Marie Michael Library

Title

Life Series, Part 17: Regopstaan's Dream

Length

24:51 min.

File No

672

Format

DVD

Description

Many years ago, the Bushmen were evicted from the Kalahari by the apartheid government of South Africa who said they were "too westernized" to cohabit with the wild animals in the National Park. Regopstaan Krupier was an elder in the Khomani clan of the Bushmen who initiated the right to regain control of their ancestral lands. This video follows the story of his son, Dawid Krupier's campaign to make the dream come true.

St. Francis Xavier University and Coady Institute stand on the lands of Mi’kma’ki, the ancestral and unceded home of the Mi’kmaw. We express our deep gratitude and appreciation to the generations of Mi’kmaw who, since time immemorial, have loved and stewarded these lands and the beings who call them home. Colonization is not just history; it exists in the present tense. While we strive to decolonize ourselves and our University, we know there is still much for us to learn.

We are committed to doing the hard work of self-reflection and to repairing relationships with the Mi’kmaw on whose lands we reside, including embracing the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada Calls to Action and embodying their spirit in our plans to move forward with our University.

Ms~t wiaqpulti’kl ankukamkewe’l
We are all treaty people.

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