The exhibition “Reconciliation, First Nations, Inuit and Métis Canada”, currently on display at the Chapelle des Capucins, has a dual interest in discovering the history of Canadian culture and Canada’s long-ignored Indigenous peoples, and features paintings, sculptures and Prints, traditional objects that express his artistic vitality. The exhibition was created out of curiosity and on the initiative of Mélanie Girard, Canadian, born in Ontario and now living in Aigues-Mortes.

Passionate about history and the arts, she decided to contact fellow countryman Raymond Hatfield, a member of the Sagamok Anishnawbek First Nation and former Director of Indigenous Affairs for the Government of Canada, to highlight the diverse indigenous communities and the process of reconciliation being carried out by the federal government maintained with the Canadian government Various tribes have only been affected since 2008. Canadians, touching the audience, invited to form a large, friendly circle.

First foreign city

In the traditional thanksgiving ceremony, Raymond Hatfield paid tribute to the universe, the ancestors, nature, the nurturing earth and thanked the various actors and artists who made the event possible. “We would like to thank Aigues-Mortes, the first foreign city to host our event, which works and also reflects our respect for each other.” He expressed his desire to create a Franco-Canadian partnership “To prolong the event and possibly allow exchanges between the two countries and the city of Aigues-Mortes”.

Leland Bell, Paul Shilling, Rhonda Snow (artistic expression with oil and acrylic paintings on canvas and poetry), Christine Toulouse (ancestral embroidery on tree bark), the artists of Cape Dorset (Kinngait) (prints, sculptures, lithographs) and Beverly Anger (drums and dream catcher) participate in the exhibition.

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