<p><strong>Indigenous mothers, Indigenous children, Indigenous parents – Willie Poll sees you – and she wants you to know that <em>you’re enough</em>. </strong></p><br><p>In this episode of <em>Getting Lit With Linda</em>, <a href="https://www.williepoll.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Willie Poll </a>(Metis Nation of Ontario) discusses with Linda why she wrote this children’s book, titled <a href="https://www.williepoll.com/available-books" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>My Little Ogichidaa</em></a><em>, </em>and the source of inspiration for its creation – in large part, t<a href="https://moosehidecampaign.ca" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">he Moose Hide Campaign </a>(2:00). </p><br><p>The Moose Hide Campaign, which began as a BC-born Indigenous-led grassroots movement to engage men and boys in ending violence towards women and children, has since grown into a nationwide movement of Indigenous and non-Indigenous Canadians from local communities, First Nations, governments, schools, colleges/universities, police forces and many other organizations – all committed to taking action to end this violence.</p><br><p>Willie and Linda also discuss Willie's collaboration with illustrator,<a href="https://www.urbaniskwew.com/bio" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Hawlii Pichette</a>, a Mushkego Cree (Treaty 9) urban mixed ancestry artist and illustrator who currently resides in London, Ontario. Linda asks her to explain the title for her book, which means "my little warrior" -- and how being a warrior is not necessarily incompatible with being loving.</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
