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Aboriginal youth will celebrate their own representations of history Tuesday night for the annual showcase of Aboriginal Arts & Stories, now in its 10th year.
“It’s important because they’re the next generation,” says Brigitte d’Auzac, director of Historica Canada, which organizes the event. The charity focuses on promoting memory, citizenship and identity in Canada. “Give them a chance to hear their voice, to hear their stories.”
Participants range in age from 11 to 29 and are each asked to write a short story or submit art about a defining moment in aboriginal history. Two winners in each category are selected.
What’s struck d’Auzac over the years are the representations of dark times, from loss of culture, to representations of missing aboriginal women, to residential schools.
“We know what (residential school) was and that it was bad, but to actually see it in pictures and to actually read somebody talking about their grandparents going through it, then their mother going through it . . . and seeing the impact that that has done. . . . It does bring light to the history.”
She said the positive stories are also striking, and either way it means aboriginal youth can have a voice. She points to one of this year’s arts winners, Nicole Paul, for her piece, Keeper of the Voice, which focuses on the importance of preserving language.
This year Aboriginal Arts & Stories will be hosted by aboriginal actor Nathaniel Arcand at the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau.
The event is invitation only, but the work (and that of winners for the past 10 years) can be viewed at www.our-story.ca.
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“It’s important because they’re the next generation,” says Brigitte d’Auzac, director of Historica Canada, which organizes the event. The charity focuses on promoting memory, citizenship and identity in Canada. “Give them a chance to hear their voice, to hear their stories.”
Participants range in age from 11 to 29 and are each asked to write a short story or submit art about a defining moment in aboriginal history. Two winners in each category are selected.
What’s struck d’Auzac over the years are the representations of dark times, from loss of culture, to representations of missing aboriginal women, to residential schools.
“We know what (residential school) was and that it was bad, but to actually see it in pictures and to actually read somebody talking about their grandparents going through it, then their mother going through it . . . and seeing the impact that that has done. . . . It does bring light to the history.”
She said the positive stories are also striking, and either way it means aboriginal youth can have a voice. She points to one of this year’s arts winners, Nicole Paul, for her piece, Keeper of the Voice, which focuses on the importance of preserving language.
This year Aboriginal Arts & Stories will be hosted by aboriginal actor Nathaniel Arcand at the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau.
The event is invitation only, but the work (and that of winners for the past 10 years) can be viewed at www.our-story.ca.
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