By Katarina Ziervogel

A Gwich’in woman, Crystal Fraser, from Inuvik has published a guide that lists 150 acts to pave the way for non-Indigenous Canadians to begin building a better relationship between them and Indigenous Canadians in the wake of Canada 150.

The main purpose for the guide itself is to change and educate non-Indigenous Canadians’ perception of Indigenous Canadians. Not only would it help reduce negative stereotypes Indigenous Canadians have been fighting against but it could reduce the pressing issues they have been struggling with for decades, which have been fuelled by wrongful views. It is time to act upon working towards acknowledging the issues Indigenous people have been dealing with, and open up to their stories they have been trying to tell for decades.

To find more about Fraser’s guide, see the link attached below:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/crystal-fraser-guide-to-reconciliation-1.4231427?cmp=rss