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I am an award winning and community minded social activist and entrepreneur. I own 3 businesses, lecture in University, PHD candidate and consultant/facilitator. I have lived, worked and studied in Belgium and Austria and facilitated/spoke in Switzerland, Sweden, Kenya and Mexico. My writings are my own reflection on life, love and liberty.

Monday 24 October 2011

The Rope

                                                                            The Rope
                                                                Guest Blog: Nathan Adler
Nathan's Bio:

Nathan Adler is a writer and artist who works in many different mediums, including video, film, drawing & painting, as well as glass and installation.  Nathan was the first place winner of the 2010 Aboriginal Writing Challenge http://www.our-story.ca/nathan-adler.html, he has had his writing published in Redwire magazine, Canada’s History magazine, and as a part of the Odemin Giizis Festival.  He is currently working as a glass artist, and is a member of Lac Des Mille Lacs First Nation.


The Rope
Oskana Ska, Pile of Bones
The Queen’s City, Regina
Sask.

We go on a walking tour called:
“IN THE FOOT-STEPS OF RIEL!”

We see the Court House where He was Sentenced
a Plaque in the park
a Statue, of Sir. John
and the Place where they brought The Body after they Executed him
it used to be a Church, But Now
it’s a Drop-in Centre for Troubled Youth

We go on a tour of the RCMP Heritage Museum
We See, hanging on the wall
The rope
The Rope
they used to hang him with

We take tasteless photo’s

    my brother, posing
        in front of the noose
            eyes bulging
                tongue lolling out

“. . .  And just over there
is where they executed him,
over there by those barracks . . .”

strange
that on the site, where such an important Historical Figure Was Executed, there isn’t
some kind of Museum dedicated to the preservation and history of Metis culture. 
Instead
there’s an RCMP Heritage Museum symbolizing  the Authority and Power of The
State, A warning to all those who would challenge it.

maybe not so strange

“It’s a really nice space
We say polite things
about the building
to our tour-guide.


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