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An Aboriginal Presence
We Are the Land
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We have not forgotten the land. In every
generation we have affirmed our claim to our ancestral lands.
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Darrell George dip netting salmon, Fraser
River near Lillooet, British Columbia, 1999, photograph by
Nicholette Prince
Canadian Museum of Civilization, S99-11492, CD2001-010-007
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We have an ancient bond with the land. Our bond
with the land is forged in knowledge.
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Scraping a moose hide for tanning, Ojibwa,
Lac Seul, Ontario, 1919, photograph by Frederick W. Waugh
Canadian Museum of Civilization, 45721, CD96-616-021
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Our bond with the land is forged in
centuries of work.
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William Styres and Mrs. Johnson using corn
mortar, Quebec, 1912, photograph by Frederick W. Waugh
Canadian Museum of Civilization, 17168, CD95-817-023
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Our bond with the land is forged in the
prayers, offerings and dances that hold our connections with
other living beings of the earth.
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Dancer
Collection of the Woodland Cultural Centre
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We speak of our bond with the land in the
things we make, in the memories of our Elders and in the voices
of our own experience.
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Mrs. Bomberry, 1912, photograph by Frederick W. Waugh
Showing last step in basket weaving before binding the edge, Grand River, Ontario
Canadian Museum of Civilization, 18818, CD95-823-020
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