For my project, I decided to go to Lebret, Saskatchewan and take photographs. I chose eight photos that represent my learning of truth and reconciliation. The back of each photo describes the photo, what it means and how I interpreted it in my journey. Except for the first two photos I took offline; however, I still used them in my learning when I was doing research on my topic of residential schools. I have chosen a box the colour of a brick wall to represent the residential schools. Carefully I chose the two colours of my tissue paper being red and yellow. In Indigenous culture, both colours are a part of the medicine wheel. The colour red represents violence, strength, and blood since the beginning and the time during residential schools were open. The colour yellow represents bravery and willingness to fight till death. I took this interpretation as happening after the residential schools closed and the survivors began to tell their stories. Inside the box are my photos and on the back are my write-ups. You will notice there are bolded words on the back, and those are my keywords in my journey towards reconciliation. I put the photos inside the residential school (box) because in my journey once I have learned everything I need to know I can walk out. The only thing is there is no way out, meaning my learning will not end. There are always new things I can learn about and use in my journey towards reconciliation.
Below are images of my project.
Miss Kendra Audette 