Welcome back to Gaining Mom-entum! Abi & Meghan are back with part 2 of their conversation with Chaw-win-is, Indigenous Educator, member of the Cheklesaht and Tla-o-qui-aht nations of the Nuu-chah-nulth people, and all-around amazing storyteller. The conversation picks back up with how Chaw-win-is got started as an educator. They discuss the importance of storytelling, processing our feelings, and bearing witness to each others’ emotions. Chaw-win-is shares her podcast idea that will form her PhD dissertation. This leads to discussion of pushing back on educational institutions and how parenting gives us the power to re-examine history in different contexts. Chaw-win-is generously shares with Meghan & Abi some ideas for how we can all better understand and talk with our children about decolonization.They talk about bystander intervention and finish out their conversation talking about how the stories of our histories can provide the keys to unlocking change.

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Music by: Evan Dysart (Follow Dysaart on Spotify and Bandcamp)

Artwork by: Catherine Cachia (IG: @catherinecachia, catherinecachia.com)

A few resources for reading, listening, and learning:

For Indigenous Minds Only: A Decolonization Handbook (Chapter 13- Remaking Balance: Decolonizing Gender Relations in Indigenous Communities by Chaw-win-is)

Colonization and Decolonization Resources (Victoria Sexual Assault Centre)

Faces of UVic Research: Pia Russell (video)

Having the Difficult (and Necessary) Conversations: Talking to Kids about Colonization, Colonialism, and Decolonization (as a White Settler Parent) (Anti-Violence Project)

21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act, by Bob Joseph 

How We’re Teaching Indigenous History To Our Kids (CBC)

Cheekbone Beauty (Indigenous-owned & founded cosmetics company)

Coffee With My Ma Podcast 

Unreserved with Falen Johnson 

All of My Relations Podcast