‘Sacred and Strong’ Celebrates Strength and Resilience and Demands Collective Action
A new report takes a decolonized approach to data and stories about the health of Indigenous women and girls living in BC.
Odette Auger is an Indigenous freelance reporter. Recent bylines include APTN National News, Watershed Sentinel and IndigiNews. SHARES ‘Sacred and Strong,’ multimedia on wood, by Tiyaltelwet Melanie Rivers.
Angeline Pete, of Quatsino First Nation, is “fiercely protective, always eager to help others, and so strong, we never worried about her,” says her auntie, Cary-Lee Calder, in the opening of “Sacred and Strong: Upholding our Matriarchal Roles,” a new health report about First Nations women, girls, non-binary and Two-Spirit/Indigiqueer individuals living in B.C.