Darlene Okemaysim-Sicotte is part of a grassroots group called Iskwewuk E-wichiwitochik, or Women Walking Together, that has been working for many years in Saskatoon on the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. Scott Neigh interviews her about what that work has involved. Okemaysim-Sicotte grew up in Beardy’s and Okemasis’ Cree Nation in …
Thank-you to Darlene Sicotte of Iskwewuk E-wichiwitochik for speaking with me just now about the group’s 17 years of work in Saskatoon on the issue of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. Listen for it on Talking Radical Radio in a few weeks!
Short, powerful graphic novel. Centred on two teenage Indigenous girls in Winnipeg. Simple, clear storytelling about the relentless pressure of gendered colonial violence and about love, culture, resilience, and survival. Very good. Originally posted by Scott on Goodreads.
Carol Martin is a Nisga’a woman who has been part the Downtown Eastside (DTES) neighbourhood of Vancouver for almost 30 years and she works at the Downtown Eastside Women’s Centre. Sophie Merasty is a Denesuline and Woodland Cree woman who has been part of the DTES for close to 30 years as well, and she …
This afternoon’s interview, which should have been my third of the week, has been postponed, but I’m still very excited about the two I did on Monday and Tuesday. I talked with Rowan of Bar None Winnipeg about their prison rideshare project and about prison abolition politics more generally. And I talked with Carol and …