The Mi’kmaq word “upisktwo,” often translated as “forgiveness,” actually means “let us return to that original place and try again.” There are many reasons church people need to seek upisktwo with our Wabanaki siblings, the people of the Dawnland, who have lived here and stewarded the land for more than 12,000 years.
Nine hundred years ago, Pope Alexander VI issued the Doctrine of Discovery, claiming that Christianity was superior to all other faiths, and giving Christian explorers and colonists...