Blue Quills Reflections
A group of individual personal writings inspired by our group's pilgrimage to the site of the former Blue Quills Indian Residential School and now the proud current home of the
Blue Quills First Nations College.
Larry
I had a vibrating feeling
going all over my body while outside and inside the collage.
It was like the dead were
sending me a message.
Seeing pictures of classmates Some with fake smiles.The café had great food and
staff.
Interesting stories from our
guide.
I loved the artwork that was
all over the place.
Sylvie – Reflections on
Reflections
the feeling of being watched
~
blue-aura guide
sharing her stories
and her strength
~
The memories of spaces
Boilers, kitchens, staircases
~
there’s nothing funny about
that.
~
more than a museum, but a
reclamation –
you cannot change history by burning it.
Jason
I like and dislike Blue
Quills at the same time. Someone said
“why don’t we just burn the place down?” Yes, but the stuff that is happening
today on the very spot where these horrible things took place is reclamation.
I
dislike how justice has been handled/dealt regarding the atrocities at residential
schools. I like Blue Quills as a place of uncomfortable remembrance and also
reclamation.