The major turning points for me are that I could have died, but I didn’t. Three life threatening events brought Circle Two Legacy Leader Kathy Sanchez to a time of deep soul searching. She asked herself why she was spared set about examining her life and her cultural values. This…
During her tenure as an employee with the Hopi Tribal Government, Barbara Poley made an insightful observation. She determined the need to build both capacity and leadership among the Hopi tribal membership to better serve the Hopi people. This was the beginning of her inspiration to build a program to…
August 26 is Women’s Equality Day, in honor of the day in 1920 when women were first guaranteed the right to vote in the United States. But this equality has not always been extended to Native women. It wasn’t until 1962 when all Native women in the U.S. were guaranteed…
By: Hilistis Pauline Waterfall There’s a Heiltsuk child in me whose growth stopped at the age of 12 and doesn’t know a Heiltsuk adulthood. Conversely, there’s a White adult in me who started to grow at the age of 12 but doesn’t know a White childhood. I left home at…
Last night, I learned more about the unspeakable and unimaginable crime rendered against innocent children whose remains were found near the Kamloops Indian Residential School. It’s 5:30 a.m. and I can’t sleep. My finger has come out of my emotional dam and tears flow with deep sadness. The discovery of…
For generations, our ancestors have resisted the forces of colonialism to uphold andprotect our sacred knowledge and stories. The impact of COVID-19 over the last yearhas compounded the pressures we feel everyday as Indigenous people. Now more thanever, we must put our minds together and focus our energy on protecting…
Read the Original PDF. Elders’ Council named 2020 Guthrie Award recipient Toronto, ON – The Law Foundation of Ontario is pleased to announce that the Elders’ Council is the 2020 recipient of the Guthrie Award, the Foundation’s signature award to recognize exceptional access to justice champions. The Elders’ Council was…
In 2016, Faith Spotted Eagle won a single vote in the electoral college, which came as a shock to her. She wasn’t running for president. She was taking her daughter to the airport Monday when she got the news in a message from a reporter. “Ojibwe people, we believe that…
By Katsi Cook, Spirit Aligned Leadership Program Executive Director Recently, a friend asked me about the possible provenance of this beautifully beaded bag that had been hanging on the wall of an Adirondacks cabin for about a hundred years. Loretta Afraid of Bear Cook (Oglala Lakota), a Spirit Aligned Legacy…
