2.14.2026, 12:00:00 AM • Mohawk Community Centre, ON
Erin & Samuel
2.14.2026, 12:00:00 AM • Mohawk Community Centre, ON
Our Story
Erin and Sam first met when Sam was serving Erin and her best friend Danielle at a local
bar.
Ultimately, nothing came of this first meeting, but as fate would have it, a few weeks later, Sam started new job at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery and was responsible for bringing in new volunteers.
A few streets away in Oshawa, Erin was eager to be involved in museums and galleries and applied to volunteer at the nearby art gallery.
Upon first meeting, both Erin and Sam recognized that they knew one another from somewhere, but couldn't pinpoint where exactly it was. They had lived only blocks away from one another for years, so they figured their paths crossed somewhere. It wasnt until Erin introduced Sam to Danielle for the first time that it clicked and they remembered one another from the bar all those months before.
August 07, 2019
The first trip Sam and Erin took together was to Kahnawake, near Montreal, to attend the Kaianere'ko:wa, also known as the Great Law of Peace.
The Kaianere'ko:wa is a foundational Haudenosaunee legal and ethical code that is contained within the story of Peacemaker. Each year a different community hosts, and over the span of several days, this story is recited, reminding everyone to move through life with the guiding principles of Peace, Power, and a Good Mind.
August 09, 2023
The first time that the Kaianere'ko:wa was held following the pandemic, it was hosted in Oneida, Wisconsin.
Erin and Sam drove the 14+ hours there (and back!) with a busted car, and still managed to like each other at the end of it all!
July 05, 2024
The third year was a little closer to home, in comparison, and was hosted in Six Nations. They started off the trip camping and were welcomed with torrential rain and funnel clouds, but ended with literal rainbows and sunshine... It was also during this trip that Sam and Erin learned that they had been accepted into the Mohawk Language and Culture Certificate program!
March 04, 2023
The day Sam moved up was the same day they picked up their sweet kitten, O'kén:ra, and their little family started to blossom ♥️.
January 22, 2025
Erin and Sam moved to Kingston in 2022- Sam was starting Law school that fall at Queen's, and Erin was working at the Agnes art gallery on campus.