Sharing Our Stories
C$4,149
Raised
61
Donations
C$10,000
Goal
“Sharing Our Stories” is a collection of stories told by Kanien’kehá:ka (Mohawk) elders and knowledge keepers rooted in the movement to replant the traditional language, culture, and history of the Indigenous community in Kahnawake and surrounding areas. This project aims to create a teaching tool for generations to come.
We have been collecting stories from residential and Indian day school survivors, Mohawk Warriors, medicine men and traditional healers, farmers and seed savers, educators, ironworkers, land defenders, artists, and more.
We have been collecting stories from residential and Indian day school survivors, Mohawk Warriors, medicine men and traditional healers, farmers and seed savers, educators, ironworkers, land defenders, artists, and more.
We are consulting storytellers throughout, taking time on our translations, and scoring archives to find information, records, maps, and photos that support the stories in our care.
This is an opportunity for allies, neighbours and members of the community in Kahnawake to directly support the work of replanting the language along with the preservation of Kanien’kehá:ka culture and history.