Denman Community Hall, Monday June 23, Doors at 7:00, film starts at 7:30.
A neglected and degraded marsh habitat badly needed restoration but in the process a very deep, very old fact came to light. This place was the site of an ancient village of the Sinixt people, a people declared extinct by the government of Canada in 1956, despite the fact that the Sinixt are not extinct and still present in their homelands today.
Marilyn James, a matriarch of the Autonomous Sinixt People and Lorna Visser, an environmentalist have created a documentary that highlights the critical need for both wetland restoration and the healing of relationships between settlers and the Indigenous Sinixt People who have lived—and continue to live—on this land.
“Snk’mip Dig Deeper is about one conservation group’s effort to come into right relationship with Autonomous Sinixt, the Indigenous People who are the rightful stewards of this təmxʷúlaʔxʷ. The film explains some of what happened to Sinixt People, how we lost our rights, how settler invaders took our land, how we continue to fulfill our responsibilities to the land regardless. Fundamental to building respect and trust, in a collaboration like doing this film, is that the truth has to be exposed.”
—Marilyn James, Matriarch, Autonomous Sinixt
Co-Producer and Co-Director, Snk’mip Dig Deeper
“This documentary is amazing. It shows a love of the land and how caring for it reveals a deep spirituality. The narration is moving, weaving together the many strands of commitment, expertise and community, plus dogged strength and optimism, that led to the renewal of a wetland. This settler conservation organization’s respectful collaboration with the land’s First People was truly inspiring: a model for reconciliation with both the land and its rightful caretakers.”
—John Olthuis, Senior Counsel
Aboriginal law expert and recipient of the Order Of Canada for a lifetime of groundbreaking legal work advocating for Indigenous rights, interests and self-determination
To find out more go to : https://www.digdeeperfilm.ca/
