For our April CTMS Film Event, we present Reserve 107: A Path Forward (2025). This new documentary shares the ongoing story of the Young Chippewayan band / Stoney Knoll First Nation as they work with Mennonites and Lutherans in Laird, Saskatchewan, to right the wrongs of the past. Since the release of the Reserve 107: Reconciliation on the Prairies in 2016, there have been some significant advances in the story, including visits to Ottawa, the development of the Stoney Knoll Interpretive Site, and repeated gatherings at this sacred meeting place. This 2025 sequel offers heart-filled inspiration and a thought-provoking model for other communities across Turtle Island / North America who want to pursue the hard work of truth-telling and reconciliation.

After the film is shown there will be opportunity for discussion with Gary LaPlante, a headman of Stoney Knoll First Nation, and Leonard Doell, former coordinator of MCC Saskatchewan’s Indigenous Neighbours Program.

About Reserve 107: Reconciliation on the Prairies (2016):

For decades, stories have spread throughout the village of Laird, Saskatchewan. It has been said that First Nation descendants of an old treaty have visited shopkeepers and town officials. The First Nations that came to the town, starting in the 1970s, insisted that a treaty signed between their people and the government of Canada states the land of the locals actually belong to an Indigenous First Nation. But when a group of Mennonites and Lutherans in the town of Laird discover that the land they live on is in fact the former reserve of the Young Chippewayan First Nation, they are forced to acknowledge the history that has brought them to their present confrontation. A chief and descendant of the Young Chippewayan Band decide to invite the local community to a meeting at the central site of the former reserve as members in the town remain on edge. But an inevitable encounter at the towns historic site compels the characters into a surprising discovery. Myths, assumptions and fears are shattered as this old injustice is about to provide an opportunity for friendship and renew a fierce determination to repair the wrongs of the past.

This free, in-person event takes place on Thursday, April 16, at 1:30 p.m. in EG Hall, which is located on the third floor of Centennial Hall at the University of Winnipeg.

Runtime: 47 minutes. Produced by Rebel Sky Media.