; Métis- (mixed blood). Ellen Gabriel, whose traditional name is Katsitsakwas, was chosen by her community at the time to represent the blockade.Gabriel received the International Women’s Day Award from the Québec Bar Association in 2008 and has also received the Native Women’s Association of Canada’s Golden Eagle Award, and a Jigonsaseh Women of Peace Award, for her ongoing advocacy work.Oh, Pharrell Is Part Native American? She has found that generations of poverty, abuse and stigma have had a tremendous effect on native …
Here’s Why It Doesn’t MatterHailing from Kitigan Zibi First Nation in Quebec, Bridget Tolley has carried the torch of missing and murdered women for more than a decade.Mohawk land and culture defender Ellen Gabriel.On stage alongside Young on January 12, Deranger spoke of Alberta’s tar sands as “runaway development,” and said the crisis is not only environmental but also about fundamental indigenous rights.“Aboriginal women and families have been on the frontline all along trying to expose violence against indigenous women and its deep-seated roots, as well as to bring about change,” she told Indian Country Today Media Network in 2012.
National Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage (NAOWS), organization formed in New York City in 1911 during a convention of state antisuffrage groups.
Backgrounder - National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. “We are at a crossroads right now, whether we will be totally assimilated and whether we will have the ability to be self-determining people… We’re still dealing with the challenges of how to de-colonize our relationship with Canada, but also to decolonize the one we have with each other.”Michele Audette, president of the Native Women's Association of CanadaFarmington, New Mexico, is a city situated at the convergence of several different entities.Don’t Be Fooled: Latino = IndigenousHeaddress Defended by TLC Wedding Designer: Groom is Native, Bride is Native-InspiredPhoto: Assembly of First Nations handoutGrandma's equation to frybread ain't no joke. She became the president of Quebec Native Women, and went on to protect her language and culture through Kanehsatà:ke Language and Cultural Center, where she works to this day.In honor of #BlackHistoryMonth, here are 10 history-making Black IndiansSainte-Marie was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, and her music has been celebrated with a Governor General’s Performing Arts Award in 2010, and a Canadian Gemini Award.Eriel Deranger is not just the spokeswoman for Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation, a community in the heart of Alberta’s oil sands that has seen drastic rises in rare cancers linked to petrochemicals. Without all three parties coming to the meeting there would be no pipe and therefore, no peace.