#19 | Dear White Men, From an Indigenous Woman - Pulxaneeks (Haisla Nation)
“What are you here to give? That is right relationship making. That is right use of privilege.”
My guest today is Pulxaneeks (Pul-ha-neeks), from the Eagle Clan of the Haisla First Nation, a First Nations tribe located on the North West Coast what is now known as British Columbia, Canada.
Pulxaneeks is a living, loving result of the coastal Indigenous village that raised her & all that survived in the lineage she was born to. She honours the Elders, Mentors and huge family whose love she is a living result of and the Ancestors whose strength and resilience is flowing through her veins.
Her recognition of the responsibility to use her strengths in a meaningful way in contribution to greater change led her to develop “Heart to Heart Indigenous Relations Consultation” based on her unique understanding from walking in two worlds, both Indigenous and Settler cultures.
As an unsettled settler on stolen land, I am grateful to consider Pulxaneeks a friend and mentor for me on this path of Practicing Allyship in support of the Indigneous Peoples of Turtle Island, as well as connecting with my own Ancestry and lineage.
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How she began as an indigenous relationship bridgeworker
Living in Vancouver and encountering the festival culture
Married and living in the white world
Burning out and an unwedding ceremony in Maui
Claiming her ancestral name Pulxaneeks
White people encountering a “real live indigenous person”
Two understandings of time
The past is not gone
Teenage boys from the old country
America and its traumatic origins
Native women as intermediaries
Where are your elders?
Every encounter is a moment to repattern First Contact
Decolonization is returning to being human, again
Whiteness and her ability to feel safe
“We are not here to cause the white psyche to feel shame.”
When Europeans arrived they had nothing left to give
What are you here to give? As right relationship making.
Feel the things first, with your own people
The paradox of allyship
Be clear on your offerings before you show up to help
The future and the indigenous comeback
Beyond the land acknowledgement and right use of privilege
