Empowering Indigenous women

Finding safe spaces for Indigenous women. Hip-hop culture helps steer a young Cree man from gang life and into a decades-long art career. And, a business program is empowering Native women.

Turtle Mountain Ojibwe citizen Shanda Poitra wants to create a culture where Indigenous people see safe and healthy relationships as the norm. Her life’s work is teaching Native women to develop tools to protect and advocate for themselves. She’s been awarded a Bush Fellowship to expand her work.

In New York, Canadian First Nations artist Daybi is in residency at the American Indian Community House. He’s a musician who boasts a nearly two decade-long recording career. He’s also a prolific graffiti artist and a TV personality with a growing resume. ICT’s Stewart Huntington caught up with Daybi in New York.

Arizona State University’s Thunderbird School of Global Management has a business program called Project Dream Catcher, geared towards Native women. The program's curriculum is designed by Thunderbird faculty, who also provide instruction. Dinora Gonzalez is its project manager.

[francesmorrighan]

Thanks for sharing this! The Impact Self Defense segment was important. With indigenous women and girls vanishing and being murdered at horrifying rates, anything that can help them protect themselves is critical. That includes rescuing themselves from domestic violence situations.

[memyselfandi]

Empowering women.. very original. Anyone know what happened to the fathers? The person most responsible for looking after daughters?

[rdlorddiy]

@3:53, the board says :” decolonize your outfit, ” from a girl who’s wearing western glasses, shoes, and wristwatch.