Kapwa Collective

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A Tradition Under Threat: Tattoo Arts of Indigenous Women in Nepal In Nepal, tattooing has long been an integral part of life, culture, and identity for many Indigenous communities, particularly for Tharu Indigenous women from the southern parts of the country. Tharu Indigenous Peoples live in over 20 different districts in the southern plains in Nepal. According t...

We’re grateful to be back in community to offer this playshop !

Co-facilitated by members of and presented by as part of Seed School.

Make plantable seed paper and write sweet love letters as an offering to the land 💓🌿

This Kapwa Playshop will take place over two days, in an outdoor garden on the treaty lands and territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit, now known as in Guelph, Ontario at the ReMediate Pollinator Garden. The dates are July 22 & 23.

Our intention is to heal ourselves, our communities, and our relationship to the land.

Thanks to Christina & Anna for the outdoor space! The ReMediate project is a collaborative textile and audio installation at the Eastview Landfill site. It was created by local artists (and PS authors) &

Please visit the link in the bio to register.

Our dear friend and long time collaborator, of is sadly closing her studio to focus on her healing journey.

Cynthia co-facilitated many “Ways of Weaving” Kapwa Playshops with through the years. She was always willing to support community with her kindness and wisdom. We love you and we’re with you, Cynthia!

If you can, please consider supporting the fundraising campaign. Link in bio.
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For 150+ years, U.S. and Canadian government-mandated boarding schools took more than 150,000 Indigenous children away from their families, cultures, and languages. They forced them into assimilation through unspeakable trauma and violence. Many of them never make it back home. Today, we honor them all.

Indigenous Arts Festival June 18 & 19 Celebrate Indigenous culture at Fort York, June 18 and 19 weekend. Free!

How ancient forest gardens could impact a B.C. First Nation's claim of Indigenous land title | CBC News New research is shining a light on how the Nuchatlaht people cultivated plants for centuries on Nootka Island in B.C., and it could have a significant impact for the First Nation's claim of Aboriginal land title to more than 200 square kilometres of the island.

Pope apologizes for role of some of its members in Canadian residential schools

Read Pope Francis's full remarks, apology for abuses by some Catholic Church members in residential schools Pope Francis apologized on Friday for the conduct of some members of the Roman Catholic Church in Canada's residential school system, following a week of talks with First Nations, Inuit and Métis delegations.