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If you want to learn about something, you need to take your body onto the land and do it.

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We don't own the land, the land owns us

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What Will I Say to the Sky and the Earth I & II

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What Will I Say to the Sky and the Earth I & II

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The land and the people are one.

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Relationship with the land remains fundamental to the identity and way of life of many Indigenous people.

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Many places I visited hold particular meaning for my direct ancestors as they are sites of significant moments in their lives; I was drawn to the sites of ancient stories across central and southern Saskatchewan and to the shores of early settlement in Ontario and Newfoundland. My aim was to reconnect with those who came before me as a way of introducing myself to the land on which they lived.

- Meryl McMaster

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What does the land mean to the Indigenous people? 

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What does the land mean to the Indigenous people? 

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Boats and boating--Equipment and supplies

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I came to see these landscapes as immense time capsules of buried knowledge. As Immense as the Sky is about walking these ancient paths, experiencing the diversity of panoramas, and learning about my ancestors' wisdom.

- Meryl McMaster

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Connection between the poem and land-based teaching

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Connection between the poem and land-based teaching

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INDIGENOUS AS CARETAKERS:

McMaster though her poem expresses her concern about the land.

THE SECRADNESS OF THE LAND:

The harmony, power, and superiority creates the feeling of sacredness surrounding the land.

WATER AS SOMETHING SACRED AND POWERFUL:

Water is a reoccurring element of the poem (Waterproof, Water strider, Water cycles, Lake Erie.)

WE ARE A PART OF THE LAND, WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR IT:

The poem is a call for action; a wake up call.

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The connection between a human being and the land

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The connection between a human being and the land

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It draws attention to the harmony present in nature.

It reminds the reader of the cycle of life and that man is not eternal, whereas nature is -> "The forest, a place of ancient stability."

It is a warning of the consequences of our actions -> "Their [water striders'] silence is a warning of our fall."

It shows the power of nature, through the respect with which it talks about it.

Water is an essential element of the poem, the same way it is essential to humanity.

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A Canadian artist based in Ottawa.

She has dual heritage; she is nêhiyaw from Red Pheasant First Nation, a member of the Sikiska Nation, and has British, Dutch and Scottish ancestry on her mother’s side.

In her artwork, she incorporates props, constructed garments and performance.

She explores the construction of Indigenous identity and heritage, especially her own as a woman of Indigenous and European one.

She focuses on land, the natural environment and migration, enlarging the viewer's understanding of inherited historical narratives.

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Indigenous people as caretakers

Connection with the land

We (human beings) are coming from the land

All beings are equal

Being in harmony with nature (take only what you need)

Living with gratitude towards nature

Learning "from the land and with the land"
- As We Have Always Done by L.B. Simpson p.105