{"id":6108,"date":"2016-10-05T07:15:50","date_gmt":"2016-10-05T12:15:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/?p=6108"},"modified":"2016-11-03T14:58:46","modified_gmt":"2016-11-03T19:58:46","slug":"face2face-journey-to-renewed-covenants-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/2016\/face2face-journey-to-renewed-covenants-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Face2Face | Journey to Renewed Covenants\u200b  (video)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The \u200b<strong>Manitoba Screening\u00a0of \u2018<a href=\"http:\/\/www.reserve107thefilm.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Reserve 107: Reconciliation on the Prairies<\/a>\u2019\u00a0<\/strong>with Director Brad Leitch took place on September 23, 2016 and was followed by\u00a0audience conversation with film participants.<\/p>\n<p>Panelists:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Barb and Wilmer Froese of\u00a0Laird, SK<\/li>\n<li>Ray Funk of Prince Albert, SK<\/li>\n<li>Chief George Kingfisher,\u00a0hereditary chief of the Young Chippewayan First Nation<\/li>\n<li>Brad Leitch<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Indigenous rights and title to the land remain a taboo topic for many across Canada, but in the small town of Laird, SK, an old injustice is providing new opportunities for dialogue, friendship and a fierce determination to right the wrongs of the past. In 2006, 130 years after the signing of Treaty 6, Mennonites, Lutherans, and the Young <span class=\"scayt-misspell-word\" data-scayt-word=\"Chippewayan\" data-scayt-lang=\"en_CA\">Chippewayan<\/span> First Nation gathered on the sacred hill of Stoney Knoll \/ <span class=\"scayt-misspell-word\" data-scayt-word=\"Opwashemoe\" data-scayt-lang=\"en_CA\">Opwashemoe<\/span> <span class=\"scayt-misspell-word\" data-scayt-word=\"Chakatinaw\" data-scayt-lang=\"en_CA\">Chakatinaw<\/span> located in Laird\u00a0where, with goodwill and shared goals, they signed a memorandum of understanding.\u00a0\u2018Reserve 107\u2019 captures the spirit of these renewed relationships.<\/p>\n<p>At the closing ceremony of Vancouver\u2019s <span class=\"scayt-misspell-word\" data-scayt-word=\"DOXA\" data-scayt-lang=\"en_CA\">DOXA<\/span> Documentary Film Festival the jury stated \u201c&#8217;Reserve 107&#8242;\u00a0spoke exceptionally well to our generation. We have grown up learning about indigenous affairs and the value of righting the foundation of our friendship. Through 32 minutes we are shown two groups of people speaking at solutions and actually acting on them together, capturing the raw passion for structural change in a respectful and educated manner is one of the many reasons as to why this film has earned honourable mention for the <span class=\"scayt-misspell-word\" data-scayt-word=\"Nigel\" data-scayt-lang=\"en_CA\">Nigel<\/span> Moore Award.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Explore the meaning, relevance, and power Treaties signed over 100 years ago still have today.\u00a0Consider more deeply, in a time of \u2018truth and reconciliation\u2019, how opportunities for renewed understanding, humility and respect might lead us to new covenants and mutual healing.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jo8ZkNO41Dw?list=PLetwI-M-5VVkxx2D4RtU4suenHjvvCf2c\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The \u200bManitoba Screening\u00a0of \u2018Reserve 107: Reconciliation on the Prairies\u2019\u00a0with Director Brad Leitch took place on September 23, 2016 and was followed by\u00a0audience conversation with film participants. Panelists: Barb and Wilmer Froese of\u00a0Laird, SK Ray Funk of Prince Albert, SK Chief George Kingfisher,\u00a0hereditary chief of the Young Chippewayan First Nation Brad Leitch Indigenous rights and title [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[518,8],"tags":[802,460,507,808],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6108"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6108"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6109,"href":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6108\/revisions\/6109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}