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The Coalition of Chiefs also plan to launch a new organization called Indigenous Strong.

“You’re wishing people well and all that. That’s why we do this, why we give blankets. It’s a way to honour and respect and wishing them well.” — Chief Calvin Bruneau, Papaschase First Nation

“In the 70s there were no Indigenous students at post-secondary schools in Canada. We had to enfranchise in order to attend school. We had to give up our rights as Indigenous peoples in order to attend.” —Mike DeGagne, Indspire president and CEO

The new policy’s goal is “advancing a systemic shift in the federal public service’s institutional culture, reflected in behaviour, decision-making, and actions at every level of the federal government.”

“Children are kind of our little Elders and they have so much knowledge and openness and curiosity and are able to see the world in ways that kind of get taken out of us as we get older.” — illustrator bailey macabre

Dandeneau’s fashions will be seen at the Calgary Art Market from Nov. 16 to Nov. 19, at One of a Kind in Toronto from Nov. 23 to Dec. 3, the Signature Show in Edmonton from Nov. 30 to Dec. 3 and at One of a Kind in Chicago from Dec. 7 to Dec 10.

“It was a big ambition and goal that we set out to have as a community. There were times we ran into challenges and we didn’t know whether this would go through. But we kept on pushing...” — Chief Tammy Cook-Searson, Lac La Ronge Indian Band