Perception

  • Dirty Little Indian? Look again…
  • Judith Adams (Cree). A wife, mother, grandma, hair dresser, business owner, curler, volunteer, puzzle enthusiast, creative person and great listener.
  • Lay Indian? Look again…
  • Leah Gazan (Lakota). A mother, sister, auntie, professor, community leader, social activist, and circuit goddess.
  • Crook? Look again…
  • Dustin Rene Harder (Métis). Father, friend, entertainer, songwriter, cultural entrepreneur, community defender, philanthropist and proud métis.
  • Victim? Look again…
  • Leona Star (Cree). A wife, mother, sister, sundancer, researcher, tax payer, homeowner, and a softball player with a wicked arm.
  • Token Indian? Look again…
  • Reuben Boulette (Anishinaabe). A son, brother, fiancé, uncle, artist, musician, youth mentor, high school teacher, taxpayer and homeowner
  • Wannabe Indian? Look again ...
  • Becca Taylor (Cree). A daughter, sister, college graduate, youth worker, dancer, and a three-time crowned Indian Princess.
  • Tax burden? Look again…
  • Brennan Manoakeesick (Oji-Cree).A husband, father, sundancer, defender of Treaty Rights, homeowner, and a Golden Jubilee medal recipient.
  • Useless halfbreed? Look again…
  • Katherena Vermette (Métis). A mom, writer, fiancée, educator, arts coordinator, volunteer, yogi, homeowner, little dog owner, Governor General Literary Award Winner, and still paying for grad school herself.
  • Shoplifter?
  • Robert Lavallee (Oji-Cree). Son, uncle, grandson, Christian, entrepreneur, consultant, advisor, civil servant, administrator and part of a generation of young Indigenous warriors.
  • Youth at risk? Look again…
  • Jenna (Anishinaabe). Sister, auntie, two-spirited, activist, educator, author, drummer, singer, survivor and megaphone girl at rallies.
  • Wagon burner? Look again…
  • Maria Morrison (Ojibway/Mennonite). A mother, sister, aunt, artist, publisher, consultant, social activist, pays taxes, and her roller derby name is May Q. Sorry.
  • Fetal Alcohol Syndrome? Look again…
  • Nungohs (Ojibway/Potawatomi). A daughter, niece, straight A student, YouTuber, violinist, track star and wants to be a veterinarian.
  • Squaw? Look again…
  • KC Adams (Oji-Cree). A wife, mother, twin, artist, educator, homeowner, tax payer, curler, who paid for university herself.
  • Troubled teen?
  • Tyler Raven (Ojibway). A mother, daughter, sister, auntie, survivor, passionate for success and loves to dance.
  • Heathen? Look again…
  • Jordan Parenteau (Aboriginal and Mennonite). A mother, partner, Christian, high school graduate, volunteer, and loves to hunt moose.
  • Government mooch? Look again…
  • Kim Wheeler (Ojibiway/Mohawk). A mother, writer, publicist, producer, homeowner, golfer, who paid for her own education.
  • Terrorist? Look again…
  • Niigaan Sinclair (Anishinaabe). Father, son, grandson, write, editor, activist, professor, community organizer, and soccer player.
  • Whore? Look again…
  • Tanya Tagaq (Inuit). Mother, daughter, artist, dream chaser, balance seeker, bannock bum lover and hickey giver.
  • Tree Hugging Indian? Look again…
  • Braeden Taylor (Cree). A partner, son, brother, nature enthusiast, woodworker, traveler and University of manitoba Male Athlete of the Year.
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