January 2019

Kisik's origin story. Kisik's mom finds the drawings of the lady on the water and has seen her before, but doesn't tell Kisik...

Feeling the pain of caring for others. Kisik and Anika race to help friends who have been living rough.

Kisik brings it back to Vancouver, and shares what it means to be an indigenous, young and urban Cree-Metis living in the city.

Anika and Kisik find out just how wise and important the matriarchs are in their lives.

Ancestors communicate to us in our dreams. The visions that come to us are important and messages we should heed to.

Do you know of any super/demi god ancestors? My grandmother wrote out our whakapapa by hand from memory so that it would not be lost, passed to her from generation to generation, instilled in her from a baby...she knew our…

The work of a mother is never done! We teach our daughters to love and nurture, but do we teach them enough about being assertive and strong! To not be bullied by an alpha male mansplaining or to have the…

Sometimes living on the streets is safer for youth than foster care. The residential schools system continues today but is renamed ‘foster care’. The government kidnaps the children and gives them to a non indigenous families who don't understand the…

Depression is a mental illness. A person with Mental illness cannot control how they are thinking and feeling. Ways to manage depression is not always in a pharmaceutical pill. There are so many reasons why people feel depressed. It can…

Che’s apology, he is doing the work, changing his ways. You cannot say your respect women without respecting your mother who gave you to the world and mother earth , #MMIWG. Self respect, decolonizing mind and body with good food.…

Super Freak? Can Kisik accept her new gifts? Can she accept Che’s old ways? What is it about this smooth young man that holds her heart? A work in progress she says but HE has to do the work? Is…

We all have a long line of incredible ancestors who are remembered by stories that (to the average person) can seem a little embellished. But not to us. Our stories are passed down by song, dance and carvings, many different…

The world can feel so messed up sometimes, you can really get overwhelmed with it all. For our young women there are many pressures! Body image, relationships, friends, school, family, drugs and alcohol, identity, money! What would an Indigenous superhero…

Homelessness...an issue that is becoming bigger everyday. Some chose to be homeless, some have no choice. Mental illness, Social inequity, Class disparity, Historical Trauma, racism, addictions, abuse, the effects of colonization...all these factors contribute to the people living on the…

E kore au e ngaro, he kakano ahau i ruia mai i Rangiatea … “I will never be lost, I am a seed born of greatness, I descended from a long line of Chiefs, I am a seed”.

To Dance is to pray, to pray is to heal, to heal is to give, to give is to live, to live is to Dance - Marijo Moore, Cherokee. Kisik is doing what her ancestors have done since time immemorial.…

Feeling hurt and disappointed at the colonial system of Justice. Like there is No Justice! Indigenous peoples and POC die or fill the prisons and have a long history of genocide and trauma. The girls take this anger and become…

Racists! The ignorance and hate. Feeling pumped with adrenaline at the situation the girls focus their anger into creative energy. This unfortunate event triggered an idea for the next steps in the comic…what would YOUR Super Powers be in that…

Che’s a player but Kisik is unfazed by his games. A visit to see Nan is always good Matriarchal Medicine to find balance, grounding and take in some good ancestral knowledge. Still deciding on their Super Powers … being fearless…

Meet Kisik and Anika. Bff’s with a connection, aa wairua, aa hinengaro. Dreams are Super Powerful and Kisik and Anika, two strong Indigenous young women, have lots of them. With Compassion, Courage and a humble foundation, the girls begin to…