My first official visit as primate was to the gathering of Sacred Circle in Calgary last summer. During our time together, we recalled the story of how, 32 years ago, leaders of the Indigenous Anglican Church received a very clear vision that they rendered into a document called The Covenant—a gift from God to the Indigenous Church. We also recalled how consensus was achieved five years ago to adopt a document called Our Way of Life. The Covenant and Our Way of Life describe the fundamentals of the Indigenous Anglican Church in Canada.

These two documents represent the reclaiming of a legacy that is at once hundreds and thousands of years old—a reclaiming of the unique cultural expression of Anglicanism that is found in Indigenous communities across this country. After being marginalized by the Anglican Church of Canada and by the larger Canadian society—existing alongside, quiet and........

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