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Amplify Indigenous Voices
Jun 21, 2021
For National Indigenous Peoples Day, let’s amplify Indigenous voices. Here are some suggestions to get you started:
WITHIN THE RMWB :
| Name | Social Media | Notes |
| McMurray Métis | @mcmurraymetis (Twitter/IG) | www.mcmurraymetis.org |
| Fort McMurray 468 First Nation | @468fort (twitter) @fm468fn (IG) |
www.fortmcmurray468firstnation.ca |
| Athabasca Tribal Council | @athabascaTC (Twitter/IG) | www.atcfn.ca |
| Fort Mckay First Nation | @fortmckay (Twitter/IG) | www.fortmckay.com |
| Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation | @acfnkaitailedenenation (IG) | www.acfn.com |
| Nistawoyou Association Friendship Centre | @nistawoyou (Twitter/IG) | www.nistawoyouafc.com |
| Holly Fortier/ Nisto Consulting | Aboriginal Awareness Training
http://www.nistoconsulting.com/ |
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| Indigenous Wellness Core (AHS) | http://www.ahs.ca/ihp | |
| Northeastern Alberta Aboriginal Business Association (NAABA) | @naabaymm (Twitter/IG) | www.naaba.ca |
| Aboriginal Education – Keyano College | Community and Upgrading Education www.keyano.ca/programs | |
| Wapose Emergency Services | www.wapose.ca |
NATIONAL ACCOUNTS
| Name | Nom | Social account(s) | Notes |
| The Congress of Aboriginal Peoples (CAP) | @CongAboPeoples (Twitter) | http://www.abo-peoples.org/en/ |
| Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami | @ITK_CanadaInuit (Twitter)
@Inuittapiriitkanatami (IG) |
https://www.itk.ca/ |
| Métis National Council | @MNC_tweets (Twitter) | https://www2.metisnation.ca/ |
| Native Women’s Association of Canada | @NWAC_CA (Twitter) | https://www.nwac.ca/ |
| Assembly of First Nations | @assemblyoffirstnations (IG)
@AFN_Updates (Twitter) |
https://www.afn.ca/Home/ |
| Indigenous Works | @IndigenousWorks (Twitter) | https://indigenousworks.ca/en |
| Thunderbird Partnership Foundation | @ThunderbirdPF (Twitter) | https://thunderbirdpf.org/ |
| David Pratt, Vice Chief FSIN | @PrattDaveWHP (Twitter) | Op-Ed with Margaret Eaton on Kamloops Residential Schools |
| The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations | @fsinations (Twitter) | Represents 74 First Nations in Saskatchewan |
| Clayton Thomas-Müller | @CreeClayton (Twitter) | Author – “Life in the City of Dirty Water: A memoir of healing”
Film director |
| We Matter Campaign | @WeMatterOrg (Twitter, IG) | https://wemattercampaign.org/
Indigenous youth organization |
| Perry Bellegarde | @perrybellegarde (Twitter) | National Chief, Assembly of First Nations. |
| The Ontario Federation of Indigenous Friendship Centres | @TheOFIFC (Twitter) | https://ofifc.org/ |
| Michelle Chubb, Shina Novalinga, Sarain Fox, James Jones, Shayla Stonechild, Tia Wood, Delainee Tootoosis, Lesley Hampton | @indigenous_baddie
@shinanova @sarainfox (All IG) |
Young Indigenous activists featured in Sephora’s new Indigenous campaign: https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/sephora-canada-amplifies-indigenous-voices-with-its-first-ever-national-indigenous-history-month-campaign-874091316.html |
| Matriarch Movement | @matriarch.movement (IG) | https://www.matriarchmovement.ca/
“Podcast & Non-Profit amplifying Indigenous women’s voices through story, meditation, movement and medicine.” |
| Ilona Verley |
@ilonaverley
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Nlaka’Pamux 2 Spirited Drag Artist who has been able to spotlight Indigenous rights issues in mainstream media outlets. Featuring Vogue and Out Magazine, holding important space as representation for queer Indigenous people in today’s media. |
| Nikki La’es | @nikkilaes | Decolonial Educator, TEDx speaker, podcaster, Indigenous activist |
| Martha Troian | @ozhibiiige | Martha Troian is Anishinaabe originally from Obishikokanng (Lac Seul First Nation) in northern Ontario. She is an independent journalist and writer who contributes to outlets across the country. |
| Chief Lady Bird | @chiefladybird | Indigenous artist and activist |
| Don Amero | @donaldamero (Twitter) @donamero(IG) |
Juno – nominated Canadian Country artist. |
| Pam Palmater | @Pam_Palmater (Twitter) | https://pampalmater.com/ |
| Cindy Blackstock | @cblackst (Twitter) | “Spends time learning about & promoting, culturally based equity for Aboriginal children and families.” |
| Women of the Métis Nation | @LesMichif (Twitter) | https://en2.metiswomen.org/ |
| Pauktuutit (Inuit Women of Canada) | @Pauktuutit (Twitter) | https://www.pauktuutit.ca/ |
| Native Youth Sexual Health Network | @NYSHN (Twitter) | Grassroots Indigenous youth-led org in collaboration w/ a network of intergenerational relative |
| Idle no more | https://idlenomore.ca/ @IdleNoMore4
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Indigenous-led social movement for Indigenous rights and the protection of land, water, and sky |
| Christi Belcourt: | @christibelcourt | Artist and advocate |
| David A. Robertson | @DaveAlexRoberts
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Writer, podcaster |
Open Canada list of Indigenous voices: https://opencanada.org/twitterati-indigenous-voices/