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Amei-lee Laboucan

Amei–lee Laboucan (she/her) is a Black Cree-Métis woman from Treaty 8. She currently lives on the unceded Coast Salish territories of the Kwantlen, Katzie, Qayqayt, Kwikwetlem, Semiahmoo, and Tsawwassen Peoples. Amei–lee is a second-year Master of Arts student in the Faculty of Native Studies at the University of Alberta.

Amei-lee's Latest Articles

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xʷməθkʷəy̓əm erases Trutch from street name, but won’t forget his racist legacy

By Amei-lee Laboucan ● Vancouver ● October 4, 2022 October 5, 2022

The community revealed the title šxʷməθkʷəy̓əmasəm, or Musqueamview Street, in a renaming ceremony on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

Council chairperson of the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw, Khelsilem, helps to complete a traditional groundbreaking at the Sen̓áḵw construction site by shovelling into the dirt.

A century after their village was burned, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh is rebuilding Sen̓áḵw

By Amei-lee Laboucan ● News ● September 14, 2022 September 14, 2022

Construction has started on the 11-tower development on reserve lands after the nation received a historic $1.4-billion loan from CMHC

Two people stand in a sunny forest on the UBC campus

Project utilizing Coast Salish plants to combat heat waves on the DTES

By Amei-lee Laboucan ● Vancouver ● September 12, 2022 September 12, 2022

UBC student Alexandra Thomas leading re-greening project in consultation with knowledge-keepers and community organizations

A man wrapped in fur wearing a wooden hat carved in the shape of a whale against a blue sky.

Exhibit explores rich identity of Indigenous tattooing

By Amei-lee Laboucan ● Features ● August 11, 2022 August 12, 2022

Leading artists are featured in ‘Body Language’ — on display at Museum of Surrey until Sept. 4

Falen Johnson and Buffy Sainte-Marie, appearing to be in mid-conversation, walk down a dimly-lit hallway

Podcast digs into story of enduring icon Buffy Sainte-Marie

By Amei-lee Laboucan ● Arts ● August 10, 2022 August 10, 2022

‘She has always been there for us,’ says Falen Johnson, who hosts the five-part CBC podcast ‘Buffy’

A person with short hair and a bear performs on stage wearing a white cape

Hotlatch: Queer Indigenous dance party front and centre at ‘Vancouver’ Pride festival for first time

By Amei-lee Laboucan ● Arts ● August 5, 2022 August 5, 2022

The time of Pride events being run only by and for white gay men is over, says Dane-Zaa drag performer