Belinda Lacombe, Indigenous name Blue Buffalo Woman (Sipikisoo, Moostoos Iskwew) is a Metis woman originating from the Fishing Lake Metis Settlement in Alberta. She currently lives on the traditional unceded territory of the Wet’su’we’tin in Northwest BC.

Belinda has worked as an anti-violence advocate/educator/therapist for over 17 years, she is highly respected as a program and community developer. She is a survivor of the unique genocide experienced by Metis children and their families in Canada. She holds the position of Regional Mentor with British Columbia’s Community Resource Networks Society; she is an instructor of Aboriginal Focusing Oriented Trauma Training (IFOT) and Indigenous Tools for Living (ITFL). Training programs that are genocide informed, land-based and body centered.

Over the last few years Belinda has grounded her work in uncovering and dismantling the links between colonialism and systemic violence that has and continues to impact Indigenous peoples, families, communities and nations through one-on-one counselling, educations, community development and social activism. As a survivor of cultural genocide Belinda understands and affirms that culture truly does save lives and that decolonizing one person at a time makes a path towards collective wellness.

Belinda Lacombe