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Educator; Speech-Language Pathologist; Child Advocate; Animal lover; 2SLGBTQ 🌈; Indigenous Rights Supporter; Born in Tk'emlúps Unceded; Semi-Retired. Vote 💙

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Joined August 2016
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For decades Indigenous women & girls have gone missing or found murdered along a the stretch of highway in NW British Columbia known as The Highway of Tears. The book is a piercing exploration of the ongoing failure to provide justice for the victims & their families. MMIW/G: 2S
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Members of the Osage Nation Live on the Oscars Red Carpet in Hollywood.
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This fifty-foot sculpture was unveiled in South Dakota. It’s called 'Dignity' and was done by artist Dale Lamphere to honour the women of the Sioux Nation.
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BC is the first province to require mandatory First Nations studies at high school. For the first time, all secondary students will be required to complete Indigenous-focused coursework before they graduate from BC’s K-12 education system.
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Search the Landfill
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Protect Our Girls - Even If They’re Not Yours! 🛑
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🧡 Every Child Matters 🧡
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🧡 Every Child Matters 🧡
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𝐓𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐝𝐚’𝐬 𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐞 Indigenous actor Tantoo Cardinal with her own star. Tantoo starred Dances with Wolves and Killers of the Flower Moon.”There’s a lot of healing that’s needed to be done in our community”
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This beautiful sculpture was built by the Irish people in their own country to honor the American Choctaw Indian tribe. They were grateful because in 1847 the Choctaw people sent money to Ireland when they learned that Irish people were starving due to the potato famine.
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Protect Our Girls - Even If They’re Not Yours 🛑
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Haida artist, Glen Rabena’s, 1978 painting, Blue Jays.
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Reconciliation IS Searching the Landfill 🧡🪶
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🛑 Search the Landfill 🛑
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Every 🧡 Child 🧡 Matters
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I have a serious, no shade question for lifelong Republicans…
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There’s never supposed to be graveyards at a school. NEVER
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Canadian police won't investigate doctor for sterilizing Indigenous woman in which a doctor apologized for his “unprofessional conduct” in sterilizing an Inuit woman.
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Buffy Sainte-Marie responds to allegations about Indigenous ancestry. “I have always struggled to answer questions about who I am. I don’t know where I’m from or who my birth parents were, and I will never know” The reality of stolen children 😞
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Preacher Kenneth Copeland defending private jets. What a POS 💩
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No Pride In Genocide
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‘If the women believed to be in the landfill were members of prominent white families, I have no doubt that the search would have already begun. If we are in the business of reconciliation we can’t value one life over another/ hide behind safety concerns.’
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Remote work 'man camps' in Canada linked to violence against Indigenous women. Evidence of men housed at work camps preying on Indigenous women and girls who live in the area.
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The nuns name is Sister Adelarde. She isn’t just one person - she represents thousands of nuns with the same playbook 💔💔
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LGBTQ2S Pride Month Indigenous Artist: Chief Lady Bird
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Member of the Neskonlith Indian Band of the Secwepemc Nation in British Columbia, George Manuel (1921–89), was an author, astute political strategist & champion of Indigenous Peoples whom many credit with inspiring the modern Indigenous movement in Canada.
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In a race to conserve the largest intact, unprotected watershed in southern B.C., the Simpcw First Nation unilaterally declared the creation of a new protected area under Indigenous law — a move that could put an end to logging plans.
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This beautiful sculpture was built by the Irish people in their own country to honor the American Choctaw Indian tribe. They were grateful because in 1847 the Choctaw people sent money to Ireland when they learned that Irish people were starving due to the potato famine. 1/2
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Orcas have sunk 3 boats in Europe and appear to be teaching others to do the same. But why? I think the orcas are just done sharing the ocean with humans. So when we stop contaminating their home maybe they will allow us back in.
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Red Dress #18 Terry McCue ~ Ojibwe c. 2017 🛑 MMIWG2S+ 🛑
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Read this twice- so you thoroughly understand how residential school survivors; children’s bodies found; MMIWG:2S - are all tied together.
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On American and Canadian soil 💔
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Search 🛑 The 🛑 Landfill 🛑
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Indigenous filmmaker wants fines, jail time for 'pretendians' who misrepresent their identity. A Haida filmmaker is pushing for new legislation in Canada to penalize people who wrongly claim to be Indigenous & access grants, jobs for Indigenous people.
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Turquoise over diamonds any day. 💎💙 Photo by: Museum of Indian Arts & Culture
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🧡 Every Child Matters 🧡
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Indigenous elders bless landfills around Calgary. The vigil is part of a nation-wide movement to search for remains in landfills where a summer-long protest has shut down areas of the city and became a political hot potato ahead of a provincial election.
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I don’t know one single woman who has not been sexually harassed, or sexually assaulted, and/or raped. Not one.
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“I’m just trying to stand here and leave it[door] open for everybody else.” ~Lily Gladstone~ Art by: Chad L Yellowjohn
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Landfill search for Ontario man proves it's possible, but Manitoba lacks political will. Safety concerns cited by province in potential landfill search 'simply not true,' investigative firm CEO says. 😡😡
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@GeoffBrown82 CPAP’s are so common and used by millions of people daily. It’s usual customers are over 40 but not necessarily. Covid has pushed many more to this device. Let’s not speak about trumpy diapers, adderall addiction, obesity and slurring of words when’s he’s super high.
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@ironbow They never expected us to rise out of the ashes….but we are. Slowly we are rising up. What we’ve endured at the hands of our traumatized relatives is alarming - but we are doing so anyway. We stop the past on trauma and we change it - and return to what has been stolen 🧡🧡🪶🪶
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Truth 🧡🪶
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Happy Indigenous Peoples Day 🧡🪶
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HAPPY INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY! 🌿🪶 We all come in many beautiful shades 🤎🖤🤍🤎🖤🤍🤎🖤🤍
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This is what you give an Indigenous woman instead of flowers
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Happy 82nd birthday to Buffy Sainte-Marie (Feb 20) 🧡🪶
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🧡Bring Our Children Home🧡 🧡You Are Not Forgotten 🧡
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Lily Gladstone could be up for Best Actress again in 2025. The film deals with missing and murdered Indigenous women and Lily’s role as Jax, a woman tired of searching for her missing sister and tired of everyone shrugging at her pain, have been praised by critics as outstanding.
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'We will blockade': FSIN chiefs threaten action in response to Saskatchewan First Act. 30+ First Nation chiefs from across the province gathered in Saskatoon Friday to denounce the recently introduced Saskatchewan First Act & threaten action.
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“If there is heaven and that’s where christains go, then I’d rather go to hell where there wouldn’t be such cruel people.” Chief Hatuey
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Search the Landfill MMIWG:2S 🛑
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New film documents struggle of Wet’suwet’en land defenders. “Canadian police went to great lengths to silence this story. Journalists & filmmakers have variously been blocked from accessing newsworthy events.” Filmmaker Michael Toledano
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Cowichan Tribes now fully responsible for child welfare services The Cowichan Tribes have about 5,300 members on Vancouver Island voted to pass new laws to prioritize supports to keep children with their families, or relatives in other Indigenous homes.
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When they buried the children What they didn’t know They were lovingly embraced By the land…. By Abigail Echo-Hawk
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Lady in Red Danii Kehler ~ Plains Cree 2018 🛑 MMIWG2S+ 🛑
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Indigenous Artist: Chief Lady Bird
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Saskatoon woman raising money for memorial to Starlight Tour victim Neil Stonechild. Stonechild's death led to judicial inquiry, firing of 2 police officers. CBC News
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🛑 MMIWG2S+ 🛑
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Support Kwakiutl: No old-growth logging without community consent. This is the message from hereditary chiefs, matriarchs and community members of the Kwakiutl Nation on the north end of what’s known as Vancouver Island. “Ha'nałax̱a̱n's G̱a̱lg̱apoła”
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Search the Landfill 🛑 MMIWG:2S 🛑 Pretend the people are white. Now will you search the landfill?
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Never Forget 🛑 MMIWG2S+ 🛑
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Chief Lady Bird Art
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The jury in New Brunswick’s coroner’s inquest into the fatal shooting of Chantel Moore has ruled her death a homicide. The 26-year-old Indigenous woman was shot by an Edmundston police officer during a “wellness check” on the morning of June 4, 2020.
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Colonial History Lied
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🧡 You Are Not Forgotten 🧡
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If you are experiencing rain, delight in it. If the Sun is shining, take in the rays of health. If it is windy let the breeze from sister wind give you strength. If snow gently falls let the crystals of each snowflake illuminate your senses. Allow nature to be part of your day.”
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The Earth does not want to be saved, She wants to be loved. THAT'S how we save Her. 💕 Art by: Aaaron Paquette
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Safety of Indigenous women has changed little since Pickton. Indigenous women still face a barrier of systemic racism when it comes to personal safety and access to the justice system when they are victims of crimes says Chief Marilyn Slett.
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“The climate crisis is here on Turtle Island,” said Giniw Collective Co-Founder Tara Houska as she welcomed the group to Camp Namewag, a Giniw Collective Line 3 resistance camp. “We are honored that you have come to discuss the destruction of Mother Earth”
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Honour Morgan Harris, Marcedes Myrna, Rebecca Contois and Buffalo Woman
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Happy New Year
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🧡 Every Child Matters 🧡 September 30th is Day of Truth and Reconciliation, also known as Orange Shirt Day 🪶 Art piece by Urban Iskwew Artwork by Hawlii Pichette
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Every 🧡 Child 🧡 Matters
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They tell me Jesus died for me... I tell them my ancestors did. The Bible has been used as weapon to colonize & murder my people... I don’t hate people for going to church, but I do hate what the churches have done to us... I choose the path of our ancestors.
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“Teach Indigenous brilliance and success as much as you teach Indigenous suffering and trauma”
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🧡 Every Child Matters 🧡
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🧡Every Child Matters 🧡 🧡You Are Not Forgotten🧡
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The ‘silent genocide’ haunting Canada’s liberal dream. A culture of extreme violence against Indigenous women and girls has become deeply entrenched in Canadian society.
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“May the Fourth Be With You” Indigenous Artist: Lou-ann Neel
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Happy International Women’s Day 🩷 Indigenous Artist: Jackie Traverse
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MIMWGT:2S “Twenty seven years ago I almost ended up a grim statistic. It’s still happening. I was a missing Indigenous girl who beat the odds. Now I’m a journalist and I won’t shut up about a genocidal crisis happening in Canada.” Brandi Morin
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May the stars carry your sadness away, May the flowers fill your heart with beauty, May hope forever wipe away your tears, And, above all, may silence make you strong. Dan George ✨ Artist Credit : R C Gorman
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Please unfollow me if this is an issue. 🌈 Bigots be gone…..
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“The Elders said to not look at the Eclipse, as it’s an intimate moment between Mooshom Pisim, Grandfather Sun, and Kokum Tipiski Pisim, Grandmother Moon. A long awaited reunion, the Divine Feminine and Sacred Masculine coming together as One.” Words by Jenny Sâwanohk
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“When you Learn About Native Residential Schools ~ You Are Not Learning About First Nations People~ You Are Learning About Christianity”
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The Banff Wildlife Crossings Project was implemented in Banff, Alberta. Combined with fencing to keep the animals off the road, the structures have reduced animal-vehicle collisions in the area by more than 80% (>96% for elk and deer alone).
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‘We claim her, end of story’ Artist & activist Buffy Sainte-Marie’s Indigenous identity has been challenged but her Piapot First Nation, Sask. family stands by the 82-year-old, calling the narrative “ignorant,” “colonial” and “racist.”
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It’s tourist tossing season 🤣🤣
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“We Stand Together In Remembrance Of Our Children” Every Day we need to remember all of the families whose children never made it home. For those families who had children stolen and sold. For those families with children in foster care and never made their way home.
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artwork by @alymcknight “We begin and end with each other”💕
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MMIWG:2S 🛑 Search the Landfill 🛑
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🧡 Every Child Matters 🧡
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