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“As an Indigenous student going to school in the city, I always make sure to spread awareness of our struggles through my assignments and projects in spaces where people may not be educated about or aware of.”

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Sunshine Levasseur of Ebb and Flow First Nation is a 17-year-old Anishinaabe student who attends St. James Collegiate High School in Winnipeg.

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Her visual art class was asked to create pictures with words, lyrics, or quotes.

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“What you see is a mix of colour and words, and in these words is a figure of a woman in her jingle dress regalia. The woman is my older sister, Iroc Levasseur, and she was a big inspiration for me. I used words to describe my sister, but also words such as resiliency, strength, and beauty because those are the words I associate with when I think of Indigenous culture and people.”

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“I encourage other Indigenous youth like me to express themselves through their art and share it with the world because Indigenous time is now,” she said.

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Artwork: Sunshine Levasseur, Photo: Lorelei Staffer | #art #artwork #artproject #micrography #IndigenousArt #CBCIndigenous