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Indigenous peoples' presence in the Americas reaches back to time immemorial. We recognize that Indigenous peoples are the keepers and defenders of the land, animals and water. We acknowledge the historical oppression of lands, cultures, and the original Indigenous peoples in what we now know as Canada, Turtle Island. We believe that the arts contribute to the healing and decolonizing journey we all share.

In the spirit of reconciliation, the Prairie Art Network acknowledges that we live, work, and play on the traditional territories of the Indigenous peoples across what is now Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba. 

We are inspired by the Remai Modern’s recent statement for the exhibition Middle of Everywhere: Artists on the Great Plains: “The largest ecosystem on the continent, the plains support an extensive network of living relations. Deep forms of kinship, inherited histories and economic and political systems bind people to this geography. A space of subtle beauty, surprising diversity, and overwhelming openness, the plains are physically and conceptually expansive in ways that are not easily defined.”