Name Pîsimoyâpiy IskwewRainbow Woman Tribal Nation Métis Redeem Nathalie grew up in a large family that believed a strong Métis Nation was made of strong Métis families. They confronted the challenges of poverty, discrimination, and identity using the principles of autonomy and resourcefulness. Nathalie’s ancestors, the Franco-Manitoban Red River Métis,…
Name Sleydo’ Tribal Nation Wet’suwet’en Resilience Molly Ann Wickham’s life is a testament to resilience. Molly is Wet’suwet’en. Growing up she didn’t know her relatives, her land, or her language. Her mother was a survivor of the “60’s Scoop.” In the 1960’s after residential schools, First Nation children were taken…
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…
Name Lesley Tribal Nation Mohawk Smith’s Landing First NationTreaty 8 Empower Born and raised in Montreal, Lesley Paulette is a Haudenosaunee (Wolf Clan) midwife, mother, grandmother, and auntie. At an early age, she connected with her mother’s family from the Upper Mohawk Nation of the Six Nations of the Grand…
Name Askihk Akohp IskwewEarth Blanket Woman Tribal Nation Cree-Métis Pray The Red River winds northward from its source south of the US and Canadian border to the mouth at Lake Winnipeg. The Red River is an ever-present image in the story of the Métis people. The people used to travel…
Meet Our Circle 3 Legacy Leaders and Future Legacy Leaders! These remarkable women leaders will participate in a sisterhood program that will strengthen their relationship over the trajectory of their lives and is designed to support the sharing of cultural knowledge between Indigenous women elders and younger Indigenous women. Together,…
Name Won Povi Pine Flower Tribal Nation Po-Woh-Geh-Owingeh Where the water cuts through Elder Kathy Wan Povi Sanchez – Brief Life Narrative Kathy Wan Povi Sanchez a fourth-generation Tewa traditional potter from San Ildefonso Pueblo in northern New Mexico was well nurtured by matriarchal ancestors Maria and Julian Martinez. Not…
Name zOyaha Children of the Sun Tribal Nation Yuchi Born to Yuchi parents and raised on her father’s allotment in Sapulpa, Oklahoma, Maxine Wildcat Barnett learned to speak English at public school but was allowed to speak only Yuchi at home, at the insistence of her grandma Eliza. She never…
Born to Yuchi parents and raised on her father’s allotment in Sapulpa, Oklahoma, Maxine Wildcat Barnett learned to speak English at public school but was allowed to speak only Yuchi at home, at the insistence of her grandma Eliza. She never forgot those precious words. Today, Maxine is the last…
Elder Kathy Wan Povi Sanchez – Brief Life Narrative Kathy Wan Povi Sanchez a fourth-generation Tewa traditional potter from San Ildefonso Pueblo in northern New Mexico was well nurtured by matriarchal ancestors Maria and Julian Martinez. Not only was she nurtured in the art of the distinctive black ware pottery,…
