The ReMatriate Collective (created in 2015) is an

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women's

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that uses

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to connect Indigenous peoples, particularly women, through art interventions. The collective is composed of women across Western and Northern Canada.

Projects

Artworks and exhibitions

ReMatriate participated in the exhibition ''Beginning with the Seventies: Collective Acts,'' September 4, 2018 – December 2, 2018 at the

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in Vancouver, British Columbia. Dana Claxton imposed images of the collective's members onto an archival image that references the Service, Office and Retail Workers' Union of Canada (SORWUC) 1978 protest action against the Muckamuck Restaurant. In 2019, ReMatriate guest curated the exhibition ''qaʔ yəxʷ – water honours us: Womxn and Waterways,'' April 10 – October 2, 2019, at the Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art. The exhibition focuses on the connection between " womxn and water in the matriarchal societies of the Northwest Coast, with special attention to the roles of child-bearers, healers, and doulas."

Events

2015 – ''

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'' –

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References

First Nations organizations in Canada Women's organizations based in Canada