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The good lands, Canada through the eyes of artists, Laura Brandon, Victoria Dickenson, Patricia Grattan, Laurier Lacroix, Gerald McMaster, Naomi Fontaine, Lee Maracle ; foreword by Senator Murray Sinclair

eng

Includes bibliographical references

illustrations

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non fiction

The good lands

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Laura Brandon, Victoria Dickenson, Patricia Grattan, Laurier Lacroix, Gerald McMaster, Naomi Fontaine, Lee Maracle ; foreword by Senator Murray Sinclair

Canada through the eyes of artists

"Fifty years ago, Canada celebrated its hundredth anniversary of Confederation. At Expo 67, in communities across the country, we celebrated our coming of age as a modern, bilingual, bicultural nation--a place where anyone from any culture could thrive. But beneath the applause and the cheerful music was a darker note. In his public address at the festivities, Chief Dan George lamented what Canada's centennial did not celebrate: the colonization and marginalization of Indigenous peoples who lived on these "good lands." Now in the year of Canada's 150th birthday, we honour a new understanding of our past. We have begun--at long last--to share in a process of national reconciliation and to come together to reimagine our contribution to a global future. Artists give form and meaning to both the land and the invisible landscape of the spirit, both the past and the future. The works of Canada's artists--both Indigenous and non-Indigenous, historical and contemporary--invite us to see our country and our place within it with new eyes. This book celebrates their visions, as well as the good lands we have shared and shaped for millennia that, in turn, have shaped us

This fractured family still depends on its mother / Lee Maracle -- Tshitissinat, our territory : everything you should know, Julie / Naomi Fontaine -- The good land : an indigenized landscape / Gerald McMaster -- Landscapes lived and learned / Patricia Grattan -- The militarized landscape / Laura Brandon -- Painting the air / Laurier Lacroix -- Prospects / Victoria Dickenson