Beyond Land Acknowledgements
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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 Sunday evening for soup & bannock, stories and conversation. Please pass the word and reserve your spot(s).
Speakers: Luke Wonneck & Brenda Bohmer
SAVE THE DATE: Sunday March 16 2025
Time: 6:00 to 8 pm -Doors open at 5:30 pm
The Treaty Land Sharing Network (TLSN) is a group of rural landholders and Indigenous people who are working to make land accessible and safe for Indigenous people to practice their way of life on the prairies. Brenda and Luke are both members of the TLSN Coordinating Committee, and will share about how TLSN came to be, how it works, and what it’s been like to share land through the network.
Luke Wonneck
Luke Wonneck is a settler with ancestors from Germany, Scotland, Ireland, France, and Iceland. Like many of these ancestors, he loves growing food and hopes to one day make a living as a farmer. For now, he is doing his PhD on how Indigenous access to land in the prairies has changed over the past century.
Brenda Bohmer
I am a third-generation farmer living in Treaty 6 Territory near Bawlf, Alberta (in Camrose County). My grandparents emigrated from Norway starting in 1905 and I feel grateful to be growing food and crops on the same lands that I grew up on.
Being a member of the Treaty Land Sharing Network aligns with my intentions to connect, to learn, and to share in meaningful ways as we practice being Treaty people here on the prairies. -Brenda Bohmer
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Contact us: reconciliation@westwoodunitarian.ca
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