Grandmother's Canoe Journey

ABOUT THE film

Grandmother's Canoe Journey, filmed by Love Intersections follows a special cedar chest on an interconnected journey of wild salmon and Indigenous peoples from Cheam to Sapperton Landing. This short documentary is part of a larger project, Honouring our Grandmothers Healing Journey, a multi-year initiative led by Nadine Spence (Nlaka'pamux/Secwepmc). It honours Indigenous women, who despite colonial harms, persist in healing with the lands and water.

The journey follows the wild salmon cycle and connects the destruction of the land to the impacts of colonialism on Indigenous lives and Indigenous women. It reclaims the waterways,  Indigenous modes of travel and stories about the land. The journey culminates at Sapperton Landing in New Westminster on May 24, 2024 to mark the occasion of a broken Promise made to thousands of Indigenous people 160 years earlier. Following a procession through the city, the chest arrives at the New Westminster Museum for the exhibition opening of Downstream Where the Waters Mix, on view from May 24 to December 15, 2024.

On November 24, 2024, the film screened for the first time at Anvil Theatre and was followed by a discussion with the filmmakers, artists and supporters: Nadine Spence, David Ng and Jen Sungshine of Love Intersections, Atheana Picha, Ronnie Dean Harris, Rita Wong, David McCullum, Mary Point and Victor Guerin. Watch the discussion here.

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Nadine Spence
Neighbourhood:
Sapperton
Installation year:
2024
Status:
All
Type:
Other
Address:
Sapperton Landing Park, 60 E Columbia St, New Westminster, BC V3L 3V8
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