Indigenous youth take centre stage at Healing Our Spirit Worldwide gathering as they share lessons of leading with culture to almost 4,000 Indigenous attendees.
What does it mean to lead with culture? It’s something both Ferrada Lightning, a 26-year-old from Maskwacis, Alta. and Megan Metz a 24-year-old from Kitimat, B.C. do every day.
“My moshum teaches me everything that I know,” said Lightning. “A kokum once told me that your real battle isn’t with your fists, it’s with your voice and that changed my whole life.”Lightning said he grew up an angry individual, in crisis not realizing his negativity was hurting the people around him. Through the teachings of his moshum, he was able to turn that around.
“I listen to my moshum and kokums because I don’t know anything,” he said. “There won’t be a period in my life where I know something because I’m on this earth to learn, and every single day is an opportunity to do that.”Haley Lewis / Global News
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