The Indigenous Women’s Business Panel - Iskwew founded, Iskwew made and Iskwew run was founded upon an idea focused on providing a space where Indigenous women entrepreneurs could have a space and to bring the Indigenous community together - to share our stories, wise practices as Indigenous business owners; to collaborate with one another by building new and existing relationships; and to invest in the Iskwew (Cree word for woman). 

 

Together we have started this  journey of building a community founded upon supporting one another, connected through a common history, identity, culture, language, challenges, struggles, and connected with the same stories yet bonded together by our ancestors and our history as Indigenous peoples of Canada. As Indigenous artists and as a community together our goal is to share our stories in our own words there is nobody else that can revitalize the stories expect ourselves to share with others and to contribute to the social, cultural, political and economic structures that make up the Edmonton. Most importantly framing of the relationship between Indigenous peoples and the world by providing a space for local entrepreneurs and artists.