Скачать или смотреть Reconciliation and Repair: Treaty, Covenant, Relationship, Bond

Christian communities engaged in the work of reconciliation seek to repair relationships and histories often neglected, buried, and considered shameful to the society at large. A retelling of this history necessitates a coming to terms with who we were then and who we are now, and all that our past has constructed to enable the enjoyment we see today. It is the work of inculturation and diaspora that show us the limits of who we can be as we delve into the intergenerational work of reconciliation, not only with Indigenous populations, but through our efforts globally as we stand as a people of peace. Scripture and history give us a context, but how we understand and develop our reconciliation social models is the critical enterprise we have committed to engage with and nurture in the years ahead. It is this relational reconciliation model that attends to our work within the Christian community and beyond.

Rev. Tony Snow (BA, MDIV) is a member of the Stoney Nakoda First Nation and the regional Indigenous Minister for the Chinook Winds Region (southern Alberta) for the United Church of Canada where he oversees relationship-building, outreach, and reconciliation programming for denominational, ecumenical and interfaith institutions and organizations. Rev. Snow is an intergenerational clergy representative from the Stoney people, who, along with his brother Rev. John Snow and his sister Student Minister Gloria Snow, follows in his father’s footsteps, the late Dr. Rev. Chief John Snow Sr., in his work to live out the treaty relationship and our covenants with one another. Rev. Snow is a descendant of the signers of Treaty 7 in southern Alberta, and a traditional knowledge keeper.