‘We just want people to witness what the kids went through’
Mark Atleo of the Ahousaht First Nation, who also goes by the name Kiikitakashuaa, with his artwork in the background. A survivor of the Alberni Indian Residential School on Vancouver Island, he says painting represented an escape. (Evan Mitsui/CBC)
A new exhibition at the Museum of Vancouver is displaying rare artworks created by children who attended residential schools — oftentimes, the only surviving materials from their childhood.
‘Reclaiming what is ours:’ 1st Vancouver Indigenous Fashion Week instils pride
Nearly all the models are Indigenous; many current or former foster children
Chief Beau Dick: Carver, Artist, Advocate, Mentor, Storyteller, Walks On
Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun evokes a spectrum of emotions with ‘Unceded Territories’
Aboriginal artist’s new Museum of Anthropology exhibition grapples with Canada’s colonial past
Human Spirit by Susan Point
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