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Chinook Indian Nation @everydaychinook.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Proud of Carisa Chang- educator, technologist, and Chinook Indian Nation Councilwoman- who’s centering Indigenous voices in global AI and data conversations at the UN. “Learning and teaching our language is how we reclaim identity and decide who hears our stories.”

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Indigenous sovereignty in the AI era

Indigenous leaders call for sovereignty and representation in AI, urging ethical tech grounded in rights, identity, and self-determination.

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Omar Mouallem @omarmouallem.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

“I just thought there’s got to be a way to help take the emotional labour off of our people" –Shani Gwin on her novel AI app that takes on anti-Indigenous racism edifyedmonton.com/urban/innova...

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Code Switch | Edify.

AI takes on anti-Indigenous racism

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Lin Zurawell @zurawell.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Danielle Smith, the message from Treaty 6,7&8 Chiefs and community was clear. This land in NOT your land. Stop using it for your own political games.

First Nations Chiefs wearing Headdresses and community members carrying flags in front of the Alberta Legislature

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The Goose 🇨🇦 @the-goose-media.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Confederacy of Treaty 6 First Nations regarding Alberta Premier Danielle Smith passing a bill to make a referendum on breaking up with Canada easier. #alberta

Premier Smith’s government is not interested in
partnership — instead, they sow division among Albertans and attack our Treaties by passing
Bill 54. We will fight against separation and any ‘citizen-led’ referendum that threatens Treaty.
We have not stood idly by. We fought for amendments to Bill 54 that would have made it
impossible for a separation referendum to ever move forward. Those were rejected. We made
every attempt to stop Premier Smith’s government from advancing this harmful agenda,
including being forced to utilize colonial and bureaucratic processes to fight for our Peoples
and Lands.
First Nations have always been kind and loving, but our kindness is taken advantage of. Let us
be clear: we are not subordinate to Alberta or Canada. Our relationship is Nation-to-Nation with
the Crown, and that relationship must be respected.
We are all Treaty Peoples — Alberta would not exist without Treaty. When our ancestors
completed the Pipe Ceremony, they made a sacred commitment to share the Land in Peace.
The agreement stands — it is law under Creator. We will not allow colonial governments to
discredit or dishonour that sacred covenant.
For the separatists, we are fully prepared to hold Smith’s government accountable in court. Our
rights are aﬃrmed and protected by Section 35 of the Constitution — we will not hesitate to
assert them. Our sacred Treaty will not be undone by the thoughtless and careless actions of a
loud minority. You cannot undermine our rights or our future.
To our community members, supporters and leaders who stood with us and showed their
solidarity with Treaty No. 6, No. 7 and No. 8 today at the legislature — thank you. Your
presence, strength and kindness sent a powerful message: Treaty is not history — it is a living
agreement that binds us all.
Treaty is forever — Treaty No. 6 will last as long as the sun shines, the grass grows and the river
flows.
aiy hiy,
Confederacy of Treaty No. 6 First Nations
Grand Chief Greg Desjarlais

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Shani Gwin @shanigwin.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Doug Griffiths from edmontonchamber.bsky.social talks about a space an Edmonton business wanted to activate as “where the unhoused gather and do bad things.” Lololol whaaaaat? Yikes! #stateofthecity y’all!

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Bluesky

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Shani Gwin @shanigwin.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Very weird state of the city without the YEG Mayor delivering it. I wonder when and who decided it should be given by a panel of white “city leaders…” And of course no Indigenous representation lol. Sigh. Downtown elite back at it. So far, the best speaker was Elder Morin.

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Shani Gwin @shanigwin.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

It’s not lost on me that while being interviewed about our AI project, wâsikan kisewâtisiwin, Edify would decide to highlight my grandfather as the first in a new series, Lost Ones. Here we are in the Edmonton Innovation issue: edifyedmonton.com/people/profi... edifyedmonton.com/urban/innova...

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Shani Gwin @shanigwin.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Late the convo but added a suggestion. Thanks for tagging me 🍓

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Shani Gwin @shanigwin.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Summer Taylor niibindesigns.com

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Shani Gwin @shanigwin.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Remember when tampons were toxic and full of heavy metals in the summer. Did anyone fix that?

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