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This past week newly appointed Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development John Duncan issued an official apology from the government of Canada to Inuit for the forced high arctic relocation.

No one likes to be pigeon-holed into any kind of stereotypical box, but the long history of colonization and oppression of Indigenous people that it's no wonder these warped ideas exist.

This year I've decided to join my Dakota/Lakota/Sicangu/Crow family on a journey they call the "Big Foot" or what it is now known as the “Future Generations Youth” ride.

They say, 'Women Won't Forget' on December 6th. But as a young, sex working, multiracial, bisexual, two-spirited, Aboriginal woman, I think that sometimes women DO forget a few things.