Anishinaabekwe (Kitigan Zibi) | Momma | Water Warrior | Educator #IndigenousEd #AntiRacistEducatorReads Great ☕️& 📚 Being the change | Tweets my own | she/her

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Maria Oakey Dewing, A Bed of #Poppies, (c.1909) #womensart
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Today is Indigenous Veterans Day. To all Indigenous veterans, and those currently serving, thank you for your contributions and sacrifice. Yesterday I spoke to honour Indigenous veterans in Kiiwetinoong and in other places. Meegwetch for watching.
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Today is Indigenous Veterans Day. I am thinking of Indigenous folks who envisioned a better world living together on these lands. I made the white one years ago for peace. Check out the recording from yesterday’s Indigenous Veterans Remembrance Panel from @HistoricaCanada
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This resource is amazing, and just in time for Treaties Recognition Week
Yellowhead is excited to announce the launch of The Treaty Map! Covering every Canadian treaty from 1763 to the present, The Treaty Map challenges the commonly held view of treaties as land surrenders and offers a comprehensive learning & teaching tool: treatymap.yellowheadinstitut…
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Our greatest gift to Sinclair’s legacy would be to ensure that Canada fulfills all 94 of the Calls to Action that he gave us, so that every child feels that they belong, that they have a purpose & are proud of who they are ⁦@TanyaTalaga⁩ theglobeandmail.com/opinion/…
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Indigenous Artist: Rande Ola K’alapa You Are Not Forgotten
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'Colonial-rooted poverty will not be solved by more colonial solutions' @EllenGabriel1 speaking with @michellecyca Looking forward to this book!
In 1990, @EllenGabriel1 was thrust into the spotlight during the “Oka Crisis,” (btw, don’t call it that, she says). The Mohawk land defender spoke with @michellecyca about her new book, the urgency of Indigenous resistance — and her vision for the future. thenarwhal.ca/ellen-gabriel-…
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🍦Companies logged B.C. forests 170 times without authorization since 2021, records reviewed by The Narwhal’s @ainscruickshank show. The provincial government can’t say how much was improperly harvested and refuses to release details about fines. #bcpoli thenarwhal.ca/bc-logging-wit…
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@clclyne retweeted
Acknowledging truth is essential for healing. It's important for all to learn about Canada’s honest history & residential schools. This Truth & Reconciliation Week, tune in or join us on Parliament Hill to learn & honour the truths of Survivors. trw-svr.nctr.ca #nctr_um
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📣👏Congrats to the Council of the Haida Nation, the Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council, the Pacheedaht First Nation and the Quatsino First Nation for their work with @FishOceansCAN securing the country's largest marine protected area! Read more: cbc.ca/news/canada/british-c…
Today, the large ecologically unique ocean area Tang.ɢwan — ḥačxwiqak — Tsig̱is was designated as a #MarineProtectedArea (MPA). ow.ly/7oaV50SzSh0
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Today is the anniversary of the start of the siege of Kanehsatà:ke and Kahnawá:ke, on July 11, 1990. Learn more about the siege and its legacy with this poster by @EllenGabriel1 and interview for the @GHC_Comics Remember/Resist/Redraw project: graphichistorycollective.com…
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Rest in peace Alex Janvier
Cold Lake Air Alex Janvier ~ Denesuline 1994
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35 years ago today, on July 11, 1990, following Elijah Harper defeating unjust Meech Lake Accord, a Quebec SQ Tactical Unit attacked Mohawks protecting a burial site & land rights from a golf course expansion, Mohawks repelled SQ & Kahnawake supported by blocking Mercier Bridge!
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We are seeing that leadership matters. Leadership philosophy matters. Actions that leaders take matter.
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