Lincoln, ON (September 26, 2022) - Several activities are taking place in Lincoln to further understanding and knowledge surrounding the government declaration of National Day of Truth and Reconciliation on September 30 and as a step towards responding to the Truth and Reconciliation 94 Calls to Action.
Town Hall will be illuminated orange in recognition of National Day of Truth and Reconciliation.
The following is a list of activities during Truth and Reconciliation Week.
Tuesday, September 27, 2022
- Orange Shirt Day Story Time | 10:30 a.m. | Lincoln Pelham Public Library - Fleming Branch | Listen to stories by Indigenous authors and make a simple craft. For ages 5 and under and caregivers.
Thursday, September 29, 2022
- Every Child Matters Flag Raising | 11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Town Hall
- Natalie Valencia, Niagara Regional Native Centre, to provide opening remarks with hand drum and song.
- Conversation on the calls to action | 1:00 p.m .– 3:30 p.m. | A Calls to Action Conversation on Truth and Reconciliation by Yellowhead Institute | Registration Required
- Author Visit | 6:30 p.m. | with Patty Krawek at Lincoln Pelham Public Library - Fleming Branch. Listen and learn with Patty Krawek from Lac Seul First Nation as she discusses her book Becoming Kin. Registration required.
- Art Workshops | 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. | Led by Indigenous youth instructors, follow step-by-step to create artwork representing truth and reconciliation. • acrylic • watercolour • pencil sketch
- Dance Demonstration | 4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. | Learn traditional dances with a Haudenosaunee elder.
- Opening Teachings | 4:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Drumming and dance social celebrating and honouring Indigenous culture and the path forward.
Led by Music for the Spirit from Six Nations of the Grand River Territory | Lincoln Pelham Public Library - Fleming Branch
All are welcome; all events are drop-in and free unless noted. Register on-site at the library, by phone at (905) 563.7014 or online at llpl.ca
The Moccasin Identifier
The Lincoln Museum and Cultural Centre and the Lincoln Pelham Public Library are proud to partner with the Beamsville Girl Guides to present the Moccasin Identifier during National Truth and Reconciliation week (September 26-30). National Truth and Reconciliation week (National day for Truth and Reconciliation on September 30) honour the victims of residential schools and their families and communities.
All Canadians are encouraged to wear orange on September 30th to promote the concept of “Every Child Matters.” The Girl Guides will paint orange moccasins at the Fleming Centre in Beamsville and the Lincoln Museum and Cultural Centre in Jordan.
The Moccasin Identifier was founded in 2011 by the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation to “advance Treaty and Indigenous awareness by covering Canada in moccasins.” Improving Treaty and Indigenous awareness through education directly benefits Truth and Reconciliation.
The Moccasin was chosen to represent what connects each Indigenous person to the land. Each design is unique to the nation and groups that created them, a reflection of the diversity of the ancestral cultures that existed before the first settlers arrived.
The Town of Lincoln is within the Treaty Lands of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation. It is part of the traditional territory of the Haudenosaunee, Hatiwendaronk, and the Anishinaabe. Many First Nations, Métis, and Inuit people from across Turtle Island live and work in Lincoln today.
To learn more about the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Report’s 94 Calls to Action, visit the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation.
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For media inquiries, please contact:
Liliana Busnello
Manager of Corporate Communications
Town of Lincoln
Direct: 905-563-2799 ext. 230
Tel: 905-563-8205