Leaders & Change-Makers
He helped start the province of Manitoba.
Who is Louis Riel?
Indigenous kids were taken from their families and sent to these schools.
What are residential schools?
This day in June celebrates Indigenous Peoples in Canada.
What is National Indigenous Peoples Day?
This museum in Winnipeg teaches about human rights and Indigenous history.
What is the Canadian Museum for Human Rights?
This system took Indigenous kids from their families to force them to live like settlers.
What are residential schools?
She is a Cree singer from Manitoba who has won Juno Awards.
Who is Buffy Sainte-Marie?
Some Indigenous communities still don’t have this basic need.
What is clean drinking water?
On this day, people wear orange shirts to honour residential school survivors.
What is Orange Shirt Day?
This outdoor space in Winnipeg often hosts Indigenous markets and music.
What is The Forks Market Plaza?
This group in Winnipeg helps protect Indigenous people by walking and watching neighborhoods.
What is the Bear Clan Patrol?
This Indigenous woman is known for fighting for clean water in First Nations communities.
Who is Autumn Peltier?
Indigenous people are more likely to face this by police.
What is discrimination or racial profiling?
This day in February celebrates Métis leader Louis Riel.
What is Louis Riel Day?
This historic river was key to Métis settlement and the fur trade in Manitoba.
What is the Red River?
This is the name of the report with recommendations to fix problems caused by residential schools.
What is the Truth and Reconciliation Commission report?
He is a Winnipeg-based advocate who started the Bear Clan Patrol.
Who is James Favel?
Indigenous families are overrepresented in this child service system.
What is the foster care system?
This awareness day is held in May for missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls.
What is Red Dress Day?
This site which is now popular for Winnipeg tourists was a traditional meeting place for Indigenous peoples long before Winnipeg was a city.
What is The Forks?
This ceremony brings Indigenous people together to talk and listen to help heal communities.
What is a talking circle or healing circle?
She was the first Indigenous woman elected as a Manitoba MLA.
Who is Nahanni Fontaine?
This 2015 report shared 94 Calls to Action for truth and reconciliation.
What is the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC)?
This day on September 30th honours children who went to residential schools.
What is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation?
This important building in downtown Winnipeg has a statue of Louis Riel on its grounds.
What is the Manitoba Legislative Building?
In 2008, this Canadian Prime Minister said sorry for the harm caused by residential schools.
Who is Stephen Harper?