An Indigenous Canada Would Be Better

Non-indigenous Canadians need to pay more attention to the messages from native Canadians. They are a patient and principled people who've been mistreated, disrespected, deprived, and worse, yet many stand proudly for their people and the land. The land that we share.

Kota Gallipeau and Ta’Kaiya Blaney

Ts'msyen artist Morgan Asoyuf honours community's matriarchs, trans rights activists, and land and water defenders bringing awareness for climate justice, missing and murdered Indigenous women, and contesting the expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline, at Vancouver's Bill Reid Gallery

The art is intensely personal, Asoyuf says. A crown with bear claws, which were often used by shamans, and a decorative headband with a representation of Mousewoman, an oracle and protector of youth.

I would truly love to see a 'revised' Canada that looks like this flag which was designed by Kwakwaka’wakw artist Curtis Wilson to represent the first nation's people in Canada.