Her Nuu-chah-nulth name means big sister which indicates that she comes from a line of the oldest woman. Carol Anne belongs to the first generation out of residential school. Deeply influenced by this, she upholds it as an important responsibility. Her life has been an exploration of meaning, personal responsibility, and a quest to finding her voice and saying what’s important for her. She’s driven by a desire to help create a positive shift in the lived realities of Indigenous peoples.
"A journey through the questions of a lifetime."
Carole Anne Hilton on the PowHERtalks Stage in Victoria, BC.
The story she aims to tell isn’t one of hopelessness, anger, or addictions, but one about putting the fragments together and becoming whole again. She remembers as a young child thinking when she grew up, she just wanted to be happy. At a young age, she believed education was the only escape, so she learned voraciously and found her voice. She remembers meeting her grandmother, holding her hands and the woman looking at her and saying welcome home.
“Welcome home to yourself do you know who you are?”