Carry Us Forward
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Year:
2023
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.
