Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

"IDLE KNOW MORE"

Date Range From

2012

Date Range To

2017

Materials

PLASTIC, METAL

No. Pieces

1

Diameter

5.7

Description

BUTTON WITH WHITE BACKGROUND ON FRONT; FRONT HAS TWO IMAGES OF WHITE FEATHERS WITH BLACK TIPS AND RED STEMS CURVED IN AT TOP AND BOTTOM; FRONT HAS RED TEXT “IDLE [K]NO[W] MORE” WITH BLACK “K” AND “W” AROUND “NO”. BACK OF BUTTON IS SILVER METAL; BACK HAS A SILVER METAL C-CLASP; BACK SHOWS MINOR STAINING AND RESIDUE; OVERALL EXCELLENT CONDITION.

Subjects

INDIGENOUS

PERSONAL SYMBOL

Historical Association

COMMEMORATIVE

POLITICS

History

THE WOMEN’S MARCH LETHBRIDGE FIRST OCCURRED ON JANUARY 17, 2017. ORIGINATING IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FOLLOWING THE ELECTION OF PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP, THE WOMEN’S MARCH WAS AN INTERNATIONAL MOVEMENT OF PROTESTS AND GATHERINGS IN SUPPORT OF WOMEN’S RIGHTS, HUMAN RIGHTS, LGBTQ+ RIGHTS AND STANDING AGAINST INTOLERANCE AND DISCRIMINATION. THE 2017 WOMEN’S MARCH IN LETHBRIDGE SAW A GATHERING OF 500-600 PARTICIPANTS ALONG MAYOR MAGRATH DRIVE SOUTH NEAR THE CORNER OF NINTH AVENUE. LORI BRAVE ROCK (MISAMAAKII - LONG TIME WOMAN) AND WILLIAM SINGER (API'SOOMAAHKA - RUNNING COYOTE) WERE A PART OF THE WOMEN’S MARCH STANDING FOR WOMEN’S AND INDIGENOUS RIGHTS. ON MARCH 2, 2017, COLLECTIONS TECHNICIAN KEVIN MACLEAN INTERVIEWED LORI BRAVE ROCK AND WILLIAM SINGER REGARDING THEIR DONATION AND PARTICIPATION IN THE LETHBRIDGE WOMEN’S MARCH. WHEN ASKED ABOUT THE ‘IDLE NO MORE’ LOGO DESIGN, BRAVE ROCK EXPLAINED, “THE HAND AND THE FEATHER WERE ACTUALLY A DESIGN THAT WE HAD BEEN UTILIZING FOR THE IDLE NO MORE MOVEMENT, FOR THE BLOOD TRIBE CHAPTER OF THE IDLE NO MORE MOVEMENT, SO FOR ALL OF OUR SIGNAGE, FOR ANYTHING THAT WE DID FOR THE IDLE NO MORE BLOOD TRIBE…THE ORIGINAL IDLE NO MORE IMAGE THAT HAD BEEN ADOPTED ACROSS CANADA HAD THE HAIDA ART…WE KIND OF WANTED SOMETHING THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT MORE ‘OURS’, AND REFLECTIVE OF US BEING A PLAINS TRIBE, AND THAT WAS THE DESIGN…[THE HAIDA DESIGN] WAS MORE NATIONAL, AND I LOVE THE DESIGN AND EVERYTHING, BUT, WITH US BEING PLAINS…I DIDN’T REALLY FEEL THAT [THE NATIONAL DESIGN] REFLECTED OUR RESERVE, AND OUR INVOLVEMENT IN THE IDLE NO MORE MOVEMENT. WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE PERSONALIZED, AND IT WAS ACTUALLY ADOPTED BY THE PUBLIC SERVICE ALLIANCE OF CANADA FOR THE PRAIRIE REGION. THEY HAD ADOPTED THIS AS A BUTTON DESIGN, AND THEY HAD MADE A WHOLE BUNCH OF BUTTONS FOR EVERY PRAIRIE CHAPTER THAT THEY HAD…THAT DESIGN WAS ACTUALLY UTILIZED IN ALL OF THEIR PRAIRIE REGION OFFICES.” “WE DESIGNED [THE STANDING ROCK BUTTON], AS WELL. THE TOP PART WAS THEIRS—THAT’S THEIR FLAGS…WE MADE ALL THESE BUTTONS. WE HAVE A BUTTON-MAKER NOW. AND, WITH [WILLIAM] BEING AN ARTIST, HE CAN PRETTY MUCH DO ALL THE LAYOUT AND DESIGN AND EVERYTHING FOR THEM.” SINGER ADDED, “[THE DESIGN IS OURS] IT’S MEANT TO REPRESENT A TRUE ‘GRASSROOTS’ GROUP, BY DRAWING IT, INSTEAD OF HAVING IT DIGITALLY CREATED—SO, THIS WAY, IT’S ORGANIC.” ON THE IDLE NO MORE MOVEMENT, BRAVE ROCK SHARED, “WHEN IDLE NO MORE STARTED, IT WAS LIKE THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS…WHAT STEPHEN HARPER IS DOING WITH BILL C51…ONE OF THE THINGS MY MOM ALWAYS TOLD ME ABOUT 'GET YOUR EDUCATION—IT’S SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE ONE DAY IT WON’T BE THERE ANYMORE.' THIS GOVERNMENT IS NOT GOING TO KEEP CARING—THEY’VE BEEN TRYING EVER SINCE THE BEGINNING TO GET RID OF US…THERE WILL COME A DAY WHEN OUR EDUCATION WILL NOT BE PAID FOR ANYMORE, EVEN THOUGH THEY TOOK OUR LAND; EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE PROSPERING OFF OUR RESOURCES…THAT WAS ONE OF MY STATEMENTS IN THE OWCB WAS THAT, WHEN YOU LOOK DOWN IN THAT COULEE WHERE I GREW UP, AND ALL THAT WATER NOW GOES INTO THE IRRIGATION DISTRICT. IT GOES DOWN AS FAR AS TABER AND BEYOND. THAT WATER USED TO BELONG TO US; IT USED TO STAY ON THE RESERVE; IT USED TO FEED A WHOLE ECO-SYSTEM…THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT, I’M TRYING TO SAVE WHAT LITTLE IS LEFT, THAT’S [WHY] THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS THE LANGUAGE, BECAUSE IT IS SO IMPORTANT, BECAUSE WE ARE LOSING SO MANY ELDERS…WITH EVERY ELDER THAT WE LOSE, WE DON’T REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT WE ARE REALLY LOSING, BECAUSE, FOR US, OUR ELDERS ARE REALLY THE KEY—THEY’RE OUR MOST IMPORTANT RESOURCE IN ANY OF THESE THINGS…IF THERE IS NOBODY TO SPEAK TO, OR WE DON’T KNOW, THEN WE WILL GO TO AN ELDER FIRST, AND WE WILL ALWAYS REFER TO AN ELDER FOR THE PROPER WAY TO DO THINGS. WE’RE STILL LEARNING [MORE] OURSELVES...” ON THE WOMEN’S MARCH, BRAVE ROCK ELABORATED, “FOR ME, AS A WOMAN, THERE IS NO OTHER PLACE I COULD THINK OF TO BE, ON THAT DAY THAT WAS MORE IMPORTANT. I WAS HAPPY TO SEE THAT THERE WERE OTHER FIRST NATIONS [PEOPLE] THERE…AS A FIRST NATIONS WOMAN, GROWING UP, MY MOTHER WAS IN A VERY ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP. MY GRANDFATHER WENT THROUGH RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL, AND HE WAS VERY ABUSIVE TO MY GRANDMOTHER, AND MY MOTHER, GROWING UP, SO IT WAS A CYCLE. THE OLDER I GOT, I LEARNED THAT ALL OF THIS IS A CYCLE…BEFORE I WAS WITH WILLIAM, I WAS IN AN ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP…LEARNING TO TRY TO BREAK THAT CYCLE…I THINK THAT’S WHY [WILLIAM AND I HAVE] BEEN TOGETHER AS LONG AS WE HAVE. WE’VE BEEN TOGETHER OVER 21 YEARS NOW, [AND IT’S] BECAUSE WE’RE LOOKING AT TRYING TO CHANGE THE NEGATIVITY THAT WE’VE GROWN UP IN. IT’S A WORK IN PROGRESS. IT’S ALWAYS GOING TO BE WORK TO DEAL WITH WHAT WE’VE GONE THROUGH.” “WHEN I WAS 19 YEARS OLD, MY BEST FRIEND WAS KILLED BY HER HUSBAND. HE SERVED APPROXIMATELY TWO YEARS IN JAIL BEFORE HE WAS FREED, AND HE IS FREE ON THE RESERVE, LIVING HIS LIFE, HAVING A FAMILY, ALL OF THAT, WHILE SHE’S BEEN DEAD AND GONE NOW OVER 20 YEARS…WITH THIS BEING THE WOMEN’S MARCH, FOR ME IT IS VERY PERSONAL. THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT DRIVE ME, BECAUSE [MY FRIEND IS] NOT HERE. SHE’S NOT HERE ANYMORE; MY UNCLE’S NOT HERE ANYMORE, AND FOR ALL OF THESE PEOPLE, I LOOK AT MY LIFE, AND I THINK IF I CAN DO SOMETHING TO HONOR THE LEGACY OF THEIR LIFE—THEM NOT BEING HERE ANYMORE, THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT REALLY DRIVE ME, ARE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT ARE SUFFERING THE MOST.” “WITH LOSING [MY FRIEND] ANGIE WHEN I WAS 19, THE WHOLE THING WITH TRUMP THAT SPARKED THE WHOLE WOMEN’S MARCH, THE WOMEN’S MOVEMENT…WHEN I LOOK AT THINGS LIKE THIS, I THINK WOMEN HAVE HAD A LOT OF CHALLENGES THAT THEY HAVE FACED OVER THE YEARS, JUST TO GET TO BE ON THE SAME LEVEL [AS MEN]. WE WERE JUST LISTENING TO THE CBC AND THEY WERE SAYING CANADA GOT SUCH A POOR GRADE RECENTLY…BECAUSE THERE’S NOT ENOUGH WOMEN IN HIGH POSITIONS IN COMPANIES. THE WOMEN ARE STILL GETTING VERY MUCH UNDER-PAID THAN MEN, AND WHENEVER I LOOK AT THESE ISSUES, I THINK ‘YEAH—AND IF SHE IS INDIGENOUS, THAT MEANS [SHE’S PAID] EVEN LESS.’ IN ALL OF THESE INSTANCES, I THINK, IF SHE IS INDIGENOUS, I THINK SHE IS EVEN CONSIDERED LESS WORTH THAN SOMEONE WHO IS NON-INDIGENOUS. THE WHOLE MURDERED AND MISSING INDIGENOUS WOMEN ISSUE, AGAIN, HAVING BEEN TOUCHED PERSONALLY BY THAT—HAVING THAT FEAR OF LOSING ANYONE ELSE TO THAT—IT’S VERY MUCH ALIVE IN ME. BECAUSE I’VE ALREADY GONE THROUGH IT, I JUST CAN’T STAND TO SEE SOMEONE ELSE TO LOSE SOMEONE ELSE LIKE THIS…I THINK EVEN SHANNAN [LITTLE] HAD COME ACROSS AND SAID, ‘IT’S REALLY IMPORTANT…TO HAVE YOU GUYS THERE.’ AND I SAID, ‘FOR SURE. WE’RE ON BOARD. WE’RE THERE. WE CAN’T KNIT OR DO THOSE HATS, BUT FOR SURE, WE’RE THERE, WE’RE SUPPORTING YOU.’” “TO ME [WOMEN’S RIGHTS ARE] AN ISSUE. IT’S VERY, VERY PERSONAL TO ME…BY THE TIME I WAS A TEENAGER, MY UNCLE WAS GONE, MY GRANDPA WASN’T A PART OF MY LIFE, MY STEP-DAD WAS SO ABUSIVE, WE DIDN’T SPEND AS MUCH TIME WITH HIM…I FEEL LIKE I GREW UP OUT OF A FAMILY OF WOMEN, AND PEOPLE TELL ME ALL THE TIME, ‘YOU’RE SO STRONG.’ IF YOU KNEW MY GRANDMOTHER—TO HAVE GONE THROUGH WHAT SHE HAS GONE THROUGH, TO LOSE HER HOME, TO HAVE KEPT US ALL TOGETHER…TO WHERE SHE NOW HAS ANOTHER HOME HERE ON THE RESERVE, TO HAVE ACCOMPLISHED WHAT SHE HAS DONE. MY MOM…I LOOK AT HER SOMETIMES, AND, ‘YOU’RE THIS OLD, AND YOU ARE STILL IN THAT STRUGGLE, AND YOU’RE STILL TRYING. AND I’M TRYING TO HELP YOU.’ ALL OF US ARE TRYING TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO HELP HER, SO, TO ME, THERE’S STILL SO MANY ISSUES FOR WOMEN, AND TO BE INDIGENOUS IS JUST ANOTHER STRIKE AGAINST THEM. IT’S SO IMPORTANT, I THINK, FOR US TO SEE HOW IMPORTANT OUR WOMEN REALLY ARE TO US, AND WHAT THEY MEAN TO US. THEY ARE OUR FUTURE. THEY ARE THE ONES THAT ARE BRINGING OUR FUTURE TO US…I STILL FEEL STRONGLY ABOUT IT—I’M ON BOARD FOR ANY OTHER ACTIVITIES THEY HAVE PLANNED. I’M VERY MUCH ON BOARD FOR THEM—PROBABLY BOTH OF US, NOW THAT [WILLIAM] HAS A GRANDDAUGHTER. WE WANT TO SEE THINGS CHANGE. WE’RE NOT THE DECISION MAKERS, BUT, AT LEAST, IF WE ARE SOME KIND OF INFLUENCE, AT LEAST, IF WE’RE SOME KIND OF INSPIRATION TO ANYBODY, GOING FORWARD, THEN WE DID OUR JOB.” SINGER NOTED, “THE REASON BEING, IT IS PART OF OUR WORK, AND TO SUPPORT MY WIFE, AND EVERYONE THAT’S THERE. FOR MYSELF, AT LEAST ONE OF MY GOALS IS TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE IS SAFE, SO I’M THERE LOOKING AT IT, MAKING SURE NOTHING GOES WRONG, AND IF ANYTHING IS GOING TO HAPPEN, TO ACT. I ALWAYS RECRUIT OTHER MEN BEHIND THE SCENES TO BE SECURITY, SO I’M ALWAYS AT THE READY TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY IS SAFE…IT’S IMPORTANT [TO BE AT THE MARCH]. WE WORK TOGETHER, AND IN THE BLACKFOOT WORLD, WE WORK TOGETHER AS WELL. COUNCIL HELPS THE WOMEN; WOMEN HELP THE MEN. ANYTIME THERE’S ANY TYPE OF CONFRONTATION, THE MEN ARE THERE TO TAKE CARE OF THE WOMEN AND CHILDREN, AND THE MEN, AS WARRIORS, THEIR MAIN JOB, FOR THEIR EXISTENCE, IS TO TAKE CARE OF THE LAND, AND THE PEOPLE. WELL, THAT’S THE WARRIOR, THAT’S THE ETHIC, SO I GO BY THAT. I WANT TO MAKE SURE NO ONE GETS HURT. THERE’S MYSELF, AND OTHERS ARE, AS WELL.” ON HER ACTIVISM WITHIN HER COMMUNITY, BRAVE ROCK RECALLED, “WE HAD FORMED COMMUNITIES IN UNITY…WITH OUR TRIBE BEING IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE TOWNS OF CARDSTON…AND FORT MACLEOD, AND THEN LETHBRIDGE…WE WERE ALWAYS HAVING INCIDENCES OF RACISM. A GOOD EXAMPLE IS THE BIG FIRE THAT WE HAD, THAT STARTED ON THE RESERVE, AND IT CAME INTO THE LETHBRIDGE COUNTY, AND IT HAD CAUSED QUITE A BIT OF DAMAGE. THERE WAS A LOT OF BACKLASH AT COMMUNITY MEMBERS JUST FOR THAT. COMMUNITIES IN UNITY CAME ABOUT FROM AN ATTACK BY A TRIBAL MEMBER, ON A NON-NATIVE COMMUNITY MEMBER OF LETHBRIDGE. WHEN THIS ATTACK HAPPENED, RIGHT AWAY, AGAIN, THE BACKLASH STARTED WITH OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS BEING TARGETED, AND WE SAW THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY, TO BASICALLY TRY TO BRIDGE THE COMMUNITIES, AND FIND A WAY FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, FROM BOTH THE RESERVE, AND FROM LETHBRIDGE, TO WORK TOGETHER—TO TRY TO HAVE EVENTS THAT WERE INCLUSIVE, AND INVITING TO EVERYBODY, AND THAT’S WHERE THE COMMUNITIES IN UNITY IMAGE CAME ABOUT, AND, AGAIN, I THINK WE JUST DESIGNED THAT AT THE MEETING THAT WE HAD. WE HAD OUR ROUND DANCE EVENT, AND WE HAD DESIGNED THAT AT THE MOMENT THAT WE ALL HAD SAT TOGETHER, AND WE ALL CONTRIBUTED TO IT, AND PLANNED FOR THAT. SO WE ARE STILL DOING THINGS UNDER COMMUNITIES IN UNITY, AND THE IDLE NO MORE MOVEMENT, SO WHENEVER THERE IS AN ISSUE, WE ARE PRETTY MUCH INVOLVED WITH IT, BECAUSE ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, OUR TRIBAL MEMBERS ARE MOST LIKELY BEING AFFECTED BY THE ISSUE...” “THE THING THAT REALLY DRIVES US SOMETIMES IS THAT—THIS IS OUR LAND! THIS IS OUR HOME! IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN…WE ARE ONE OF THE TRIBES THAT WERE NEVER MOVED. WE WERE ONE OF THE TRIBES WHO HUNG ONTO OUR SUN DANCE, AND IT’S IN THAT SPIRIT THAT…WE NEED TO REMIND OUR PEOPLE WHO WE REALLY ARE, WHAT WE CAME FROM, AND THAT THE WAY THINGS ARE TODAY IS NOT THE WAY THAT IT’S SUPPOSED TO BE…WE HAVE THIS THING IN OUR CULTURE, OUR WAY OF LIFE, WHERE EVEN THE WHOLE SUN DANCE…IS TO HELP PEOPLE. OUR WHOLE CULTURE, WHEN WE PRAY, IT’S TO HELP PEOPLE. AND IN ALL OF THESE SITUATIONS, THAT’S WHAT BRINGS ME BACK TO IT…WHEN SOMEONE IS BEING RACIST…IT’S ALMOST THE SAME THING AS IN THE BIBLE. YOU TURN THE OTHER CHEEK. BUT FOR US, ALL WE CAN DO IS PRAY FOR THAT PERSON. AND PRAY THAT THEY WILL FIND THE KNOWLEDGE AND THEY WILL FIND A WAY TO COME TO THIS PLACE WHERE THEY ARE NOT IN THAT FRAME OF MIND ANYMORE. FOR US, I THINK THAT’S ANOTHER THING THAT WE REALLY TAKE TO HEART IS THAT OUR CULTURE HAS ALWAYS TAUGHT US TO HELP PEOPLE…WHAT I AM TRYING TO REMIND PEOPLE IS THAT IT’S NOT THAT WE WERE STUPID, OR WE DIDN’T UNDERSTAND…OUR WHOLE CULTURE IS BASED ON THE FACT THAT WE ARE HERE TO HELP PEOPLE…I COULD FOCUS ON ALL OF THE NEGATIVITY, AND I SEE WHAT THAT DOES TO PEOPLE, AND I SEE HOW HARD IT IS…WE HAVE OUR MOMENTS WHEN THINGS ARE VERY DARK, BUT WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS KIND OF WORK, WE FOCUS MORE ON WHAT HAS TO BE DONE, AND WHAT COULD BE DONE, AS OPPOSED TO WHAT’S NOT HAPPENING.” “RIGHT NOW, THE WHOLE THING WITH CARDSTON... IN THE TOWN OF CARDSTON WE HAD A RALLY THERE, EVEN BEFORE THE IDLE NO MORE MOVEMENT BEGAN. I THINK THAT WAS 2011, AND, AT THAT TIME, IT WAS BECAUSE ONE OF OUR TRIBAL MEMBERS WAS WALKING ON THE ROAD THERE, HAD GOT BUMPED AND KILLED... RECENTLY, WE DID THE WHOLE ISSUE WITH THE CARRIAGE HOUSE THEATER IN CARDSTON DOING THE WHOLE PETER PAN PRODUCTION. A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE SAYING, ‘THIS IS JUST A - IT’S JUST A PLAY –IT’S JUST A –’... BUT I JUST THOUGHT, THIS IS THE ONE TIME WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY SAY ‘THIS IS BLATANT RACISM.’ ALL THESE OTHER INSTANCES, WE CAN SAY THAT THIS WAS A FACTOR IN WHATEVER HAPPENED, BUT THERE WAS NO ACTUAL WAY TO PROVE IT... BUT, THIS IS SHOWING HOW BLATANT THE RACISM IS, THAT WE ARE DEALING WITH, AND IF WE DON’T CALL THEM ON IT, IT’S NOT GOING TO STOP; IT’S NOT GOING TO END... I JUST HAD A DISCUSSION WITH ONE OF THE LADIES THAT WAS SUPPORTING OUR ACTIONS, AND SHE WAS SAYING, ‘WELL, WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN NOW?’ AND, I TOLD HER, ‘WELL, AT THIS POINT, THE REASON WHY WE WERE DOING WHAT WE WERE DOING WAS BECAUSE NOBODY WAS DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT,’ AND I’VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH THE ISSUE OF RACISM FOR SUCH A LONG TIME NOW…I WANTED TO GET IT OUT THERE. I WANTED PEOPLE TO START TALKING ABOUT IT…EVERY TIME THESE THINGS HAPPEN, WE PUT OUT A MESSAGE, BUT IF WE’RE NOT ACTUALLY SHOWING THAT WE CAN COME TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY, I DON’T THINK THE MESSAGE IS REALLY GETTING OUT THERE…MY HOPE IS THAT THINGS GROW FROM THIS…WHEN [IDLE NO MORE] CAME ABOUT, WE LOOKED AT HOW WE COULD LEARN WAYS THAT WE COULD TAKE ACTION…A LOT OF THE NEGATIVITY AND THE BAD THINGS THAT HAPPEN, WE ACKNOWLEDGE IT, AND WE KNOW IT’S GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN. WE KNOW THERE WILL BE MORE INCIDENCES, BUT I LOOK AT EVERYTHING NOW AS AN OPPORTUNITY, TO LEARN FROM THEM…THAT’S WHY WE’VE BEEN SO ACTIVE, BECAUSE WE KNOW WE ARE PROBABLY THE ONLY TWO THAT ARE REALLY WILLING TO JUST GET UP AND ACT ON THESE THINGS, AND AGAIN, WE THINK ABOUT THE FUTURE GENERATIONS…WE WANT TO SEE THINGS CHANGE. WE DON’T WANT TO SEE WHAT WE WENT THROUGH TO BE REPEATED. WE WANT TO LEARN FROM WHAT WE HAVE EXPERIENCED, AND GO FORWARD IN A POSITIVE WAY, AND REALLY THIS KIND OF WORK IS THE ONLY THING THAT WE SEE RIGHT NOW TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT IN A POSITIVE MANNER.” “[WILLIAM AND I] WERE BOTH IN RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL. I WAS IN THE LATER YEARS, WHERE OUR TRIBE HAD BEEN RUNNING THEM, BUT WHEN HE WAS THERE—MY MOM WAS THERE—THEY WERE STILL UNDER THE NUNS, AND THE PRIESTS…WE BOTH KNOW WHAT THE EFFECT [IS]…THE EFFECT THAT IT’S STILL HAVING ON OUR FAMILY TODAY. WE ALSO COME FROM VERY POOR BACKGROUNDS. WE DON’T COME FROM MONEY. WE DON’T COME FROM FAMILIES THAT HAD PROMINENCE…WE GREW UP IN THE MOSES LAKE COMMUNITY WHICH HAS A LOT OF SOCIAL ISSUES. WE KNOW PERSONALLY WHAT IT IS LIKE TO HAVE THE OVER-CROWDING—THE LACK OF WATER…THROUGHOUT OUR LIVES, THOUGH, EDUCATION WAS VERY IMPORTANT. I DID EVERYTHING…I DIDN’T GRADUATE HERE IN CANADA—I ACTUALLY ENDED UP GOING TO A JOB CORPS CENTER IN THE UNITED STATES. WHEN I WENT THERE, I THINK THE RACISM WAS SO BAD IN CARDSTON, I TRULY BELIEVED THAT I WAS INCAPABLE OF LEARNING. I TRULY BELIEVED THAT I WAS STUPID—THAT I WOULD NEVER LEARN MATH…BUT WHEN I WENT TO THIS JOB CORPS—IT WAS AN ALL-NATIVE JOB CORPS…ALL OF THE STUDENTS THERE WOULD COME FROM ALL OF THE STATES IN THE U.S. ALL OF THESE TRIBES, AND THEY WENT TO THIS ONE JOB CORE CENTER OUTSIDE OF RONAN, MONTANA. IT WAS CALLED KICKING HORSE JOB CORPS CENTER…IT WAS ON THE FLATHEAD RESERVATION, SO THEIR KEY GOAL WAS THAT THEY WANTED THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE WORKING THERE TO BE FROM THAT TRIBE. WE HAD PEOPLE THAT WERE NATIVES THAT WERE TEACHING US ALL OF THE COURSES…I EXCELLED WHEN I GOT THERE…SO ONCE I LEFT THAT PLACE, I CAME TO THE REALIZATION THAT I WASN’T STUPID, THAT I COULD DO SOMETHING WITH MY LIFE, THAT I WASN’T GOING TO BE STUCK IN THIS RUT…I THINK WE LOOK NOW AT THE STATE OF THINGS, AND WE ARE LIKE—THIS IS THE TIME THAT THINGS NEED TO START CHANGING. WE SEE THAT A LOT OF THESE ISSUES AND HOW THEY’VE HURT [OUR COMMUNITIES]…[WE SEE] THE PEOPLE THAT ARE SUFFERING THE MOST IN OUR COMMUNITY—THAT, SO EASILY COULD HAVE BEEN US…A LOT OF MY RELATIVES I EVEN FEEL FOR, BECAUSE I WAS ABLE TO ESCAPE THAT LIFE, WHEN WE WERE KIDS, AND WHAT WE WERE GOING THROUGH, AND I KNOW THAT NOT EVEN SOME OF MY RELATIVES HAVE ESCAPED THAT, SO FOR US, A LOT OF THESE ISSUES ARE VERY, VERY PERSONAL.” “WE ARE ABLE TO USE OUR TALENTS, AND I KNOW THAT NOT EVERYBODY IS GIFTED WITH SUCH TALENTS. WE ARE BOTH ARTISTS, AND I HAVE ALWAYS LOOKED AT IT AS A BLESSING. MY MOM HAS ALWAYS BEEN AN ARTIST, EVEN THOUGH SHE’S STRUGGLED A LOT IN HER LIFE, AND SHE’S STILL STRUGGLING…I THINK IT’S EASY FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE TO DRIVE BY THE RESERVE AND NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT’S REALLY HAPPENING THERE, BUT WE LIVE THERE…WE EVEN HAD A DISCUSSION WITH A GUY WHO JUST COULDN’T BELIEVE WHY WE WOULD EVER WANT TO MOVE BACK TO THE RESERVE, BUT THE WAY I SEE IT IS THAT, FOR THOSE OF US WHO HAVE AN EDUCATION, WE ARE LOSING OUR MOST IMPORTANT RESOURCE, WHICH IS OUR PEOPLE IF WE ARE EDUCATING THEM—SENDING THEM OFF THE RESERVE TO GET EDUCATED, BUT THEN WE ALSO HAVE TO SEND THEM OFF THE RESERVE TO FIND EMPLOYMENT. IF WE CAN’T BE BRINGING THOSE PEOPLE BACK, WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE CHANGING OUR SITUATION AT ALL, AND THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE WANTED TO MOVE BACK HOME, AND TRY TO MAKE THESE CHANGES. OUR BIGGEST THING IS EDUCATION AND AWARENESS—NO MATTER WHAT IT IS THAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO, AND WHY WE ARE REALLY OUT THERE IS, BECAUSE, IF PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT THIS, THEN WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED OUR GOAL. BUT, GOING BACK TO WHAT DRIVES US, IT IS REALLY…OUR PEOPLE; IT IS THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE, AND THE PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE ALREADY LOST, THAT REALLY KEEPS US GOING, AND THAT REALLY DO DRIVE US.” “I BELIEVE [ALLIES ARE PART OF THE SUCCESS]. BEING ABLE TO HAVE THAT IMAGE OF US, NOT ONLY ATTENDING THESE EVENTS TOGETHER, BUT PLANNING THEM TOGETHER, WORKING TOGETHER ON THAT SAME GOAL, WE’VE JUST BECOME FRIENDS WITH SHANNAN [LITTLE], AND HER HUSBAND, DAVE, OVER THE YEARS…FOR US, HAVING THOSE ALLIES, IT REALLY…I FEEL THAT IT GIVES US THIS BOOST [TOO]…THESE GUYS REALLY SUPPORT ALL OF OUR ACTIONS. WE VOLUNTEER, AND I THINK THE BEST PRICE THAT WE GET PAID IS THAT PEOPLE SHOW UP, AND THEY SUPPORT US, AND SHANNAN HAS BEEN A GREAT SOURCE OF SUPPORT…WE ARE ALSO INVOLVED IN ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES. I THINK THAT’S WHERE I—EVEN AS A TEENAGER—WAS ALWAYS INVOLVED IN THAT AND COMPELLED BY WHAT WAS HAPPENING ENVIRONMENTALLY, JUST BY SEEING WHAT WAS HAPPENING ON THE RESERVE. WHEN I GREW UP WE HAD A LAKE, DOWN IN THE COULEE. WE DID ALL OUR FISHING/SWIMMING/BOATING/ EVERYTHING THERE, AND THAT WATER ISN’T EVEN THERE ANYMORE. I’M TELLING MY MOM, I’M REALLY TRYING TO PREPARE MYSELF FOR THE DAY WHEN I’M NOT GOING TO SEE ANY WATER COMING THROUGH THIS PLACE ANYMORE, AND IT’S GOING TO BE REALLY HARD, BUT I’M TRYING TO PREPARE MYSELF FOR THAT, SO WE HAVE OTHER ALLIES ON THAT FRONT. NOW WE’RE SEEING OUR ALLIES COMING FROM DIFFERENT AREAS, WHENEVER WE COME TO THESE ISSUES, AND TO ME IT’S, EVEN THOUGH WE HAVEN’T KNOWN THEM FOR VERY LONG, I JUST FEEL AT HOME WHEN I’M AROUND THEM, BECAUSE TO KNOW THAT THEY CARE AS MUCH AS WE DO ABOUT THESE THINGS REALLY, REALLY INSPIRES US. I DON’T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT AN EVENT, SHANNAN OR SOMEBODY WILL BE THERE, AND I DON’T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IS SOMEBODY GOING TO SHOW UP, OR IS ANYBODY GOING TO SHOW UP. THAT’S HOW THEY HAVE BEEN SUPPORTING US OVER THIS TIME…WE HAVE OUR ALLIES, BUT WE ALSO HAVE OUR OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS. I UNDERSTAND WE HAVE A LOT OF SUPPORTERS FROM THE TRIBE, WHO COME UP TO US, AND THEY TALK TO US AND SAY, ‘GEEZ, IF I WASN’T DEALING WITH THIS, I WOULD HAVE BEEN THERE.’...A LOT OF TIMES I TELL PEOPLE ‘I KNOW.’” “I THINK WE HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY LITERALLY EVERY ISSUE THAT FACES INDIGENOUS PEOPLE…ONE YEAR, I LOST 4 PEOPLE THAT HAD COMMITTED SUICIDE, AND I KNEW ALL OF THEM. TWO OF THEM WERE [WILLIAM’S] FIRST [COUSINS], MY SECOND COUSIN, WITHIN MONTHS OF EACH OTHER. AND, MY FRIEND, ANOTHER FOUR MONTHS AFTER THAT. THEN, ANOTHER FRIEND, ANOTHER FOUR MONTHS AFTER THAT. IN ONE YEAR, I HAD LOST FOUR PEOPLE TO SUICIDE, SO I TELL PEOPLE, THE REASON WHY WE’RE OUT HERE DOING THIS…IT’S BECAUSE WE KNOW OUR PEOPLE ARE SO BUSY…OUR PEOPLE HAVE TO WORK SO MUCH HARDER JUST TO MAKE ENDS MEET—JUST TO GET TO [THEIR] GOALS…I UNDERSTAND THAT, IF WE CAN BE HERE…BUT WE KNOW YOU’RE SUPPORTING US—IF YOU EVEN WANT TO HELP US OUT WITH A DONATION—THESE ARE THE KIND OF THINGS THAT JUST KEEP US GOING. TO HAVE OUR ALLIES, IT REALLY, REALLY HELPS. IT REALLY GIVES US THAT BOOST.” “IT WAS SURPRISING TO ME THAT WE WERE ACTUALLY GETTING CARDSTON COMMUNITY MEMBERS [AT THE PROTESTS], BECAUSE IT WAS OPEN TO EVERYBODY, BUT I WAS REALLY SURPRISED THEY ACTUALLY SHOWED UP…THE MAYOR CAME TO BOTH OF THE EVENTS, SO I WAS REALLY SURPRISED…THERE ARE GOING TO BE SOME VERY OPEN-MINDED PEOPLE [IN LETHBRIDGE], BUT CARDSTON, IT WAS REALLY SURPRISING. IT’S BEEN A PLEASANT SURPRISE, IN THE END, THAT WE’VE HAD SOME POSITIVE REACTION COME OUT OF THAT TOWN. SOMETIMES PEOPLE ASK ME ‘HOW DID IT GO?’ LIKE I SAID, IT WAS A SUCCESS IF ONE PERSON SHOWED UP. I’M JUST BLOWN AWAY IF MORE THAN FIVE PEOPLE SHOW UP.” SINGER SHARED, “FOR ME, [MY ACTIVISM] STARTED EARLY. I WAS A PART OF AN EXPERIMENT WHERE THEY HAD RESERVE CHILDREN THAT WERE LIVING IN RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS, OR GO TO SCHOOL ON THE RESERVE. THEY WERE FORCED TO GO TO AN OFF-RESERVE SCHOOL. I WAS PART OF THAT GROUP, SO I STARTED OUT AT ST. PAUL’S RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL, AND THEN I WAS MOVED TO CARDSTON ELEMENTARY…FROM GRADE TWO ON, UNTIL I WENT INTO GRADE SEVEN IN CARDSTON, LIFE WAS PRETTY TOUGH, BECAUSE THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME A LOT OF US SEE NON-NATIVE KIDS…THEY CALLED US ALL KINDS OF NAMES—THAT STARTED FROM GRADE TWO ‘TIL GRADE SEVEN—AND THE THING THAT REALLY USED TO BOTHER ME A LOT WAS THAT THE TEACHERS WOULD SEE THAT AND THEY WOULDN’T DO ANYTHING TO THE NON-NATIVE KIDS, BUT YOU WOULD GET PUNISHED ANYWAY, EVEN THOUGH YOU DID NOTHING. IN GRADE SEVEN, I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE DIFFERENT, BEING IN A HIGH SCHOOL, BUT IT WASN’T. THIS TIME IT WASN’T STUDENTS. THIS TIME AROUND, IT WAS TEACHERS. I WAS SYSTEMATICALLY PICKED ON BY TWO TEACHERS IN CARDSTON, AND THAT’S WHEN I DECIDED ‘I’M TIRED OF THIS. TIRED OF GOING TO SCHOOL. LOOK WHAT IT’S DOING TO MYSELF. I CAN’T BE AROUND THESE PEOPLE.’ IT STARTED MAKING ME MORE NOT WANTING TO BE A PART OF THIS WORLD…I WAS SENT TO ST. MARY’S RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL. I FINISHED MY GRADE SEVEN THERE. I WENT BACK TO CARDSTON TO GIVE IT A CHANCE, AND IT WAS STILL THE SAME. SO, I STUCK IT OUT A YEAR, AND GRADE NINE, I WENT BACK AND I GRADUATED. FROM GRADE NINE, WHEN I WAS OUT AT ST. MARY’S, UNTIL I GRADUATED, I FELT A LOT BETTER BEING AROUND MY OWN PEOPLE…IT OPENED UP A LOT MORE AREAS WHERE—THINGS THAT I NEED TO KNOW—THE REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE—WAS THERE. IT WASN’T [THERE] IN CARDSTON.” “[THE SCHOOLS] DIDN’T TEACH YOU ABOUT ANYTHING. IF YOU WANTED TO KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT YOUR HISTORY, YOU’D HAVE TO TELL YOUR GRANDMOTHER OR GRANDFATHER…AT ST. MARY’S ON THE RESERVE, IT WAS ALL BLOODS THERE. I GOT ALONG WITH THEM, AND THAT’S WHEN I STARTED REALIZING, AT THAT TIME, HOW DIFFERENT THINGS ARE, AND HOW THINGS HAVEN’T REALLY CHANGED, FROM THE TIME THAT WE MADE OUR WAY INTO THIS NEW WAY OF LIFE. SO FROM THERE, I DECIDED TO START [TRYING] TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT—TRY TO GET OTHERS INVOLVED. IT WAS AROUND THAT TIME I MET [LORI’S] GRANDFATHER. HE STARTED TALKING ABOUT THE AMERICAN INDIAN MOVEMENT, AND I STARTED ASKING HIM, ‘WELL, WHAT’S IT ABOUT?’…ANOTHER GUY, TOO, HE WAS ALL ABOUT THE AMERICAN INDIAN MOVEMENT. HE HAD AN OVER-ALL JACKET, HE HAD PATCHES, HE WAS JUST ‘EVERYTHING’. SO, I ASKED HIM, AND HE TOLD ME THE EXACT SAME THING. A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD REALLY MAKE FUN OF HIM, SO, FOR ME, I DECIDED THAT THAT’S WHAT I WANTED TO DO, SO EVENTUALLY I ENDED UP HAVING TO BE A PART OF A GROUP ON THE RESERVE, CALLED THE KAINAI YOUTH SOCIETY. THEY WERE THE ONES THAT PUT UP THE MAJOR BLOCKADES IN THE ‘80S…I STARTED DOING THAT [ACTIVISM] WORK, AND I KNEW THAT THAT WASN’T JUST THE ONLY ISSUE THERE. THERE WAS A LOT MORE THAN LAND CLAIMS. THERE WAS THE RACISM ISSUE, THAT SORT OF WENT HAND-IN-HAND…FOR MYSELF, I’M IN THIS 100%. EVEN IF THERE’S A SMALL CROWD, STILL THOSE PEOPLE SHOWED UP—THEY MADE THAT EFFORT. LIKE I ALWAYS TELL LORI, IT’S ALWAYS US TWO, IT’S STRANGE…BUT SOMEONE’S GOT TO DO IT. I’VE SPOKE TO ONE OF THE OLDER FELLOWS THAT USED TO DO THIS TYPE OF WORK, LAST WEEK, AND WE’RE JUST CARRYING ON THE WORK THAT HE DID, SO, IT’S IMPORTANT TO STAND UP, TO QUESTION, AND JUST TO KNOW WHAT’S GOING ON, KNOW WHAT IN YOUR WORLD IS GOING ON. THAT’S WHY WE REALLY DO EVERY EFFORT TO EDUCATE NATIVE AND NON-NATIVE PEOPLE. FOR OURSELVES, THAT’S WHAT IT IS—IT’S EDUCATION. WE’VE GOT TO THE POINT WHERE WE HAVE A PACKAGE THAT WE GIVE OUT…IT’S ALL ABOUT EDUCATING PEOPLE ABOUT BLACKFOOT HISTORY, BECAUSE THE INFORMATION THAT IS OUT THERE IS NOT ACCURATE, AND A LOT OF TIMES IT’S NOT FROM A BLOOD TRIBE MEMBER…[EDUCATION IS] THE BIGGEST PART OF IT. IT SORT OF CONTAINS INFORMATION, SOME ARTICLES THAT WE HAND OUT AT OUR INFORMATION TABLES—GIVES PEOPLE SOME UNDERSTANDING OF THE ISSUES THAT WE BOTH FACE.” “MOSES LAKE IS JUST BORDERING ON THE TOWN OF CARDSTON, ON THE NORTH. WE ACTUALLY HAVE A LAND CLAIM FOR THAT PORTION OF LAND THAT THEY’RE ON, BECAUSE, I GUESS, AT ONE POINT, WE HAD TAKEN PITY ON THEM, AND ALLOWED THEM TO STAY THERE, MADE AN AGREEMENT, AND THEY JUST NEVER LEFT…A LOT OF THESE ISSUES ARISE AND [IS] ESPECIALLY ONE OF THE REASONS WE WERE SO COMPELLED TO DO THE COMMUNITIES IN UNITY IS THAT I DID NOT WANT TO SEE OUR TRIBAL MEMBERS GETTING HURT. IN THE TOWN OF CARDSTON WE HAD A RALLY THERE, EVEN BEFORE THE IDLE NO MORE MOVEMENT BEGAN. I THINK THAT WAS 2011, AND, AT THAT TIME, IT WAS BECAUSE ONE OF OUR TRIBAL MEMBERS WAS WALKING ON THE ROAD THERE, HAD GOT BUMPED AND KILLED. THE DRIVER JUST DROVE ON, WENT ON WITH THE REST OF HIS NIGHT. HE SAID THAT HE THOUGHT HE HIT A DOG. AND THERE WAS A THREE YEAR-OLD THAT WAS KILLED, AGAIN, IN THE MOSES LAKE COMMUNITY…AGAIN, THE [DRIVER] SAID SHE THOUGHT SHE HIT A DOG. THERE WAS ANOTHER GIRL THAT WAS STRUCK ON A CROSS-WALK, AND THE SAME GUY THAT HIT HER WAS THE GUY THAT BUMPED AND KILLED [THE FIRST MEMBER], AND, IN ALL OF THESE SITUATIONS, THE RACISM IN CARDSTON IS COSTING PEOPLE THEIR LIVES. WE SEE THINGS THAT HAPPEN HERE IN LETHBRIDGE, AND WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE SITUATIONS WHERE THINGS LIKE THIS HAVE HAPPENED, WHERE WE HAVE BEEN SUSPICIOUS, AS COMMUNITY MEMBERS, ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TO THIS PERSON. WE JUST TRY TO, AT LEAST, HAVE SOME KIND OF OUTLET, BECAUSE, IF WE DON’T DO SOMETHING POSITIVE…THESE THINGS WILL JUST STAY OUT THERE. RECENTLY, WE DID THE WHOLE ISSUE WITH THE CARRIAGE HOUSE THEATER IN CARDSTON DOING THE WHOLE PETER PAN PRODUCTION. A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE SAYING, ‘THIS IS…JUST A PLAY’…I DIDN’T EVEN SEE THE THING, BUT I JUST THOUGHT, THIS IS THE ONE TIME WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY SAY ‘THIS IS BLATANT RACISM.’ ALL THESE OTHER INSTANCES, WE CAN SAY THAT THIS WAS A FACTOR IN WHATEVER HAPPENED, BUT THERE WAS NO ACTUAL WAY TO PROVE IT, WHERE THIS ACTUALLY HAPPENED…THIS IS SHOWING HOW BLATANT THE RACISM IS, THAT WE ARE DEALING WITH, AND IF WE DON’T CALL THEM ON IT, IT’S NOT GOING TO STOP; IT’S NOT GOING TO END.” “SPEAKING WITH OUR ALLIES, THE WORK THAT WE STARTED, FROM 2012…WHEN THE IDLE NO MORE MOVEMENT STARTED, THINGS PICKED UP REALLY QUICK, AND IT WASN’T TOO LONG, WE GOT TO KNOW SHANNAN [LITTLE], AND FROM SHANNAN STARTED GIVING US INFORMATION FOR OTHER AVENUES [WE SHOULD EXPLORE]—WE GO INTO A BUDGET MEETING WITH THE LATE JIM HILLIER…LORI’S A BOARD MEMBER WITH THE OLDMAN WATERSHED COUNCIL. I’M A MEMBER—A VOLUNTEER WITH THEM—AND, WITH THE WORK THAT WE’VE DONE, I’D SAY THE KAINAI ECOSYSTEM PROTECTION AGENCY CAME OUT OF THAT, BECAUSE WE’VE BEEN PRESSING A LOT OF ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES ON THE RESERVE. THIS GROUP HAS FORMED—WE’RE A PART OF THAT GROUP. NOW OLDMAN WATERSHED COUNCIL WANTED TO DO A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT OUR WATER…THE HEADWATERS. WE BROUGHT THEM ONTO THE RESERVE, AND THAT REALLY CHANGED EVERYTHING ABOUT WHAT THEY PERCEIVED, OF WHAT OUR RESERVE IS. FROM THAT, A FILM WAS MADE. FROM THAT DAY, OUR TRIBAL MEMBERS ARE DOING A SOUND TRACK, SO, FROM THE WORK THAT WE HAVE DONE, YOU SEE A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE GETTING INVOLVED IN WHATEVER WAY. IT’S OUR TRIBAL MEMBERS THAT ARE INVOLVED WITH THE WATERSHED COUNCIL NOW. THAT MAKES ME FEEL GOOD, BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH IT DOESN’T SEEM LIKE YOU’VE DONE A LOT, WHEN YOU LOOK AROUND OUTSIDE, ALL THESE DIFFERENT AVENUES WHERE WE’VE CREATED SOMETHING, AND THAT’S THE THING THAT WE’RE PROUD OF—THAT THAT HAPPENED, AND WE’D LIKE TO KEEP DOING THAT, BECAUSE THE ISSUES THAT WE DEAL WITH ARE EVERYTHING—ENVIRONMENT, LANGUAGE. GOING BACK TO THE MURDERED AND MISSING INDIGENOUS WOMEN, MY FATHER WAS MURDERED. EVEN THEN, A LOT OF MEN WERE MURDERED, AND NOTHING WAS DONE ABOUT IT…I THINK ABOUT MY DAD—I THINK ABOUT MY UNCLES—MY RELATIVES THAT WERE MURDERED. NOTHING WAS DONE. THAT’S WHY I’M THERE, TOO…WE’VE CREATED SOME IN-ROADS. I KNOW THE TOUGHEST ONE IS WITH RACISM—AND IT’S WITH CARDSTON, THE TOUGHEST PLACE TO DEAL WITH, SO, IT’S A START NOW, SO, HOPEFULLY SOMEONE ELSE CAN TAKE IT ON.” BRAVE ROCK NOTED, “YOU CAN ALWAYS HAVE HOPE, AND THAT’S WHY EDUCATION AND AWARENESS IS SO KEY, BECAUSE IF YOU DON’T BRING THESE THINGS TO THE FOREFRONT, TO HAVE PEOPLE TO OPEN THAT DISCUSSION, HOW CAN CHANGE EVER HAPPEN? I DON’T THINK [SOME ISSUES LIKE RACISM ARE] EVER GOING TO BE GONE IN OUR LIFETIME, OR EVEN IN OUR KID’S LIFETIMES—BUT, AGAIN, YOU CAN SIT AND WALLOW IN THE NEGATIVITY OF THE WHOLE THING, OR YOU CAN GET UP AND DO SOMETHING THAT MAY POSSIBLY INSPIRE SOMEBODY…I LIKED ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WHEN IDLE NO MORE MOVEMENT CAME OUT, THERE WERE ALL THESE MEETINGS…IT WAS SAYING THAT A TRUE LEADER DOES NOT CREATE FOLLOWERS. A TRUE LEADER CREATES OTHER LEADERS…I MAY NOT HAVE HOPE THAT WE’RE EVER GOING TO ACHIEVE/GET RID OF SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WE’RE DEALING WITH, BECAUSE THEY ARE SO HUGE, AND SO ALL-ENCOMPASSING…I WOULD FEEL VINDICATED IN ALL THE THINGS WE DID, IF WE INSPIRED SOMEBODY ELSE TO TAKE THE LEAD ON ANY OF THESE ISSUES.” FOR MORE INFORMATION INCLUDING THE FULL INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPTION AND PHOTOS FROM THE PROTESTS, PLEASE SEE THE PERMANENT FILE P20170015001-GA.

Catalogue Number

P20170015003

Acquisition Date

2017-04

Collection

Museum

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