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All purchases will be viewed as donations and 100% will go to Riva's selected charity, Hope Restored. Based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Hope Restored are a charitable organization guided and led by compassionate people who care deeply about the restoration and empowerment of all people, especially those who have been impacted by sexual exploitation and trafficking.
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About the song:
"In the summer of 2014 my dad took me for a drive to the Qu’Appelle valley. He took me to his childhood home on the road allowance near Katepwa Lake - a small two room dwelling at the bottom of the valley. My father’s family and many other Metis families lived on those road allowances throughout the valley around Katepwa and Lebret.
That day he showed us where they would pick berries and the road to Indian Head they would walk every Saturday. He was about 5 years old. He remembered how his mother would take him and his siblings to Indian Head to the theatre where they would watch films that often featured Elvis. His mother was a fan. As we drove along the winding road he explained that during those walks they would have to stay alert for sounds of approaching vehicles. If they heard a vehicle in the distance they would have to run and hide in the bushes until the vehicle was gone. An Indigenous woman was not free to walk with her children without the constant threat of danger. A constant disregard for her humanity - her children’s humanity.
That disregard thrives today. It is everywhere - in our educational institutions, in the emergency room, in our legal institutions, at our work events, around the board table, at family reunions, everywhere.
This song is my best effort to make people see.
This song is also my message of love and respect to those who have been lost. It is the best way that I could let them know - we see you. You laughed, loved, cried, walked, dreamed. You lived. And that is beautiful. "
credits
released February 17, 2022
Engineered/Mixed by Chris Dimas
Guitar/bass by Riva Farrell Racette
Guitar by Gage McGuire
Artwork by Sherry Farrell Racette
Additional artwork by Mike Dawson
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