Siku Allooloo

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Siku Allooloo (born 1986) is an Inuk/Haitian/Taíno writer, artist, facilitator, filmmaker,^[1] and land-based educator from Denendeh ("the Land of the People"), Northwest Territories, and Pond Inlet, Nunavut in Canada.^[2] Allooloo's works incorporates the legacies of resistance to settler colonialism and revitalization of Indigenous communities.^[3] Through her writing, visual art, and activism, Allooloo fights against colonial violence on Indigenous women. She has been widely recognized for her leadership in grassroots activism, particularly in advocating for land and water protection. She won Briarpatch magazine's 2016 creative nonfiction contest with the piece titled "Living Death".^[3][4]

Siku Allooloo
Born	1986 (age 38–39) Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada
Website	www.sikuallooloo.com

Heritage

Siku Allooloo comes from the Dene people (Denendeh), who have a long history of storytelling, leadership, and resilience within Indigenous cultures.This lineage is deeply reflected in her work as an artist and activist, where she weaves together traditional knowledge, oral history, and contemporary expressions of resistance. Additionally, her mother was a journalist and activist from Haiti who played a direct role in the cultural revitalization of the Taíno people. Through this dual heritage, Allooloo carries forward a legacy of advocacy, cultural resurgence, and the reclamation of Indigenous identity spanning from her Inuit identity to her Taíno identity.

Educational background

Siku Allooloo holds a Bachelor of Arts degree (BA) in Anthropology and Indigenous studies from the University of Victoria.^[5] Her diverse background in cultural land-based programming, youth development, research, and solidarity serves as the foundation of her creativity.^[6]

Activism

In 2013, Allooloo drafted principles for the Indigenous Nationhood movement. This website was a call for Aboriginal nations to move away from the Indian Act and towards autonomy from the Canadian government.^[7]

She also participated in integrating the Idle No More movement into the North.^[8]

In 2016, Allooloo assisted the international organization, Human Rights Watch's investigation about police abuse of Indigenous women in Saskatchewan.^[9]

In 2020, Allooloo participated in a demonstration of support for Wetʼsuwetʼen First Nation in Yukon. In late December 2019, a British Columbia judge signed off on an injunction that would prevent the Wet’suwet’en from protecting their land from the proposed Coastal GasLink Pipeline.^[10]