Redeeming Memory

Abstract

This article channels the voices of leading Indigenous scholars Thomas King, Lee Maracle and Terry LeBlanc to retrieve the untold past and demystify the present so as to pave the way for a reconciled future. The colonial narrative of civilization undergirding settler Christian identity and way of life must be challenged by Indigenous stories of trauma, survival and struggle for liberation. King, Maracle and LeBlanc enjoin settler Canadians and Christians to produce an honest account of history and Christianity, decolonize and de-Europeanize culture and Christianity, engage and listen to Indigenous peoples and cultures as equals, dialogue partners and teachers in order to contribute to the creation of truly multicultural Canada and Christianity.