For Those Who Cannot Speak: the Land, the Water, the Animals and the Future Generations

This work commemorates the actions of Kokums (grandmothers) from Kitigan Zibi who marched to Parliament Hill in 2013 as a call to action to those in power to respect Indigenous sovereignty and the environment – speaking for those who have been silenced or cannot speak. The piece takes its inspiration from and functions in a similar way to a wampum belt. Made from strings of beads, wampum belts signify for Myre a reassertion of Indigenous sovereignty.