![]() ![]() 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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