Tag: The Walrus Talks Aboriginal City (Edmonton 2015)

“We are not migratory. Our urban population is a permanent community and it’s growing fast”

“Can we build a city of extended families so that we are able to look after each other?”

“Change the patterns that guide behaviours and you will have changed not only minds but hearts”

“Let’s not lose another generation”

“You will never know a person until you know their story”

“We can only be connected when we understand that the soft power of love is much greater than the hard power of force”

Two versions of a treaty narrative

”We’ve been telling you for a long time that we’re here and you hold the power”

“Our gang-affiliated young Aboriginal men are metaphorically bleeding colonial legislation”