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Feeling like you have
to be perfect and not
make mistakes
Being taken for granted
Not receiving
proper recognition or
compensation for work
Competition with other
Indigenous youth
Knowing your
language and
traditions
Having to
explain and
defend our identities
instead of celebrating
them
Needing to
be emotionally
unattached from the
issues
Conforming to
representation and
stereotypes
Being a voice for
our communities
without claiming to
represent them
Having to look
your best and
professional all the
time in order to be
taken seriously
Responsibility
to make things
better for our
children and future
generations
Feeling like we
have to say yes to
everything people ask
us to do
Energy and time it
takes to guide allies
Lateral violence
Being expected
to know everything
about our histories and
cultures
Being expected
to know everything
about our histories and
cultures
Always being the go-to
Indigenous person
Being volun-told
to do things
People
assigning
us additional
responsibilities without
consulting us
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