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Rebuilding Our Whole Community

Jun 21, 2019 04:05 am

A group of five Indigenous people gather around a "She Is Wise" banner at the conference.
She is Wise Conference hosted by the Ontario Native Women’s Association of Canada in Toronto.
Credit: 
Honarine Scott

According to the Indigenous Calls to the Church, our Two Spirit relatives are welcome and a valued part of our circle. This act of acknowledgment fills me with pride because it is a step towards rebuilding our whole community from the generations of ignorance and mistreatment of Two Spirit peoples. If you are just catching up, Two Spirit is a term that some Indigenous people use to self-identify their sexual orientation, gender, and or role, depending on the individual or their particular nation.



 
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Note from Nora: Together on a Pathway of Healing and Respect

Jun 20, 2019 02:39 pm

General Secretary Nora Sanders and Chief Denise Stonefish sign the document at a table outside.
Photo: Chief Denise Stonefish of the Delaware Nation and myself.
Credit: 
Robyn Brady
Occasionally in a dream I find myself in my childhood home. My family moved there before I was born, and my parents lived in that same house until well after I had moved out and bought my first house. My memories there are good ones, and in the dreams that take me back, my parents are still living. When I wake up I am momentarily confused, but glad to have had that visit back to a remembered happy time.
 


 
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