How Indigenous People Are Changing The Narrative of Colonized Land
As a young Cree child, I remember hearing all sorts of atrocities spewed against my people: “Natives are dirty,” “You’re all alcoholics,” or “All you do is collect checks from the government.” It was hard not to internalize the colonial rhetoric placed on me — especially when it so starkly contrasts the pride that I was taught to foster around my identity. In 2007, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission was launched and supported by Canada’s government; it aims to take accountability and mitigate the harm enacted upon Indigenous peoples from these laws and the Residential School System and Sixties Scoops. Undoing colonial infrastructure within our Tribes and communities means, among other things, putting energy and resources toward Indigenous resurgence. And it’s working: Indigenous communities are beginning to thrive when it comes to language revitalization, obtaining self-governance, and repairing oral generational teaching traditions that were severed when Indigenous peoples were ripped away from their families and communities.
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