User:Estregger/Annie Clair

Annie Clair is a Mi'kmaq land protector from Elsipogtog First Nation.

Land protector
Clair supported the Dakota Access Pipeline protests. After a visit to Standing Rock, she noted the traditional ceremonies and solidarity in the encampment. She later raised funds and brought winter gear to the camp established by the water protectors.

Clair spoke at the Indigenous Environmental Justice Knowledge Sharing Symposium at York University in 2016 and in 2017.

Media
Clair is the host of a bilingual Mi'kmaq and English podcast called Pjilasi Mi’kma’ki. The eight episodes of the podcast covered topics such as the Sixties Scoop, language and education, the reserve system, Missing and murdered Indigenous women, basket-making, governance structures, and land title in the Maritime provinces of Canada.

Clair and journalist Miles Howe spoke about the importance of creating Indigenous media at the Media Activism Research Conference in 2016.