social media breaks will remind you that a lot of this shit doesn’t even deserve a reaction all the time. conserve that energy for creativity, community, love, exploration, etc.
I hope my Canadian friends will join us in #CancelCanadaDay this year. Reply if you support and will be cancelling your #CanadaDay plans or if you are Indigenous and refuse to be tokenized this year.
I want to express my profound respect to the Tk’emlúps te Secwe̓pemc. They never gave up on finding the ones they knew were there. To me, this was such a profound act of love.
Kúkpi7 Rosanne Casimir, I hold my hands up to you and your community.
kinanâskomitin
@IndigenousBeads Catriona Dooley @Doolz04 , of @Moniasbeads has also customized a stethoscope in her own style, The Kimiwan Stethoscope, here: https://t.co/Enx7MWsK3B
The biggest lie colonialism feeds is that we need to to strive for THEIR concept of success.
Guess what?
Indigenous success will keep us alive after colonial systems collapse.
So grow the food, hunt the wild game, and preserve what you need.
Because that is ultimate success.
Yes, pursuing a career in the arts can be dificult. But you know what else is dificult that no one discourages? Being a doctor. Engineer. Lawyer. What's important here is the arts help kids become better humans. Those skills are INVALUABLE. Career or not. Let them create.