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Kaamotaan (Reconciliation) –
Cleansing as Healing
Courtney Alexandra Fox

Kaamotaan (Reconciliation) –
Cleansing as Healing
Courtney Alexandra Fox

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About the Artist

“I am Ipikstakii. My English name is Courtney Alexandra Fox – Running Rabbit. I am Siksikaitsitapi; I am woman; I am mother, daughter, sister, partner and friend. I creatively express emotions, thoughts and connections through various mediums of art. I am a survivor and I proudly carry my ancestral baton.”

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Kaamotaan (Reconciliation) – Cleansing as Healing

Artist Statement on Kaamotaan (Reconciliation) – Cleansing as Healing

“We are one – we are connected to everything. This is how we heal, knowing we are connected to everything – connected to the land, to the water, to the air, to all beings. We pray to Ihtsipaitapiiyo’pa, the Source of all Life. We sit in ceremony with Ihtsipaitapiiyo’pa and our grandmothers and grandfathers, the ancestors and the ancients. When we pray, we align mind, body, and spirit. As we pray, align and connect, we model ways of knowing and being for our children. There has been much destruction, oppression and intentional disregard of our traditional ways. This is why She cries, there is considerable healing to be done and this will occur once we acknowledge and feel the pain and trauma – we will survive, overcome, and reconcile, this is Kaamotaan. We also grieve – the loss of our land, of our culture, of our language. Only when it rains can we cleanse and blossom as we move forward with the ancestral knowledge and ways of knowing and being. We heal for our survivors; we heal for our children; we heal for the seven generations before us and the seven generations to come after us. We are one.”

KAAMOTAAN (RECONCILIATION)

CLEANSING AS HEALING

COURTNEY ALEXANDRA FOX

KAAMOTAAN (RECOONCILIATION)
CLEANSING AS HEALING
COURTNEY ALEXANDRA FOX

KAAMOTAAN (RECONCILIATION)

CLEANSING AS HEALING

COURTNEY ALEXANDRA FOX

KAAMOTAAN (RECOONCILIATION)
CLEANSING AS HEALING
COURTNEY ALEXANDRA FOX

Kaamotaan (Reconciliation) –
Cleansing as Healing
Courtney Alexandra Fox

KAAMOTAAN (RECONCILIATION)

CLEANSING AS HEALING

COURTNEY ALEXANDRA FOX

KAAMOTAAN (RECOONCILIATION)
CLEANSING AS HEALING
COURTNEY ALEXANDRA FOX