Tribal Nation Mi’kmaq Respect Joseph and Susan Francis raised their family close to the coast all year. They followed the seasonal round of their Mi’kmaw ancestors. They had twelve children, their youngest a daughter they named Serena. By the time Serina was born, her parents had lost five of her…
Tribal Nation Hesquiaht Courage The Hesquiaht First Nation is located on the west coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia. The nation has twelve fluent speakers remaining—a direct result of over one-hundred years of Indian Residential Schools. chuutsqa is a newly fluent speaker. Her fluency was hard-earned and throughout the many years to acquire it, some people…
Elevating the lives, voices, and dreams of Indigenous Women The Intergenerational Indigenous Women’s Sisterhood is a year-long, paid program, or Circle, that facilitates the sharing of cultural knowledge between Indigenous Women Elders and younger Indigenous women. Each annual circle brings together Indigenous women elders–Legacy Leaders–who have acquired unique cultural knowledge…
Name Estilo Tribal Nation Ute Mountain Ute Thelma Whiskers was raised by her grandparents and parents in the Ute way of life. From them, she learned two Native languages, Ute and Navajo, and the traditions of her people. Thelma knows the Ute handgame and Bear Dance, weaves baskets out of…
