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The Weight of Indigenous Business - Indigenous Box
  • Jul 5, 2023
The Weight of Indigenous Business

Indigenous Peoples in Canada have not had the opportunity to build intergenerational wealth. We didn't grow up with parents, aunties, or uncles who ran businesses. Many of us grew up in poverty (the money kind), and as we learn the ropes of doing business and working with money, everything is brand new. 

Treaty Money - Indigenous Box
  • Jun 23, 2023
Treaty Money

Today is the day that many of my community members will line up to receive our annual annuity payment of $5.00. When I was a kid we would either give up our treaty money to my kokum in exchange for all the good food they made for us. Sometimes we would spend it at the store on pop and chips or at the pow wow back when Indian tacos used to be $5. Nonetheless, we lined up with our parents knowing that it was part of our Treaty responsibility. You see the meaning of these payments goes much deeper.

The Rock on the Hill - Indigenous Box
  • Jun 13, 2023
The Rock on the Hill

Growing up in Saddle Lake First Nation I found solace in this beautiful place on the top of the hill in our field. My dad put a small boulder right at the highest point and it became known, fittingly, as “the Rock on the Hill”. It was here at the ROTH that I would go to see everything, all of it. It was a vantage point from which I could survey my whole world. 

Representation - Indigenous Box
  • Jan 27, 2023
Representation

When we launched Indigenous Box, representation was at the front of our minds. We decided that we had the ability to take up space and create space for others and that we weren’t going to let anything stop us.

A question about our land acknowledment (There are A LOT of Inuit people in Treaty Six!) - Indigenous Box
  • Dec 1, 2022
A question about our land acknowledment (There are A LOT of Inuit people in Treaty Six!)

Understanding the history of institutions like the Charles Camsell is vitally important for Canadians and certainly for Edmontonians. Many if not most non-Indigenous people have no idea the terrible pain and suffering that existed in places like this.

Seriously...Thank You! - Indigenous Box
  • Dec 31, 2021
Seriously...Thank You!

Indigenous Box has made it through 4 seasons of boxes! It’s hard to believe that we’ve gone from packing a few boxes in a little basement bedroom to packing thousands of boxes in our dedicated production facility. Believe me, there's a story there, and I promise we are going to share it soon. In fact we have some huge secrets that we can’t wait to share with you. It’s literally all we can do to contain ourselves!

Sixth month reflection - Indigenous Box
  • Aug 31, 2021
Sixth month reflection

2021 has been a wild ride over here at Indigenous Box. When we started back in March, we were a tiny micro-business doing what we could to promote Indigenous Business with what little means we had. Once we launched our first box, we found out that Canada was hungry to discover Indigenous Business. And A LOT of people loved when we offered to help them do it!

The start of something - Indigenous Box
  • May 16, 2021
The start of something

I can barely express how excited I am to share Indigenous Box with all of you. Creating this Indigenous Subscription Box has sparked so much light in my life as I’ve spent time reflecting, with deep gratitude and awe, on just how far our people have come.

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