Beyond Land Acknowledgements
A compassionate community of free religious thought, inviting all people to rest, grow, and serve the world.
Reconciliation Soup & Speaker Series
Interested in learning more, and engaging in activities to encourage reconciliation? Curious about earlier and current Indigenous inhabitants of Treaty Six territories, what wisdom has been passed down? Wondering how (re-)connecting to each other and our Indigenous neighbours helps us on the path to truth and reconciliation?
This continuation of our speaker series adds an opportunity to join us on a Friday evening for soup & bannock, stories and conversation. Please pass the word and reserve your spot(s).
Two Spirit Identities: Sept 20, 2024
Sissy Thiessen Kootenayoo will present an inclusion-based information session on gender and sexually diverse Indigenous folks, on historical info, how Two Spirited Indigenous peoples were at the forefront of their communities before colonization, and how that’s changed. Traditional roles historically and currently will be addressed, as well as the importance of inclusion and acceptance.
Sissy Thiessen (TH-EE-SEN) Kootenayoo (KOOH-TEN AY-YO) is a Treaty 6 Nakota (NAH-KO-TAH) Sioux (SOO) Cree & German Indigenous cultural educator, Powwow dancer, emcee, journalist and performing artist whose family is from Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation and Steinbach, Manitoba. They were the first Indigenous and female-presenting person to host the New Years Eve celebration at Churchill Square in 2022 and their teachings have been offered all over Turtle Island, including: New York, San Francisco, Montana, Edmonton Folk Fest and more!
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