Autumn Peltier, a 13-year-old Anishinaabe girl from Wikwemikong First Nation, addressed world leaders at the United Nations about protecting water.
This 13-Year-Old Water Advocate Addressed the UN
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Month: April 2018
Locked up at 12
Read this heart-wrenching CBC News article about Métis woman Amanda Lepine who tries to overcome the inequalities in Canada’s justice system.
Indigenous knowledge is critical to understanding climate change
By integrating traditional knowledge with Western science, we can solve some of our biggest challenges, including those brought by our changing...
Native Girls Are Being Exploited and Destroyed at an Alarming Rate
Mary G. was born from the boats. Her children were born from the boats too, all fathered through her liaisons with male customers. She has never...
A Tribe Called Queer
In the Native American community, two spirits can be better than one. Gay couples can’t marry in Washington. But near Seattle, tucked away off the...
Food Security and Innovation
See this great article from CBC titled “Year-round garden provides free fresh vegetables to hundreds on Manitoba’s Opaskwayak Cree Nation”
Traditional Perspectives on Being LGBTQ2S
For the most part, our modern mainstream society divides gender into two domains – man and woman, or boys and girls. Many traditional cultures...