Film screenings mark National Indigenous People's Day, at MOA on June 21
Several short films will honour the traditional, ancestral, and unceded Musqueam territory that the museum sits on
Richard Campbell.
Museum of Anthropology presents Indigenous People’s Day Film Screenings on June 21 from 10 am to 5 pm
IN HONOUR OF National Indigenous People’s Day (June 21), MOA is presenting a series of short films featuring work by Musqueam artists, cultural knowledge keepers, and community members.
Running on a continuous loop throughout the day, the films will honour the presence of the Musqueam and their stewardship since time immemorial of the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory that the museum is located on.
The series starts with “Musqueam Elder Larry Grant’s Welcome Message”, followed by “Musqueam Through Time”, a 2010 overview of Musqueam history, traditions, and contemporary community.
In “Writing the Land”, Larry Grant discusses his enrolment in the First Nations Languages Program at UBC to learn to speak hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓, which translates as “Red Fish Up the River”.
Artist Debra Sparrow’s mural series, Blanketing the City, is documented in “Weaving the Path”, the 2021 film also exploring her role in reviving Coast Salish weaving and its significance in Coast Salish communities.
Finally, the new “Reconciliation Pole: Bronze Disc Base”details the collaboration among Richard Campbell (Musqueam), 7idansuu James Hart (Haida), and Max Chickite (Lekwiltok), who have been working to create a monumental bronze disc for the base of Hart’s Reconciliation Pole. Campbell will be at MOA for a special Artist Talk on June 23.
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