Angela DeMontigny's All Our Relations

As an Indigenous designer and artist, I always acknowledge the importance of land, the natural world, the universe (sky world) and the spirit world. I wanted to provide a visual reminder - also in keeping with the Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving address - to those who will live on the waterfront and those who visit, of the beauty that surrounds us every day and recognition of the Indigenous people whose land this was originally. My concept for this public art piece recognizes and honours this - visually giving thanks to ‘All Our Relations’. The illustrations consist of the land, the water, the creatures that swim, the winged ones, the four-leggeds and the Thunderbirds, Grandfather Sun, Grandmother Moon, our ancestors the stars and the historical original peoples of this area, including the Haudenosaunee, Mississauga and other nations who have called this area home.