn Marais.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the end of the play everyone in the\naudience walked away with a deep feeling. \nThe play was very powerful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, if our society today is to reach\na goal of truth and reconciliation, knowledge and awareness of these facts in\nour Canadian history are important and necessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jim Jackson
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(Re: Peaceful portage departs on path towards Truth & Reconciliation, March 28) \u201cThe Sacred Canoe is a beautiful example of how history can be brought to life as a tool for education and inspiration. The power of art, theatre and music crosses all cultures and speaks to who we are as human beings and the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-letters-opinion"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3D2k4-66E","publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-23 11:01:02","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23476"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23476\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}