Release: Witness Blanket - Historic Monument to Residential School Survivors

The Witness Blanket is a large scale, wood based, art installation incorporating over 800 items connected to residential school experiences in Saskatchewan and across Canada. Each item tells a story reflecting the painful legacy of the residential school system. By bearing witness to this tragic pas...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: External Relations, University of Regina
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:English
Published: External Relations, University of Regina 2015
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Witness Blanket
Shauneen Pete
First Nations University of Canada
Blair Stonechild
Carey Newman
Canada
Blair
First Nations
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10294/6405
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Summary:The Witness Blanket is a large scale, wood based, art installation incorporating over 800 items connected to residential school experiences in Saskatchewan and across Canada. Each item tells a story reflecting the painful legacy of the residential school system. By bearing witness to this tragic past, the artist is hopeful that we will all gain strength by ensuring we honour those that went before us. Staff no

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