Caroline Recollet’s family were the first people to return to their true homeland. A survey had not been done after the Robinson Huron Treaty of 1850. Caroline’s research led to a boundary claim agreement. With her daughter Raven, they work to weave the stories of her people and land together.…
Meet Legacy Leader and Future Legacy Leaders of the Yurok Tribe – Abby Abinanti, Dr. Blythe George, and Jessica Carter. Abby, Blythe, and Jessica are working together to exchange their own Indigeous knowledge and traditions of the Yurok peoples, while also encouraging others within the community – especially young women…
Watch as Mililani Trask (Native Hawaiian) and Lihau Enriquez Rosehill (Native Hawaiian) are interviewed by Spirit Aligned Program Director Gail Small (Northern Cheyenne). Mililani and Lihau share how they are building new knowledge leaders. By encouraging their community to continue cultural mentoring as time goes on, they have been able…
Meet Pauline Waterfall (Heiltsuk) and Kylie Gladstone (Heiltsuk) in this interview conducted by Executive Director of Spirit Aligned Leadership Program, Katsi Cook. Kylie is the eldest grandchild of Pauline and is following in the footsteps of her grandmother in becoming a Future Legacy Leader. Together, Pauline and Kylie are creating…
The film, Gviḷásdṃalas Haíɫzaqv: Building Our Constitution, provides insight into the extensive work the Heiltsuk peoples have undertaken to make a constitution that suites the community. Continuing the traditional ways of governing and of life are key to the Heiltsuk peoples process in making their constitution. Teachings that were passed…
Pauline Waterfall writes on the importance of reverence after traumatic historical events still haunt Indigenous peoples today. She writes, “we must hailhsistut—turn things around and make them right again. We are all worthy of being supported, loved, uplifted, carried, guided, and nurtured. We are all worthy of being reconnected to…
There are 15,000 abandoned uranium mines in 14 western states, and 75 percent are located on federal and tribal lands. Thelma Whiskers speaks about her family and their journey in continuing her late brother’s activism efforts against the White Mesa Uranium Mill. View Thelma’s full profile >
For most of her life, Neets’aii Gwich’in leader Sarah James has worked to protect her homelands, including the coastal plain of the nearby Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. But, now the U.S. government wants to lease some of the area for oil exploration and drilling. In this story from The Spiritual…
