Today my sister Cleo died in 1978 at the age of 13. I choose to not dwell on her passing, but to admire in awe at the power of her spirit to change the world. I am humbled by her, every day.
#FindingCleo
CBC's Finding Cleo has won the 2019 Best Cross Platform Project award this evening! So proud of Connie, Jen, Marnie, Mieke, Heather! Just bursting with pride - happiness rolls down my cheeks. All my love to you Cleo.
#FindingCleo
#CanadianScreenAwards
#CBC
#SixtiesScoop
Today is Cleo's birthday! This is the first year I can celebrate it, knowing it's her birthday and knowing where she is! Heart is happy! THANK YOU CBC <3
Christine! Cleo's sister <3
#FindingCleo
#MMIW
#60sScoop
#SevenWolves
... for the Indigenous peeps rallying around Pretendians... take that same energy and bring back your 60s Scoopers and other indigenous relatives displaced by child welfare policies instead. Yeah... do that instead...!!!!
Saskatchewan is going to have an Apology for the Sixties Scoop on Monday January 7th, 2019. Watch my feed for live streams, cuz I for one... want to hear what they're going to say. I wanna hear it.
#FindingCleo
@connie_walker
Yesterday was the first day in Canadian history where someone had legal consequences for INDIGENOUS IDENTITY FRAUD. Now lets see charges for Carrie Bourassa, Mary Ellen Turpel Lafond, Vianne Timmons, Kinnie Starr, Morris Blanchard, Ernie "Little Bear" Matton and dozens more!!!
Today I am grateful to celebrate my birthday, knowing where all my brothers and sisters are on this Earth. So many thanks to CBC for Finding Cleo. This is my first birthday with no holes in my heart <3
#FindingCleo
#MMIW
Cleo. My sweet, dear sister. So happy we found you. I forget the words I said those months ago, but never forgot your face and your love for us. I'll always miss you, and I know you are always with me. Love knows no time and distance. Always, you are with me <3 Luv Crystal
Pleased to announce
@CBCNews
podcast Missing & Murdered: Finding Cleo as the winner of the CJF Jackman Award for Excellence in Journalism Award (large media category).
#CJFawards
Just had a visitor from Alberta, a fellow 60s scooper who was touched deeply by the Finding Cleo podcast. This is awesome. Had a great visit with her and her mother in law. Makes me happy, and I know it makes Cleo happy too :)
#FindingCleo
#60scoop
#MMIW
I have a lot of peace. Just very grateful. All the pieces of my heart are together. I hope Connie Walker receives every award possible for radio, journalism, podcasts... everything under the sun. She deserves it <3
#FindingCleo
#MMIW
#60sScoop
@ConnieWalker
The more I think about it... actually finding Cleo was miraculous, nothing short of a miracle - for those of us who believe. Always have faith and never give up hope. <3
BABY YODA LOVE!!! My own beadwork with Glow in the Dark stars! Today, we shall make gingerbread Yodas... <3 My yiungest, Tulugarjuaq... is a meticulous decorator. 🐺
I think of my Mom. Lillian Semaganis. She was an activist. I think of Cleo. She was an activist (what 13 yr old says "The government had no right to do this?"). Thus, I am an activist. For all who came before and those who come after, I'll be an activist.
#MothersDay
I am an Activist against Indigenous Identity Fraud. I lead weekly Zooms for verified indigenous people only, to combat this growing issue. PM if you'd like in on the conversation!
#Pretendians
#RaceShifter
#IndigenousIdentityFraud
CELEBRATING 30 YEARS OF SOBRIETY, I got my first tattoo of Moshum Poundmaker at the age of 51! I am the happiest Kokum <3 We ALL deserve good things!!!
I've been learning new terms. Defendian. Descendian. These are all very impactful terms that arose from a place of being harmed, and tis a way for indigenous people to name these harms, and yes - harms coming from other people with nefarious/exploitative intent.
@Hayden_King
Perhaps, but Canada also runs on kindness, compassion and the tireless work of advocates and positive thinkers - count me among them. I too, demand justice, but will forever be grateful that I am Canadian. I am here to remind you that there are good things, too.
One last tweet before bed. That wee little picture of Cleo - forget what colour it originally was. I've dragged that wee photo frame around for decades, since I was 18, house to house. Always in the living room at the centre of my home. Now I can say, "I know who you are" <3
i come from ignored exploited commodified despised invisible expendable people. if you saw a sea of orange, thats good. today, we are not invisible and thats good enough for me. i love you Mama, in the Good Place. kiss all those found children for me, give them my Love 💕💕💕
Can I just say... if you watched Finding Cleo and thought our being seperated/ stolen from our parents and reserves was unjust and had lifelong affects... look at President Trump, and PLEASE do something about it!
#FindingCleo
Was at the Ottawa Pipeline Rally, at a Land Defender Counter Protest. Was ugly. Legit, ugly. MAGA hats, racist comments, agitation, aggression, intolerance, tension, and hatred. Prayed hard, came home alive. What has become of this country?
#FindingCleo
#NoTrespass
@jacquesranger
@connie_walker
@Ian_Mosby
This is why we reached out to Connie and did the podcast. We felt we were the only ones, noone was listening. The small rituals of life brought a mundane comfort that could not equal the relief the actual finding of her that this process brought. Christine (Cleo's sister)
In response to
@connie_walker
podcast on
#CBC
,
@DSBNAcademy
grade 11
#NBE
students have been composing research essays on the cause of
#MMIWG
. I am proud of the work they have done, and they are intrigued to see their findings validated by Monday’s report
@dsbn_Indigenous
@ABDanielleSmith
@DevinDVote
your party is a detriment to humanity. the environment. indigenous people. wildlife. youth. disabled people. the health care system. the education system. the social safety net. transportatio and highways. water quality. the long term care network. river, lakes....
Sewing regalia for my granddaughter this week... pow wow season is here and I can't wait to get back out there and CAMP <3 Love my people, love the beauty of pow wow <3
spending my day getting a new office ready for - yes people, I am going to help others find their loved ones. It's what I want to do. If you have donations or other offers of help, please forward them to:
CleosCircle
@gmail
.com <3
Christine
My sobriety is the ultimate act of decolonialism. It is my defiance & my resistance of colonial violence ... my assertion that we the Indigenous are brilliant, beautiful and made of stardust.
The
@CBC
Missing & Murdered
#FindingCleo
podcast is an astonishing piece of investigative reporting and a heartbreaking education in Canadian history. Whatever awards there are for podcasts,
@connie_walker
& team should get one.
... Today is the day, digital awards for The Canadian Academy of Cinema & Television :D Let Cleo's spirit resonate like the bright light she is, timeless, loving, powerful... across time <3 Award or not, she is a precious precious prize to me <3
@roccorossiTO
No heartbreaking is your elitist comment on NYE> do Ontario a favour and resign.
I want you to resign, or be fired. Either one is an acceptable outcome to me.
I spent my first days of life on the Red Pheasant reserve, not far from Little Pine, where I am registered. I think of my sons and daughter when Colten or Tina or young people of ours are killed simply for the colour of their skin.
I pray for justice for Colten <3
Standing O last night for
@TashHubbard
's searing, devastating, beautiful and tender doc nipawistamasowin: We Will Stand Up about Colten Boushie's family’s fight for justice. Privileged to be in the room.
@SKGov
needs a public inquiry now into racism, injustice and oppression.
...on to the next adventure. I'll continue writing that book I started three years ago, and continue talking and telling stories. I have a unique perspective that seems to resonate with people, and I'm grateful others are positively impacted by my experience. So... onward <3
@RMComedy
@connie_walker
Thank you for listening, and retweeting. And I agree, Connie has a special gift and heart for her people, and I knew she had so much respect for Cleo and what we experienced. I was correct to trust her and amazed at the reception of this podcast <3
Christine (Cleo's sister)
I had to retweet this, because that's my daughter in the middle on this cover, dancing in the regalia I made for her <3
So proud of my girl! See ya soon, Barrie!!!!
@shiripasternak
@connie_walker
Mystery Lake School Board, Ottawa Carleton District School Board, Nipissing University and others have all incorporated Finding Cleo into indigenous studies because it looks at MMIW, Residential School, the 60s Scoop and government policy. Lots available!
a feature in the fresh Rolling Stone for 2019 was a great way to start the year... Connie thanks for answering my email and helping our family find Cleo! Can't believe what's happened since!! <3
#FindingCleo
@connie_walker
@_chiefslayer
Ah my lil heart is still tickin. This is good. These last few days have been intense and caused a ripple in the air, an invisible ripple of sadness in waves.
sunday and coffee. bills paid. rent paid. cupboards and fridge full. kids happy and this home is full of love and peace. that... my good people... is my version of success <3
#FindingCleo
#SevenWolves
#BeeKind
FOR SALE Toronto Raptors beaded medallion. 4.75 inches in diameter. 33 inch long lanyard. Backed in white deer hide, available for immediate shipping. Inquiries to sevenwolves1971
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The discovery in May of the bodies of 215 indigenous children at a residential school in BC highlighted a brutal part of Canada's legacy. Here,
@Lil_Cree777
recounts her family’s story, and how the system took away the Gift of Nurturing from the community
I have to accept that there will be things I will never be able to wrap my head around. I gotta let things go. My mission today is to find peace in truth and sometimes, thats all some of us will get. Let it be enough for me. Please, let it be enough.
@APTNNews
Why put our right and issues up for public opinion? You just give mainstream mob mentality the fuel to take our rights away. Phuck public opinion. Legit.
Today is a beautiful day. The more I see of Trump, the more proud I am to be Canadian. I still cannot comprehend how that man is a leader of this world.
Be kind to today's youth. I grew up unhindered by social media. If they make a mistake, it may go viral. What happens living in a world where a mistake might be shared a few thousand times? We get youth with unprecedented anxiety. So no judgement - hugs and love instead!
Enjoyin the wee tribe and critters on this holiday weekend. So happy to see Cleo's face everywhere. It lets people know that the 60s Scoop was not just some "thing"... it was fatal for some of us and the rest of us live with after effects now and many tomorrow.
Get over that...
Blocked another person for becoming unhinged. If you disagree, disagree-but make your points with clarity and without profanity. Yes there will be great resistance to combatting Indigenous Identity Fraud - but we will not stop.
Rolling Stone - having you guys mention our family's podcast with CBC on your top of 2018 has made my year already. And it's only January 2nd!!!! My sister Cleo is very happy! WE ARE HAPPY!!!!
@RollingStone
@_chiefslayer
#FindingCleo
Thank you all for listening to the podcast, and recommending it to others. If enough people know, then this won't happen again to anyone. I had a good birthday made better by kind people like all of you :)
Eeeeee Jennifer Podemski is listening to my family's Podcast from CBC. I love her. She's awesome. But I also love Connie Walker and all the ladies at CBC who produced this podcast. *squeals*
Christine
@MariahGracex3
and the sixties scoop... and rank child welfare policies of the state... i am also not accepted and the lateral violence term for me is "apple". red on the outside and white on the inside cuz i was raised by white folks. the politics of division blowin hot air again. ughhhh
Plan for the day: fight climate change. Recycle. Help other humans. Take a break and check out
@CuriousZelda
Return to fighting climate change and changing the world, and when you need a break, Zelda has yo back <3
The Missing and Murdered podcast has set a new standard for a thrilling and suspenseful piece with its recent season Finding Cleo. This personal narrative brings light to an incident involving both American and Canadian child services.
#FindingCleo