ONTARIO INDIGENOUS YOUTH PARTNERSHIP PROJECT
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2015 YOUTH-LED PROJECTS

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Project Name ​
​Project Description ​​
Location
​Beat to your own Drum
​Elders teach children how to make hand drums and how to drum while nurturing a relationship of respect, mentorship and togetherness.
Sioux Lookout
​Ke Nokee (Earth Work)
​Restoring youth connections with the land in Toronto using traditional teachings led by Elders and community members about native plants species, medicines and food security aspects
Toronto

​Treaty 3 Rites of Passage
Holding rites of passages or coming-of-age ceremonies for youth to teach each other about traditional teachings, health and well-being, relationships, the connection of ones body to the land and their roles and responsibilities as young people in their communities.
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 Pikwakanagan
Authentic Appropriations
​Started off as Authentic Appropriations and is now named Setsune (Indigenous-owned business). An intergenerational and community-minded clothing and wearable arts collection that explores the rampant appropriation of Indigenous culture in mainstream fashion
Toronto
​M’Chigeeng Girls Group
Creates a space for young Indigenous girls to develop leadership skills and mentor each other. Promoting healthy lifestyle and socializing. Participants will help host fundraisers in the community and they will also develop  traditional food making skills as part of the programs. 
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 M'Chigeeng
Bass Lake Dash 
​​This is a fun and enlightening adventure race around Bass Lake, Wahnapitae First Nation’s only completely self-contained lake. Proceeds of the project went towards building a bridge to complete the trail loop.
Ottawa/Capereol
Six Nations Wasteless
​Tackled the waste crisis in Six Nations by educating the community on ways to reduce waste by including traditional teachings on environmental stewardship. The goal is to start a community-wide movement to reconnect members to their cultural beliefs and to become environmentally caring Haudenosaunee people. ​
Ohsweken 
Sisters of the  Soil 
​Creating solidarity between Toronto’s red (Indigenous) and black community by engaging in the five step process of decolonization: recovery and rediscovery, mourning, dreaming, commitment, and action
Toronto
​The Voice of our Future
Develop a youth council that supports and enables the youth of our community to actively contribute to current issues such as environment, social, cultural and physical well-being discussions, planning and activities.
M'Chigeeng 

​​Youth Council Development
​Created to develop and implement a Youth Council that is recognized under the Governance Code of the Wabauskang First Nation. Project participants will develop the governing documents of this council and hold the elections pursuant to the newly developed policies and procedures. ​
Wabauskang
A7G 
Assembly of Se7en Generations
An Indigenous youth-led organization investing in the futures of Indigenous young people. A7G uses Indigenous knowledge and teachings to promote and sustain the wellbeing of Mother Earth, our cultural heritage, and to empower young people as leaders in their community.
Ottawa 
Ontario Indigenous Youth Partnership Project  is a project of Makeway Charitable Society to learn more please visit www.makeway.org 
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Charitable registration number: 130560188RR0001
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