![]() ![]() Sure, I had Sylvia on Facebook, and was aware of her passion for movement within Indigenous communities - but I never knew much about what inspired her personally. “I focus on Indigenous, original peoples, treaty, nêhiyaw law, lands, water and animals,” says McAdam Saysewahum. Instead, she focuses on teaching and research. “I am what is referred to as a non-practicing lawyer,” she says. McAdam Saysewahum graduated from the University of Saskatchewan in 2009. ![]() More recently, Nationhood Interrupted was nominated in the Non-Fiction, Aboriginal Peoples’ Writing, and Aboriginal Peoples’ Publishing categories for the Saskatchewan Book Awards this past year. I first caught word of the Healing Walk to Stop Clear Cutting on Treaty 6 Nehiyaw Lands event through Facebook, where Idle No More founder Sylvia McAdam Saysewahum was promoting it for the third year in a row.Īside from her tireless, internationally recognized Idle No More work, McAdam Saysewahum has authored two books: Cultural Teachings: First Nations Protocols and Methodologies (2009) and Nationhood Interrupted: Revitalizing nêhiyaw Legal Systems (2015). Perhaps that had a lot to do with the way I chose to spend my Canada Day. It reminds me of all the indigenous voices who promote the lyrics be changed to “our home on Native land.” ![]() I’ve been thinking a lot lately about all the lobbying for change in the national anthem’s lyrics to be more gender inclusive. Canada Day is the best day for a Northern protest ![]()
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