Anne Taylor is Cultural Archivist at the Curve Lake Cultural Centre at Curve Lake First Nation. She is a traditional Indigenous woman artist, storyteller and playwright.
She is a woman in high demand in her Curve Lake home and by settlers in all directions asking for just this one thing.
The members of the TRC Bobcaygeon group look to her guidance. Some also realize the burn out that explaining and advising can bring.
This is an attempt at acknowledging and expressing appreciation.
Voices
Questions, inquiries, requests
Earnestness and eagerness of an uninvited suitor
“I was wondering if you could…”
“I’m sorry to intrude…”
“Is this OK?”
Like students learning a new language
Faltering with single word sentences
Settlers ask often for your translations
TRC Bobcaygeon grateful for your time
Learning as we go to speak the language
Of awareness and acting in a good way
Committed to uttering words from the heart
Sentence after sentence
Until paragraphs emerge
Becoming poems and lyrics
Emerging into new stories
Of restitution and reconciliation.
Conversations between allies.
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