Dans nombreuses cultures et sociétés autochtones, on nous apprend à honorer les femmes comme donneuses de vie, gardiennes du savoir, conteuses, guérisseuses, porteuses de la parole, membres de la communauté et êtres humains, mais le colonialisme a porté atteinte à ces valeurs.
In many indigenous cultures and societies, we are taught to honour women as life-givers, as knowledge-keepers, as storytellers, as medicine women, as word-carriers, as community members, and as human beings, and colonialism has impacted negatively on those values.