Content warning: This piece contains references to rape, murder, violence against Indigenous women (especially Indigenous sex workers), and other disturbing material. When I told my boyfriend that I was going to write an article about Cindy Gladue and the epidemic of missing and murdered Indigenous women (MMIW), he reminded me that I should keep my… Continue reading What I Do Know: The Colonial Evisceration of Cindy Gladue
Author: Ariel Smith
Ariel Smith is Nêhiyaw (Plains Cree) and Jewish. She is a filmmaker, video artist, writer, and cultural worker who grew up in East Vancouver B.C. on unceded Coast Salish territory and is currently based in Ottawa, Ontario on unceded Algonquin territory. She has shown at festivals and galleries internationally. Ariel is active in Indigenous media arts advocacy and administration, and is currently the director of National Indigenous Media Arts Coalition (NIMAC).