Cultural Experience Series at the SRC
Grand
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Grand
Theft
Firma
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a cedar
rose
Stories
of (Re)Conciliation
Wednesday,
February
8th
The University of the Fraser Valley Theatre Department is proud t
presentation devised by Theatre Students and community memb
Stó:lō Nation - Stó:lō Research and Resource Management Centre
Grand Theft Terra Firma explores how S’ólh Téméxw — the tradit
Indigenous and settler ancestry. Responding to the 150 anniver
4:00pm - 5:30pm
UFV Theatre Performance
report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, this performa
SRRMC
Building
#10
April 20-23, 2017 • 7:30pm-9:00pm
asks challenging questions about the ongoing legacies of coloniza
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people—was colonized in the 1850s and 1860s and asks how tha
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Coqualeetza Educational Longhouse
You are invited
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the Chilliwack
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Learn to make a cedar rose
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family
to enjoy.
stories about what
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settler
ancestry.
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will
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Vedder
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BC personal
reconciliation. this
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where people a
the final report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission,
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[email protected]
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to learn and
the
personal relationships
people have with the issue. Change begins
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how reconciliation
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cultural
art information.
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Grand Theft Terra Firma runs April 6–9, 2017 at The Reach Galler
yourself
to take
home
and runs
enjoy. April 6–9 at The
Grand
Theft
Terra
Firma
Reach Gallery in Abbotsford
the Stó:lō Resource Centre in Chilliwack.
Learn
localatweaver
and artisan, Longhouse in Chilliwack.
andfrom
Aprilreknowned
20–23, 2017
the Coqualeetza
To reserve tickets, call 604 795 2814 or contact [email protected]. T
Frieda George, Teqwotenot.
To reserve tickets, call 604 795 2814 or
This is a free cultural
experience
for the whole
contact
[email protected].
Tickets by donation.
familyEmail:
to enjoy.
[email protected] for more information
Light refreshments will be available.
Wednesday, February 8th
Email: [email protected]
for more information.