Sources of Inspiration

Laura Niquay is from the Indigenous community of Wemotaci, Canada. She is a grunge-folk, singer/songwriter and sings in the Atikamekw language.
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Pow Wow in the White House – Stuart James (ft.Def-I, Jimmy C.)
Stuart James is a Native American hip hop artist from the Spirit Lake Reservation in North Dakota.

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Jacqueline “Jackie” Traverse was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. She is Ojibwe from the Lake St. Martin First Nation. Jackie is a multi-disciplined Indigenous artist who works in several art mediums (such as oil, acrylic, mixed media, animation, stop-motion, and sculpture)

Layla F. Saad – Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor.

Layla F. Saad is a East African, Arab, British, Black, Muslim woman who lives in Qatar. Her book is a crucial read for all people who hold white privilege. In this book, Saad tackles topics like white supremacy and its harms to the Black, indigenous, and people of colour.

Sugarcane – Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie

“An investigation into abuse and missing children at an Indian residential school ignites a reckoning on the nearby Sugarcane Reserve.” This is how Sundance festival describes its winning movie Sugarcane. For more movies on Indian residential schools see the letterboxd list here

Find their LinkTree.

In the wake of the Dakota Access Pipeline protests, Indigenous people across the nation are using their newfound platform to shed light on the wide array of injustices committed against them in an effort to wake up the world and embark upon the process of decolonization. Following key figureheads of the #NODAPL movement, OYATE weaves together the story of colonization and the battle for decolonization that continues after the news cameras have stopped rolling.