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Wīcihtāsowin: Building Bridges to Understanding | Nakuset | TEDxMontrealWomen

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Channel: TEDx Talks · 2018 · Nonprofits & Activism

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Indigenous people have suffered since first contact with European settlers. We have endured multiple policies based on removal of land discrimination, assimilation. However, we are resilient and have forged a path by connecting both worlds in the spirit of collaboration and reconciliation. Here is one of those stories... 

Nakuset, the Executive Director of the Native Women’s Shelter of Montréal, is Cree from Lac la Ronge, Saskatchewan. She has three beautiful boys, Kistin, Mahkisis and Mahihkan. She was adopted by a Jewish family in Montreal and draws on her adoptee experience in her advocacy work for Indigenous children in care. She sits on the Steering Committee of the Montréal Urban Aboriginal Community Strategy Network. Her most recent accomplishments include creating, producing and hosting the television series “Indigenous Power”, as well as being voted “Woman of the Year 2014” by the Montreal Council of Women. Nakuset is dedicated to improving the lives of urban Aboriginals. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

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