Indigenous

Where should you buy your kid's Orange Shirt Day shirt?

Where should you buy your kid's Orange Shirt Day shirt?

Andrea Landry

Why sending your kid to school can be bittersweet for Indigenous moms

Why sending your kid to school can be bittersweet for Indigenous moms

As an Indigenous mom who's read the stories of residential school survivors, sending my own son to kindergarten triggered a complicated mix of emotions.

Alison Tedford

Dr. Cindy Blackstock's female-run non-profit is changing the lives of Indigenous children

Dr. Cindy Blackstock's female-run non-profit is changing the lives of Indigenous children

Yasmeen Aslam

Wearing orange shirts on September 30 is a great start—but you can do more

Wearing orange shirts on September 30 is a great start—but you can do more

Here's how to create the kind of change Indigenous families are looking for, beyond the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on September 30.

Andrea Landry

Here's what you should know about babywearing and cultural appropriation

Baby development

Here's what you should know about babywearing and cultural appropriation

Jennifer Lee

Here’s what I want non-Indigenous Canadian families to do on Canada Day

Here’s what I want non-Indigenous Canadian families to do on Canada Day

A holiday celebrating colonization is difficult most years, but recently it’s been particularly tough.

Alison Tedford

Residential schools tried to erase my family—but we wouldn't let them

Residential schools tried to erase my family—but we wouldn't let them

As a kid, I was jealous of my non-Indigenous peers whose families had the luxury of not being touched by this traumatic history.

Andrea Landry

These quotes from residential school Survivors can help kids (and parents) understand their experiences

These quotes from residential school Survivors can help kids (and parents) understand their experiences

Arisa Valyear

What I told my child about the Kamloops graves—to honour the 215

What I told my child about the Kamloops graves—to honour the 215

Tenille Campbell, Maclean's

39 great Indigenous stories to read and share with your kids

39 great Indigenous stories to read and share with your kids

From beautiful board books to compelling tales to trenchant reads, here are great stories about Indigenous culture and issues to add to your bookshelf.

Selena Mills

Here's how you can support survivors of residential schools

Here's how you can support survivors of residential schools

Maclean's

How I’m raising my daughter to be 100 percent, unapologetically Indigenous

How I’m raising my daughter to be 100 percent, unapologetically Indigenous

I want my daughter to see that an Indigenous way of life isn’t an alternative lifestyle but a priority. It is essential, then, that I return to the parenting principles of my ancestors and consciously integrate Indigenous kinship practices into her childhood.

Andrea Landry

I needed to heal my relationship with my mother before I could become a mom myself

I needed to heal my relationship with my mother before I could become a mom myself

Before I became a mom, I needed to end the cycle of discord and abuse in my life.

Andrea Landry

Why I carried my baby in a tikinagan

Why I carried my baby in a tikinagan

I carried my baby in a tikinagan—an Indigenous parenting practice once restricted and now reclaimed.

Andrea Landry

When I became a mother, I felt an urgent need to learn my mother tongue

When I became a mother, I felt an urgent need to learn my mother tongue

It’s hard to learn Ojibway and teach it to my son at the same time. But, like countless other Indigenous parents, I’m determined to keep my language alive.

Martha Troian

What it’s like to raise kids on the rez during a pandemic

What it’s like to raise kids on the rez during a pandemic

There’s nowhere else I’d rather be.

Andrea Landry

With my career on hold and my people and traditions dying, I turned my focus to starting a family

With my career on hold and my people and traditions dying, I turned my focus to starting a family

Sarain Fox

Why I’m raising my daughter on the rez—a portion of her traditional homelands

Why I’m raising my daughter on the rez—a portion of her traditional homelands

I'm raising my daughter on the reservation because I want her to grow up knowing that “rez life” is a beautiful life.

Andrea Landry

How adopting my daughter helped me reconnect with my roots

How adopting my daughter helped me reconnect with my roots

After adopting my daughter, I was committed to helping her grow up to be a proud Indigenous woman. And in the process, I became one, too.

Stacey Moffatt*

Shortly after my son was born, the panic attacks started

Postpartum care

Shortly after my son was born, the panic attacks started

I was fortunate to get quick and effective treatment for my post-partum anxiety. But many Indigenous women, however, aren’t so lucky.

Kelly Boutsalis