Today is world water day, although if you are aware of the #water crisis facing many First Nations and Indigenous communities it might feel more like another Settler #greed day.

It manifests in the unfortunate necessity of Indigenous peoples (most especially those deemed knowledge holders in the community) to mentor and educate non-Indigenous researchers. It is an intellectual, emotional, and spiritual labor that takes away from directing “their energies towards their own families and community healing and resurgence”

When [Wilson-Raybould] spoke, particularly her comment at the end about coming from a long line of #matriarchs and that she was going to continue to be who she is...

Some of the teachings I am working through today include: 1. do your own healing & then #walk along side others to help them find their resilience (as an approach to trauma and culturally informed counselling but, still has lessons for those looking to work in #allyship )

Recently, the #Syilx nation has started a campaign called #WElovelanguage, in an effort to educate and preserve the #nsyilxcen language. This campaign is open for all to learn, and given that language and culture inform each other...

"In order to have reconciliation and decolonization, settlers need to be engaged. It’s our responsibility to contribute, as #community members and partners going forward."

"I remember my grandmother would hand the young children cups in the rain, telling us to go dig in fields for worms. She needed them for her garden, for fishing, for any number of things."