Event

KAIROS Blanket Exercise

Thursday, March 28, 2019 14:00to17:00
Brown Student Services 3600 rue McTavish, Montreal, QC, H3A 0G3, CA

An interactive exercise on the relationships between the Crown and Indigenous peoples in Canada, from the settler’s arrival to modern times. Participants are guided through centuries of denial of Indigenous nationhood and the gradual appropriation, relocation, and removal of Indigenous peoples and territories.

The exercise begins with blankets spread across the floor, which represents land occupied by Indigenous peoples. As participants are guided through centuries of negotiations, treaties, decrees, and other interactions with European settlers, the blankets on which they stand are slowly removed, until only a few participants remain on a small area representing what little remains of Indigenous territory today. The exercise will then be followed by a talking circle.

All attendees should bring a blanket.

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