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This piece honours Indigenous women, girls, and Two-Spirit people affected by violence and loss. The red markings represent truth, blood memory, and stories that must be seen. The birds carry spirits forward, while the wings speak to protection, resilience, and survival.

Cultural elements such as beadwork and feathers affirm identity and continuity, reminding viewers that Indigenous cultures are living and present. This work invites quiet learning and reflection, encouraging awareness of MMIWG2S and the responsibility we all share to remember and respond.

This piece was created in remembrance of the Indigenous children taken from their families through Canada’s residential school system and related colonial policies. It speaks to the Every Child Matters movement, honouring lives disrupted, lost, and forever changed by systemic injustice.

At the center of this piece, a butterfly carries the spirit of transformation, representing the stolen children whose lives were interrupted but whose presence has never been erased. Surrounding it, vibrant florals speak to growth, resilience, and the continuity of Indigenous life despite generations of harm caused by residential schools and colonial systems in Canada.

Woven throughout the circle are leaves of sage, a sacred medicine used for cleansing, protection, and prayer. The sage in this work symbolizes remembrance and spiritual care an offering to the children who were taken, and a call to cleanse the truth that has long been silenced. It represents healing not only for those who were lost, but for families, communities, and future generations still carrying the weight of this history.

The circular form reflects the Indigenous understanding of life as cyclical , that even in grief, there is connection, memory, and responsibility. This piece stands within the Every Child Matters movement as both education and witness, honoring the children, acknowledging the injustices faced in Canada, and reminding us that their spirits are still held, still honored, and still sacred.

This piece honours the lives of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two-Spirit people—those taken, ignored, and too often reduced to statistics instead of relatives.

The deer stands at the centre as a sacred witness. In many Indigenous teachings, the deer represents gentleness, intuition, protection, and the quiet strength to survive. Here, the deer carries grief without aggression, reminding us that Indigenous women are not weak for being gentle—they are powerful for enduring. The antlers rise like prayers, reaching upward for justice that has long been denied.

Surrounding the deer are Métis-inspired florals and beadwork, symbols of lineage, beauty, and continuity. The red handprints mark the truth Canada has tried to look away from: lives taken, voices silenced, families left searching. They are not decorative—they are declarations. They say “We are still here. We are still waiting. We are still demanding change.”

This artwork is a call to action.
To listen when Indigenous families speak.
To protect Indigenous women and Two-Spirit people before violence occurs—not memorialize them after.
To challenge systems that dismiss disappearances, delay investigations, and normalize injustice.

This piece asks the viewer not only to feel—but to act.
Justice is not symbolic.
Remembrance is not enough.
Safety, accountability, and truth are required.

Until every Indigenous life is valued, this deer will continue to stand watch.

This piece speaks to the collective experience of Indigenous people, our pain, our strength, and our refusal to disappear. Each letter holds fragments of history: displacement, stolen land, silenced voices, broken treaties, and lives forever altered by colonial violence. The dripping reds are not only blood, but memory, the stories passed through generations that refuse to be erased.

Within the forms are figures of resistance and survival: ancestors, children, protectors, and those who continue to stand despite everything taken from them. The imagery reflects injustice, grief, and anger, but also resilience, community, and spirit. Even in the darkest spaces, there is movement, life, and presence.

This work is not only about what was done to Indigenous people, it is about who we are still becoming. It honours those lost, those fighting, and those carrying the weight of truth forward. It is a reminder that Indigenous issues are not history; they are lived realities. And despite centuries of harm, we are still here. Still speaking. Still creating. Still rising.

This piece is rooted in Indigenous teachings of respect, for life, for spirit, and for one another. The red handprint represents Indigenous women, girls, and Two-Spirit people whose lives were taken or harmed, and the ongoing call to see them, honour them, and protect them.

The buffalo skull is shown with reverence, reflecting teachings that the buffalo gives itself so the people may live, and that nothing taken is ever wasted or disrespected. This teaching stands in painful contrast to the reality of MMIWG2S, where lives were treated as disposable. By placing these symbols together, the work asks a difficult question: what would change if Indigenous lives were met with the same respect and care taught through the buffalo?

Beadwork and florals carry love, memory, and continuity. This work is a reminder that respect is not passive, it is a responsibility, and remembering is part of that duty.

This piece reimagines Lady Justice through an Indigenous lens, exposing how justice in Canada has long been uneven, obscured, and denied to Indigenous peoples.

The red cloth covering her eyes represents a system deliberately blinded to truth—truth about stolen children, residential schools, and the ongoing violence against Indigenous women, girls, and Two-Spirit people. It speaks to laws that were written without Indigenous voices and enforced without consent.

The red handprint across her face is a mark of resistance and remembrance. It honors the MMIWG movement, symbolizing both the silenced cries and the refusal to disappear. It is a reminder that these lives mattered—and still matter.

The sash crossing her body represents colonization: imposed systems, fractured identities, and the weight Indigenous peoples were forced to carry. Yet it also shows survival—culture still worn, still visible, still alive.

In her hands, the scales of justice hang unevenly, reflecting generations of imbalance—children taken, families broken, truths buried. Around her, birds rise as messengers between worlds, carrying prayers, stories, and the voices of those who were never heard in courtrooms.

Sage appears within the piece as quiet protection and prayer—a sacred medicine for cleansing, truth-telling, and healing. It reminds us that while justice systems may fail, Indigenous ways of knowing continue to offer restoration, balance, and guidance.

This work is both a confrontation and a call:
to see what was hidden,
to remember who was taken,
and to demand a justice system rooted in truth, accountability, and respect.

Every life matters.
The truth matters.

Carry Us Forward speaks in a visual language shaped by memory, spirit, and survival. Each letter is alive—formed with animal beings who carry the Seven Sacred Teachings, reminding us that Indigenous knowledge has always been held in relationship with the natural world.

The animals within the letters are not decoration; they are teachers. They embody Love, Respect, Courage, Honesty, Wisdom, Humility, and Truth, the values passed down through generations, even when systems tried to erase them. These beings stand as witnesses to the histories we carry: colonization, displacement, stolen land, stolen children, silenced voices, broken treaties, and ongoing injustice.

Despite everything taken, the teachings remain. The stories remain. We remain.

This piece honours all Indigenous struggles, past and present, while affirming that our cultures are not frozen in pain. They are living, breathing, and moving forward. Carry Us Forward is both a remembrance and a responsibility: to walk with the teachings, to listen to the land and the animals, and to carry truth with courage into the future.