Telling the story of Aboriginal people, settlers over time

Reconciling Edmonton is an archival project that will be unveiled at City Hall on Nov. 25. The project uses three different media of art to tell the story of how Aboriginal peoples and settlers lived together. It is the combined work of Edmonton’s historian laureate Danielle Metcalfe-Chanail, former poet laureate Anna-Marie Soule, artist in residence Jen Yvette and Miranda Jimmy, Aboriginal relations project coordinator for the city of Edmonton. “Reconciliation is not a new fad, or buzzword but it’s a process that precedes the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and will continue after,” Jimmy said. “We wanted to find images from the signing of treaty to present day. By choosing seven images over that time, it showed the relationship between Aboriginal people and settlers in Edmonton developing.”