Video, Past Event, Social Justice
Importance of Cultural Identity for Women and the Rise of Women Warriors with Germaine Tremmel
Co-presented by SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement and the Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival.
In Visible Colours presented a talk with Germaine Tremmel; lawyer, activist, renowned keeper of traditional and cultural practices and one of the Grandmothers who started Standing Rock. Germaine shared her perspectives on women’s cultural identity and why it is an important time for women in the world. Germaine Tremmel was in conversation with Dalannah Gail Bowen of the DTES Centre for the Arts.
Speaker Bio
Germaine Tremmel has an international law degree from Cambridge University and is a member of Standing Rock Sioux Reservation. Her Lakota name is "Lady Seen By Her Nation" and she is the granddaughter of Chief Sitting Bull. As an Indigenous attorney, Germaine has defended the rights of indigenous peoples around the world. Now that the rights of her own people and the lands they have sworn to protect are being threatened, she is committed to working with her team to fight the injustice on an international level through the help of the United Nations.
Co-Presented by
SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement, DECA, and HOTC
