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Thursday, September 21, 2017

Craft Fair Langara - Sept 22- Don't miss it!

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CONTEST!! WIN A PAINTING!!

You can win a painting!!

Tomorrow Sept 22 Come to the main lobby at Langara College and look for Zipolita

I will be having a contest to win my latest painting Whale of a Tail #2

For just a loonie you can enter.

Draw will be held at the end of the day!

It's going to be fun!

Please drop buy and see all my wonderful treats.

Abundance Boxz #AbundanceBoxz
Peace Flags #PeacePrayerFlagProject
Art Cards #SaveMyCoast
Hand made prints from wood cut carvings
Woman are Sacred Medallions #WomanAreSacredMedallions #TinyHouseWarriors

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Look for Maggie of Angel Silk & Suds she will be there selling her soaps and we will be hanging out together.

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Monday, August 14, 2017

Reconciliation Carving Series - Langara College- Fall 2017

I was at Langara College today. Had to drop of a few things and they happened to be having the orientation for the Reconciliation carving program. These are the sacred panels we created.
Our program brought together Indigenous and Non-Indigenous and we worked together to design and create them.

One panel honors the children who did not return from the Residential schools and one panel honors the Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women.

There is a new program starting this fall and I ask you to inquire and share the info and encourage people to participate so we can all "move forward in a good way!"

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Reconciliation Carving Series

https://langara.ca/…/ab…/reconciliation-carving-program.html

Space available for September 2017!
Langara's Aboriginal Studies Department, in partnership with the Fine Arts Department, offers a unique Aboriginal carving series that is open to all students.
Students will complete two carving courses and an applied research course. Under the supervision of acclaimed Coast Salish artist Aaron Nelson-Moody, students will collaborate on the creation of two reconciliation house boards. Once complete, the house boards will become part of a planned outdoor Aboriginal space on Langara’s campus. Langara Film Arts students will document the carving process. Read more

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There is so much work to be done and it starts with you and me. We must each take responsibility and help heal the wounds and create a better world for our children and children's children.

If you are interested in my TRC Carving Journey you can read about it on my blog here.
https://mylangaratrccarvingjourney.blogspot.ca/

#Reconciliation #Langara #Carving Artist: Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita

https://langara.ca/programs-and-courses/programs/aboriginal-studies/reconciliation-carving-program.html

#Reconciliation #Langara #Carving Artist: Justine Wallace

#Reconciliation #Langara #Carving Artist: Artist: Kim Sirrs

#Reconciliation #Langara #Carving Artist: Anwar Nasr

#Reconciliation #Langara #Carving Artist: Janey Sea

#Reconciliation #Langara #Carving

Wednesday, June 21, 2017

Happy Indigenous Peoples Day!

I like the sound of that. I was having issues with the Happy National Aboriginal Day!

It definitely should be a holiday, and definitely needs renaming!!

Happy Indigenous Peoples Day!

"Education and awareness are two steps that lead to understanding that should lead to action," he said. "Having a statutory holiday for Indigenous Peoples Day is a way of educating Canadians, it's an opportunity to listen and learn. I think we've got to really interact more together and learn from each other because there's just not enough integration either way. We still live in solitudes."
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-aboriginal-indigenous-day-1.4170695

Happy Indigenous Peoples Day!
#SavetheSalmonSaveThePeople
#SaveMyCoast

Wednesday, June 14, 2017

Do it for every child taken- June is National Aboriginal Month

Where do we start.
First I want to acknowledge that I live on the UNCEDED TERRITORIES of the
Tsleil-Waututh Nation Squamish Nation Musqueam

The UNCEDED TERRITORIES of Tsleil-Waututh Nation, Squamish Nation, Musqueam is what has become know as Vancouver.

I acknowledge that have led a privileged life compared to my gr. grandma's grandma and my gr. gr. grandma and so many others of Indigenous Ancestry. I know that my gr. grandma's grandma attended a convent school in the Oregon,

"Probably not many women in the history of the west coast of North America could rival her, when it comes to generations of grandchildren. (my gr. grandma's grandma)Mary Ann was born at Marysville (Corvallis) in the Willamette Valley of Oregon in 1834. Her parents were of Iroquois and Kalapuya blood; she was raised to age 15 at the Catholic Mission at St. Paul."

Early documents in our possession read “… I was married there to Joseph Brulé, a French Canadian and went to Cowlitz and later to Victoria, British Columbia. Lived there till he died and had six children by him … only two are living now, (my gr. grandma's mom)Ellen and Cecile. Two years after my husband died, I married Jean Baptist Vautrin, a Canadian … by Mr Vautrin I had nine children …

Ellen, the daughter Mary Ann(my gr. grandma) mentions above, married Joseph Poirier, a voyageur from Quebec (the man for whom Ecolé Poirier is named) and raised a large family, in a cabin by the Sooke River and later a home on Grant Road. ”

(source- http://www.bclocalnews.com/community/303481881.html?mobile=true)

and I know that my gr. gr. grandma was Songhees (Theresa Eliza) married a Portuguese settler (Joao Ignacio d'Almada- name changed to John Enos) and lost all her rights and privilege to land and anything else. Her child, my great grandpa Joseph Enos was spared residential school because he was part Portuguese. Due to these events, my life could have been very different and I am blessed it wasn't, but it doesn't make it easier to know truth.

It is to horrible to imagine but it happened in the place that everyone loves to call "their home", "their Canada". Indian Agents came and stole children and forced them into schools, often far away from home where their parents could not help. If they tried THEY were send to jail. Stop and imagine IF that was YOUR child. They tortured many of children physically, mentally and sexually. It was warfare. Crimes against humanity.

But time passed and people just went about their business and they taught and told other untruths and so nothing was learned. Many many people never knew the truth. Many people today who are in their 50's & 60's never knew anything about it, still don't or simply refuse to acknowledge the what actually occurred or the legacy left behind.

An evil legacy which is

huge numbers of children in the Foster/Welfare system and

many Indigenous people incarcerated,

drug addiction caused by TRAUMA from the Residential schools and their legacy.

Sadly people would rather blame people than to acknowledge the ugly history of this so called Canada.

The time has come, it's out there, the truth, the knowledge, the way to learn and to heal. Please if you do not know, educate yourself. Take the bag off your head and WAKE UP! Stop saying hurtful evil things like I saw in the comments on some of these posts.

Imagine if "you" were one of those children. Imagine your life today if you are the child or a grandchildren of one of those children. THINK, put yourself in their shoes.

For those of you that understand please help and reach out to others. Challenge others.
https://tinawinterlik.blogspot.ca/2017/05/challenge-for-truth-tourism-canada150.html

Celebrating Canada day is wrong if you do not acknowledge the past and make every effort to correct the horrible wrongs done to the children and to parents.

We have so much work to do, it's hard to know where to start but everyone must do something....start with yourself.

Do it, do it for every child taken.

It is National Aboriginal History Month.

"In 2008, the federal government established the Truth and Reconciliation Commission to examine the abuse inflicted on Indigenous people through the Indian residential school system. In this clip, Senator Murray Sinclair discusses how participating in the commission impacted him."

Reading the comments is so sad, so many unempathetic people that can not grasp what really happened. It was 150 year war on children. A war on children. Right here. Right in Canada. It was evil. That evilness carried on and lives until we acknowledge the crimes against those children. Only then can we move forward.

This is why EVERY person must learn the TRUTH!
It is a ugly uncomfortable truth but nevertheless to ignore allows for ignorance and hate to grow.

The legacy of the colonialism lives on and is thriving in the pipelines, fish farms, LNG, Site C, Mount Polley, lack of housing, addictions from trauma, our health care, the education and political system. We need a complete overhaul in everyway we think.

Related Info
My Langara TRC Carving Journey
https://mylangaratrccarvingjourney.blogspot.ca/
http://www.bclocalnews.com/community/303481881.html?mobile=true
https://mylangaratrccarvingjourney.blogspot.ca/2016/11/enos-poirier-ancestry-kalapuya-iroquois.html

https://tinawinterlik.blogspot.ca/2017/04/we-did-it-langara-carving4reconciliatio.html

Tuesday, May 2, 2017

Ryan McMahon - Dear Canada- Podcast & More

"There are MASSIVE, fundamental gaps in knowledge, understanding & commitment to making this place better than it is. Fundamentally, most people do not have a grasp of basic Canadian history. Hell. Who wrote the text books you learned about Confederation and the settling of Canada? Likely, dead White Dudes." http://www.rmcomedy.com/blog/canada-statement-of-facts
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Wow, I can totally relate to the first speaker. Please listen to the podcast. Powerful words.

*The second speaker is so ignorant on the truth, these opinions are so hurtful, they make me want scream and cry and vomit.... I wish she would read the Survivor's Speak
http://www.trc.ca/websites/trcinstitution/File/2015/Findings/Survivors_Speak_2015_05_30_web_o.pdf

*That awful guilty paralysis of wondering "what can we do?"

*I love what the caller said about a "broken heart" and the empathy is needed and a deep look at yourself.

*Inside the circle and Outside the circle conversations.. crooked Chiefs"

"No Drinking Water" how is the possible in this day and age in so called "Canada"

Look at the root of the problem-
"Important point about what happens when youth must leave their communities that makes them vulnerable to gangs. "

"Poverty breeds poverty. "

How do you break out a bad situation?
How do you escape /survivor the intergenerational abuses.

One practical thing we can do is to follow the TRC and look at the 94 calls of action
The TRC was paid for by Residential School Survivors.

Side Note: After I read some of Survivor's Speak..which was also the week honoring the Missing and Murdered Indigenous women I painted a painting called "Tail of Tears" I painted it to help vent some of the pain that I felt for the Residential School Survivor's and all Indigenous peoples, for all the INJUSTICES they have suffered...for the 125 year war on children and so much more. https://mylangaratrccarvingjourney.blogspot.ca/2016/10/tail-of-tears-painting.html

I totally relate to the caller "asking what we can do? "
I believe our Carving for Reconciliation program
https://mylangaratrccarvingjourney.blogspot.ca/
this program as difficult as it was, has helped me a lot and but truthfully we have so much work to do and we must educate everyone....because so many still don't know and there are so many unhealthy people.

Oh my gosh, that guy talking about the plan to unite Indigenous & Federal Gov. I hope he reads the links and info here and takes a course like the one I took. It wasn't perfect, it didn't have all the answers but I believe it was the start of something very special. I am grateful for all the experiences good and bad. Since I completed my course I reached out to my daughter's school and her Social's teacher was very nice and invited me in to talk about it and soon I hope to meet with the principal who responded that she would like to discuss this in more detail. See links below too. Read this blog

I think that is a big part. Justin Wilson was challenge by another collegue on what were they doing about Reconciliation. So that is what I did. I took the course and I am in a constant state of learning and I challenged my daughter's teacher to do something in regards to Reconciliation. He is willing. That's a great start. It's a starting place, I think we need to challenge people...to take action.

The Chiefs of Ontario- have a plan http://www.chiefs-of-ontario.org/

This is a side note but look at this in how people were treated in regards to treaties...
https://mylangaratrccarvingjourney.blogspot.ca/2017/03/oregons-broken-treaties-kalapuya-grande.html

other good info
https://mylangaratrccarvingjourney.blogspot.ca/2016/09/mistreatment-then-now.html
https://mylangaratrccarvingjourney.blogspot.ca/2016/09/listen-to-sharon-venne-speak-about.html

LAND- STOLEN LANDS!!!! and how that affects EVERYTHING today!

"We Need You to Save Our Lives!" #VoteABC
https://tinawinterlik.blogspot.ca/2017/05/we-need-you-to-save-our-lives-voteabc.html

Reposted from http://www.rmcomedy.com/blog/canada-statement-of-facts

SOME LIGHT READING

Read the Indian Act. Seriously. It's hilarious. It's a good place to start. From there, you'll see the deep seeded racism shine through the text. If it helps, imagine Kevin Spacey, or Sir Ben Kingsley or Keanu Reeves dressed up in pre-confederation garb, close your eyes and imagine them it reading out loud! http://indigenousfoundations.arts.ubc.ca/the_indian_act/

You can read the White Paper - a terrible policy paper from 1969 that then Minister of Indian Affairs, Jean Chretien, proposed to eliminate Indian Status (and the rights therein), assimilate Indians into the body politic and complete the wholesale theft of Indigenous lands & territories by adopting fee simple/private land ownership and extinguish lands held in reserve (AKA - extinguish Aboriginal Title). http://www.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/eng/1100100010189/1100100010191

You can dig into the Red Paper , https://ejournals.library.ualberta.ca/index.php/aps/article/view/11690/8926 or the Citizens Plus document, the ground breaking document created by a group of great Indigenous thinkers, community leaders, philosophers and political leaders in 1970. The document fundamentally outlines the opposition to colonial rule and the top down Government approach Canada takes with Indigenous Peoples. Here's the summary - it's a quick read.
https://web.archive.org/web/20150302042148/http://www.canadiana.ca/citm/_textpopups/aboriginals/doc75_e.html

You can read the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples. A ROYAL COMMISSION. This is in reference to your Queen, Canada. It doesn't get much bigger than this - a ROYAL commission. It's 4000 pages long but it essentially gives you the truth behind the country, it gives answers and solutions, it provides a framework on a pathway forward. https://qspace.library.queensu.ca/handle/1974/6874

Or. Maybe read the Kelowna Accord. Again, it was an exhaustive effort to come to an agreement on a framework in which to move forward with in Canada. It costs millions of dollars and hundreds of hours of negotiations, meetings and best practices to come up with the plan. Ultimately, Harper's Conservative Government squashed it, and opportunity was lost. BUT. It was a plan. It was a plan that Canadian's forget exists when they talk about the impossibility of moving forward in 2016. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelowna_Accord

Thumb through UNDRIP. Implementation of UNDRIP in Canada would mean constitutional talks (which we need anyway, if we're going to make things right in Canada) and it'd essentially the mean the end of the Big White Daddy attitude the government holds towards Indigenous Peoples. http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unpfii/documents/DRIPS_en.pdf

You could peruse the thousands of pages of documents that the Truth & Reconciliation Commission of Canada has gifted us! Maybe start with the Summary Report for overall context, or read the words of Survivors themselves, or, hit the 94 Calls To Action to understand the work that your children, their children and their children's children will be undertaking in the next 100 years. http://ipolitics.ca/2016/01/12/unpacking-undrip-how-trudeau-could-take-crownfirst-nations-law-into-uncharted-waters/

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Related Links
TRC website http://www.trc.ca/websites/trcinstitution/index.php?p=905
https://www.facebook.com/National-Centre-for-Truth-and-Reconciliation-933534973335967/
TRC Summary
http://nctr.ca/assets/reports/Final%20Reports/Executive_Summary_English_Web.pdf
Words of the Survivors http://nctr.ca/assets/reports/Final%20Reports/Survivors_Speak_English_Web.pdf
94 Calls to Action http://nctr.ca/assets/reports/Calls_to_Action_English2.pdf
https://www.facebook.com/RyanMichaelMcMahon
https://twitter.com/RMLpodcast
redmanlaughing.com
https://twitter.com/SFTLpodcast
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/programs/ontariotoday

Here's a few photos from the Carving 4 Reconciliation class that I participated at Langara College in Vancouver from Sept 2016 to April 2017
https://mylangaratrccarvingjourney.blogspot.ca/2017/04/photos-from-langara-pop-grad-carving-4.html

https://mylangaratrccarvingjourney.blogspot.ca/2017/04/ceremony-passing-panels-responisibility.html

Friday, April 28, 2017

Langara Fine Arts Grad Show Photos & Video 2017

Hey everyone, so sorry this late going up.

Today is the last day of the Fine Arts portion of the Langara Grad Show so be sure to pop in for a minute and check it out for yourself. Amazing work
https://tinawinterlik.blogspot.ca/2017/04/langara-pop-up-grad-april-20-28-fine.html

Langara College
Creative Arts & Industries Pop-Up Gallery
http://langara.ca/news-and-events/events-calendar/170327-pop-up-gallery.html

I will add all credits asap. Thanks for your patience.