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In the latest for "Black Voices at UBC", Stephanie Okoli has written a collection of letters and poems that follow a young girl through childhood.
There is still a preconception that Indigeneity is something to hide, something to be ashamed of — especially in our generation. But, our existence was not born of gradual and welcomed change but a forceful shift in everything we knew. But now, more than ever, we as Indigenous people are finally reclaiming ourselves.
Stephanie Okoli's latest work meditates on persistent images of the past.
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There is still a preconception that Indigeneity is something to hide, something to be ashamed of — especially in our generation. But, our existence was not born of gradual and welcomed change but a forceful shift in everything we knew. But now, more than ever, we as Indigenous people are finally reclaiming ourselves.
I came to UBC expecting a safe environment and supportive space for Indigenous students. Seeing a white supremacist welcomed on stolen land was jarring.
My mother always taught me that whakapapa (ancestry) is everything. If you have the whakapapa, it doesn’t matter how much you know about your people, because you can be taught.
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