Challenge number 3 in the #Next150 challenge is to Amplify Youth Voices by watching videos uploaded to We Matter. We Matter is committed to creating space and opportunity for Canadians to celebrate and honour the voices and experiences of Indigenous youth. The challenge is to watch at least 10 videos, including 5 from your own region.
Miss Chloe Dixon was the second video that I watched. She's from the Eden Valley Reserve and now lives in Turner Valley. The first thing I learned was where the Eden Valley reserve was. It is southwest of Longview and just east of Peter Lougheed Provincial Park on highway 40. The reserve members are part of the Stoney Nakoda Nation, who I'm just learning aren't located only around Highway 1 as you drive from Calgary to Banff.
Chloe's message in the video was about youth acting like who they wanted to be today and being a positive role model for others. The line that struck me was "changing yourself is the number one rule before you try to change others." That wisdom is something that it takes many adults years to find out. They focus a lot of their energy on trying to modify the world and people around them rather than understanding the only thing they really have control of is themselves.
Being a Force for Good 