The text is taken from a collection of poems/prose that Joyce wrote in the late 1980’s. Karen chose 5 poems from that collection and used these materials as the narrator part, that begins each of the 5 movements. This was the first collaboration between Karen and Joyce. Joyce writes: This piece is based on a series of poems I developed from stories told by my mother, artist and Métis activist Lenore Clouston, as she explored the experiences of women of her silenced Indigenous heritage. In her final years she began a five-part series of paintings depicting Louis Riel’s vision: one day children of many nations will join hands and live in harmony in the Métis Homeland on the prairies.  Lenore passed away before she was able to complete the series. Karen’s composition affirmed the work of her grandmother, and in this composition drew together my poetry in Lenore’s voice, as well as the art of extended family members to complete her grandmother’s unfinished project.