A Tribute to the Late Alvin Dixon
On Sunday, July 19, 2014, with the passing of Alvin Dixon, a light went out for a great many people. Mr. Dixon quietly toiled behind many scenes to...
In this segment from his presentation at the Expanding Our Knowledge Conference, Chief Dr. Joseph took questions from the audience on reconciliation and forgiveness.
This is a rare opportunity to listen to one of the people who helped construct the historic apology from Prime Minister Harper to the survivors of the Indian Residential School system. Chief Dr. Robert Joseph, despite the harsh lessons and abuse he endured for 11 years in a residential school speaks from a place of forgiveness and reconciliation. The old walls of racism, hatred and prejudice will only be broken down through understanding and forgiveness. and finding a new way forward.
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Chief Robert Joseph Appointed to Order of British Columbia
On June 15, 2015, I, along with my sisters, had the great honour of witnessing our father, Chief Dr. Robert Joseph, be appointed to the Order of...
Let’s Not Make Reconciliation a Political Football
Power is in tearing human minds to pieces and putting them together again in new shapes of your own choosing. George Orwell, 1984