Even though I had written the same exams in University and fulfilled all the requirements of a degree...when I got out of school my content which was largely about myself, who I was, my responses to the world etc.

[1] On 30 June 2017, the Calgary Board of Education decided that a high school in the southeast community of Seton would be named in her honour.

Also called the Káínawa, or Blood Tribe, a this First Nation in southern Alberta, Canada had a population of 12,800 (2015) and occupied approximately 549.7 square miles (884.6 km).

[9] and are considered to be the oldest residents of the western prairie region [9] The Bloods have created and maintained an attitude of independence and pride in their identity as Kainai which has allowed them to successfully resist the efforts of governments, churches, and other European agencies from enacting systems into traditions which could have resulted in a harmful and disadvantageous effect on legal rights and the cultural identity of the Kainai.

[9] She helped create a space for Indigenous art in Canada and fought for the right of Native artists to be exhibited in galleries and museums.

[3] In 2009 she traveled the province of Alberta on behalf of the Alberta Foundation for the Arts to meet with Indigenous artists and identify work from the various stages of their careers not represented in the Foundation's collection, and to recommend purchases which directly benefited Indigenous artists and also made their work available for future generations.

[1] Her various pursuits as an activist, curator, and writer helped to expose truths about Indigenous history, culture and contemporary issues.

[5] Her installation work Preservation of the Species, directly critiqued the Museums power and authority and the way those institutions handle Indigenous artifacts and systematically control their message.