06/22/2025
Happy National Indigenous Peoples Day! ✨
Today we celebrate Indigenous Peoples across Turtle Island. From song and dance, to shared meals and community connection...Indigenous joy is powerful. Culture is alive. Relationships and community are everything.
For some of us, today was also a moment of quiet reflection...on the journey, the people and communities whose care shape(d) it, and why we continue to show up, uplift, and amplify.
While a day of celebration, it's also a call to responsibility. Honouring this day means continued truth-seeking and engaging in the on-going work:
Reflection ⁉️
1. Who are we in relationship with (Land, Others, Self)? How are we showing up in those relationships with care, respect, and accountability (even when it's uncomfortable)?
2. Are we actively supporting Indigenous-led initiatives and economies (mutual aid, advocacy, learning) and by where we choose to spend, share, and re-distribute resources ($, time, energy)?
3. How are we investing in education (including our own) to ensure future generations, especially Indigenous youth, grow up with truth, respect, and connection to land and Indigenous knowledge, language, culture and ways of being?
4. How are we honouring Indigenous leadership? How do our daily practices reflect a commitment to decolonization and Indigenous sovereignty?
5. How are we actively working to dismantle colonial structures in our workplaces, communities, and institutions...not just in words, but in action?
6. What are we willing to let go of, shift, or challenge in order to move toward equity, justice, and collective liberation?
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