Women Empowering Women
Indigenous people used to be sovereign nations and existed independently for thousands of years. It was only in the last couple hundred years that they have lost their sovereignty and been forcibly beholden to the laws and rules of a foreign government: The Government of Canada.
Krista Leddy is a proud Métis woman. She is an artist, a mom and a prolific Métis beader whose beadwork has been showcased in museums and the Canadian Geographic. On September 28th, 2021 Krista Leddy sat down with me to have a Q&A on Métis Beadwork and Culture.
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Shia and Sunni have been two sides of the same coin for centuries. While on the outside, the Muslim community presents a unified front. As much as this is true and there is a perpetuated vision of the Muslim community that is true in some sense, there is an internal conflict that is dictated by…
Mexico and Canada- two countries unified by their general history of settler-colonialism and violence towards Indigenous peoples- house an epidemic of violence towards Indigenous women that include “rape, forced disappearance, human trafficking, and murder” as frequent manifestations of violence (Marceau et al.). In both countries, these crimes often go on with impunity and without investigation…