{"id":35684,"date":"2017-08-06T11:12:08","date_gmt":"2017-08-06T15:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huntsville.dopperonline.ca\/?p=35684"},"modified":"2017-08-06T11:14:49","modified_gmt":"2017-08-06T15:14:49","slug":"indigenous-spirit-matters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/indigenous-spirit-matters\/","title":{"rendered":"Indigenous Spirit Matters praised by visitors to Huntsville"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Indigenous Spirit Matters<\/em> exhibit at the Canada Summit Centre has garnered high praise from visitors to the collection.<\/p>\n

Former Huntsville resident, Bryan Bowers and his family, began the collection of works by Indigenous and Indigenous-spirited artists in 1976 with a piece by Brenda Wainman Goulet. The collection was “born out of Bryan’s search for his Indigenous roots, one that is still ongoing and is inconclusive,” notes documentation at the exhibit. As a Huntsville High School student in the early 1970s he was nicknamed “Chief”, “FBI” and “Wagonburner” for his looks.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI hope that viewers of this collection will be transformed and inspired to learn more about the true history of our great country, both its dark side and its bright side, as we celebrate Canada\u2019s sesquicentennial,\u201d says Bowers. \u201cI feel humbled to have had so many Indigenous cultural carriers come into my path in my quest and I am honoured to share this work.\u201d<\/p>\n

A visitor from Kingston, Elizabeth Macdonald, said she and her partner were deeply moved by the exhibit. “A few years ago before he moved out of the area, I had the privilege of working on a couple of community projects with Bryan Bowers,” she wrote. “Because he graciously welcomed us into his home for some of the planning meetings, I had seen some of the art pieces already. It was powerful to see them again at the Centre and to see some new pieces as well. I found my mind stretched, my heart warmed and my whole self engaged by the exhibit.<\/p>\n

“This kind of art is essential if I and the circles of people I know along with the rest of Canada are seriously to be transformed so that we can truly live into respectful right relations with one another, our non-human relations and this Earth.”<\/p>\n\n\t\t