<div dir="ltr">Thank you Allan, very touching! Seems no end to this disturbing history of colonialism, this story and 100 years ago what happened in Tulsa, Oklahoma. <div><br></div><div>Peace and Solidarity!</div><div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><font size="2">Greg</font></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jun 3, 2021 at 3:28 PM Allan Baker via craic <<a href="mailto:craic@lists.integralshift.ca">craic@lists.integralshift.ca</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word">Friends;<div><br></div><div>Here’s a statement from the national website of the United Church of Canada:</div><div><br></div><div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-bottom:20px;text-align:center;color:rgb(66,66,66);font-family:"Open Sans","Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div style="box-sizing:border-box;overflow:hidden"><div style="box-sizing:border-box"><div style="box-sizing:border-box"><div style="box-sizing:border-box"><div style="box-sizing:border-box"><img width="360" height="480" alt="Rocks on the ground in the shape of the number 215" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px none; vertical-align: middle; max-width: 100%; border-top-left-radius: 5px; border-top-right-radius: 5px; border-bottom-right-radius: 5px; border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" id="gmail-m_5133587184108253474A59DA3B-4575-4073-A7C2-8B15D97085F4" src="cid:179d3853890dc7c985d1"></div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:14px">Rocks gathered to honour the 215 children found in a mass grave at Kamloops Residential School. Tobacco was offered for each child.</div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:12px;font-style:italic;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgb(0,0,0)">Credit: Russel Burns</div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(66,66,66);font-family:"Open Sans","Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div style="box-sizing:border-box"><div style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:13px;color:rgb(96,96,96);margin-bottom:5px">Published On: May 31, 2021</div></div></div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(66,66,66);font-family:"Open Sans","Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 15px"><em style="box-sizing:border-box">This message comes from Indigenous Ministries and Justice at The United Church of Canada. </em></div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 15px"><em style="box-sizing:border-box">If you are a residential school or intergenerational survivor and this content is upsetting, please call the National Indian Residential School Crisis Line at 1-866-925-4419.</em></div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 15px">As news came on May 28, 2021, that the remains of 215 children were found in a mass unmarked grave on the grounds of the former Kamloops Residential School, we entered into a time of mourning for these relatives, their families, and their communities.</div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 15px">Gatherings were held around sacred fires across the country. Prayers were sung and spoken. Church bells were rung. Orange ribbons were tied on branches and fences. Shoes were laid out on the steps of churches and government buildings. Candles were lit and flags were lowered as a sign of respect.</div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 15px">Three generations of the Burns family (Russel, Charlene, Russelle, Jacob, and Jenny) travelled into the Rocky Mountains to make a tobacco offering for each and every one of these 215 children. Russelle offered this reflection:</div><blockquote style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:1em 3em;font-size:1.1em;font-style:italic;line-height:1.5;color:rgb(85,85,85);border-left-width:4px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(221,221,221);padding:9px 18px"><div style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 15px">My heart has been heavy since hearing about Kamloops. It was an absolute BLESSING to be with Nikâwiy ewka Nohtâwiy [Mother and Father] this weekend.… Nohtâwiy didn’t do one offering for the 215 children found; instead he took the time to offer tobacco for every single one of them. My prayers were for the Mosoms, Kokoms, and Chapans [Grandfathers, Grandmothers, and Great-Grandparents] those little souls never got to grow up to be.… I know they’re happy today, dancing and enjoying all the prayers being sent! Jenny and me PROUDLY wore our orange shirts today.</div></blockquote><div style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 15px">Indigenous Ministries asks all of the church to continue in this time of mourning and of support for each other as we grieve this loss, and others that we do not yet know about.</div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 15px">You can show this by doing any of the actions named above. You can use one or both of the <a href="https://united-church.ca/news/kamloops-residential-school-time-mourning-and-support#downloads" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(217,35,15);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">prayers</a>created by Indigenous Ministries Executive Minister Murray Pruden and Moderator Richard Bott. You can support those organizations in your community, such as Friendship Centres, that support Indigenous people who live with trauma every day.</div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 15px">We understand the desire to do “something” that will make this right. But we ask you, right now, to come together as people of the United Church and take the first step of mourning and remembering.</div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 15px"><br></div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 15px">AND, here’s a photo from Kingston Road and Galloway here in Scarborough:</div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 15px"><img height="480" width="640" id="gmail-m_513358718410825347064B4BF8-F8A8-4A74-B5D5-1FEBE2AF97B0" src="cid:179d38538902d1256d92"></div></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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