âpihtawikosisân pron
ah-pih-du-wi-GO-si-sahn (“half-son” = 'Métis person' in Plains Cree) is Chelsea Vowel from the Plains Cree speaking community of
Lac Ste. Anne, Alberta, about 70 km west of Edmonton. She currently lives in Montreal, Quebec, a 34
year old Métis mother of two girls. She says in her blog: I
have BEd and taught for some time in Inuvik, Northwest
Territories. I obtained my LLB from the University of Alberta
and then promptly moved to the only civil law jurisdiction in the
country…Quebec, making my common-law degree rather less useful.So here I am, in Montreal, adjusting to an urban existence far
from my home territory, adjusting to a new language and culture, and
dabbling in Law and Education. Currently I am teaching Inuit
youth under protection.
She has just posted a 45 minute video on Spreecast of "town hall" discussions with women of the Idle No More movement. [Thanks to Janet Lehde for this source]
âpihtawikosisân's blog post about Attawapiskat by shows exactly how the Indian Act
creates crises, makes leaders despair, and people die. Reinforced by
federal-provincial buck-passing, lies, and racist assumptions.
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