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On today's show, Grand Chief Ronald M. Derrickson discusses his book UKRAINIAN SCORPIONS: A TALE OF LARCENY AND GREED, which details the massive amount of bribery and corruption he witnessed first-hand taking place at every level of public service inside Ukraine. GUEST OVERVIEW: Grand Chief Ronald M. Derrickson is an Indigenous leader from the interior of British Columbia and a successful international businessman. His memoir FIGHT OR SUBMIT (2020) was shortlisted for the National Business Book Award. He also co-authored UNSETTLING CANADA and RECONCILIATION MANIFESTO with Arthur Manuel.
Hello everyone and happy new year! We are so excited to be back and kicking off our first episode of 2022 with a special guest; Janelle Lapointe. Janelle is an Afro-Indigenous climate justice and Indigenous rights activist from Stellat'en First Nation, currently working in communications for the David Suzuki Foundation as a guest on the lands of the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh), and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) peoples. Today's episode starts off with Janelle's journey to becoming a climate and Indigenous rights activist. We then dive into an important conversation about the events taking place on the West Coast with respect to the Wet'suwet'en peoples, the Coastal Gaslink Pipeline, and the ‘national myths' that surround perceptions of so-called ‘Canada.' Today's chat is one that you don't want to miss so plug in your earphones and get listening! To follow along with more of Janelle's journey, you can find her on Instagram and Twitter at @janellelapointe. Janelle's Instagram Janelle's Twitter Janelle's PayPal (TIP YOUR EDUCATOR!) Janelle's article in the National Observer: An environment of anti-racism is how we win David Suzuki Foundation Support for Wet'suwet'en: Check out the Wet'suwet'en Supporter Toolkit and write your government representatives to tell them to get RCMP off of Wet'suwet'en land!!! Books: Unsettling Canada: A National Wake-Up Call by Arthur Manuel and Grand Chief Ronald Derrickson, The Reconciliation Manifesto: Recovering the Land, Rebuilding the Economy by Arthur Manuel and Grand Chief Ronald Derrickson, The Trudeau Formula: Seduction and Betrayal in an Age of Discontent by Martin Lukacs University of Alberta Indigenous Canada FREE Course Stay up-to-date on all things Wet'suwet'en: Gidimt'en Yintah Access Brandi Morin: Cree/Iroquois/French | Awarded Journalist @Songstress28 on Twitter Amber Bracken: Documentary photographer @photobracken on Twitter Michael Toledano: Documentary filmmaker and photographer on Wet'suwet'en land @M_Tol on Twitter
Episode 103 is the third in a series of reviews of books written by Indigenous authors and allies. This episode is a review of the book: Unsettling Canada: A National Wake-up Call by Arthur Manuel and published by Between the Lines. It also has a Foreword by Naiomi Klein and an Afterword by Grand Chief Ronald Derrickson. Here is link to original YouTube video version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3tv9AOdXWE For those of you who haven't yet read the book: Unsettling Canada, the link to purchase the book is here: https://amzn.to/2Q4ydQF Here is a video of Steve Paiken's interview with Arthur about his book on TVO's The Agenda, a clip of which is played in the review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wI650YzgGc As mentioned in the video/podcast here is the link to the book review I did of his book when it first came out in the Literary Review of Canada: https://www.reviewcanada.ca/magazine/2015/10/promised-land/#fn2-11591 Arthur Manuel also has another book, The Reconciliation Manifesto, that can be purchased here: https://amzn.to/2CrTzj1 The next book in this Reconciliation Book Club series is The Story of a National Crime by Dr. Peter Bryce. Here is the link to the FREE downloadable pdf of the book: http://caid.ca/AppJusIndCan1922.pdf Or you can purchase it online here: https://amzn.to/36TFkRO FOLLOW ME ON TIKTOK @ pp2cool FOLLOW ME ON IG @ pam_palmater FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER @ Pam_Palmater Please note: Nothing in this podcast/video advocates for violence on Indigenous territories. Please also note: The information contained in this podcast/video should not be misconstrued as legal, financial or medical advice, nor should it be relied on as such. This podcast represents fair political comment. If you would like more information about these issues, you can check out my website at: https://www.pampalmater.com If you would like to support my work and help keep it independent, here is the link to my Patreon account: https://www.patreon.com/join/2144345 My new book: Warrior Life: Indigenous Resistance and Resurgence by Fernwood Publishing: https://www.fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/warrior-life Warrior Life book on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3lAleUk NEW WARRIOR LIFE PODCAST MERCH: https://www.teespring.com/stores/warrior-life-2
Last month, the Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation uncovered a mass grave of 215 children on the grounds of a former residential school in British Columbia, Canada. This week on Intercepted: Naomi Klein speaks with residential school survivor Doreen Manuel and her niece Kanahus Manuel about the horrors of residential schools and the relationship between stolen children and stolen land. Doreen's father, George Manuel, was a survivor of the Kamloops Indian Residential School, where unmarked graves of children as young as 3 years old were found. Kanahus's father, Arthur Manuel, was also a survivor of the Kamloops residential school. This intergenerational conversation goes deep on how the evils of the Kamloops school, and others like it, have reverberated through a century of Manuels, an experience shared by so many Indigenous families, and the Manuel family's decades long fight to reclaim stolen land.Warning: This episode contains highly distressing details about the killing, rape, and torture of children. If you are a survivor and need to talk, there is contact information in the show notes. If you are a former residential school student in distress, or have been affected by the residential school system and need help, you can contact the 24-hour Indian Residential Schools Crisis Line: 1-866-925-4419Additional mental-health support and resources for Indigenous people are available here. Show notes:Doreen Manuel can be found @DoreenManuel1 and www.runningwolf.ca Kanahus can be found at @kanahusfreedom and www.tinyhousewarriors.com“Unsettling Canada: A National Wake Up Call,” by Arthur Manuel“The Reconciliation Manifesto: Recovering the Land, Rebuilding the Economy,” by Arthur Manuel“From Brotherhood to Nationhood: George Manuel and the Making of the Modern Indian Movement,” by Peter McFarlane with Doreen Manuel, afterword by Kanahus Manuel“The Fourth World: An Indian Reality,” by George Manuel and Michael Posluns“These Walls” directed by Doreen Manuel See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Below the Radar has partnered with the Or Galley to bring you recordings of the Gas Imaginary Conversations series. This is the second of two talks from The Gas Imaginary, presented by the Or Gallery. This event was recorded virtually on Dec. 5, 2020. In this panel, Rachel O’Reilly, Tania Willard and Kanahus Manuel—with moderation by Denise Ryner—discuss the ongoing challenges of asserting land rights and the protection of water from each of their respective contexts. The speakers address the role of artistic practices and visual culture in making such struggles resonate with communities, both at home and across distance. Tania Willard, Secwepemc Nation, works as an artist and curator within the shifting ideas of contemporary and traditional as it relates to cultural arts and production. She often engages bodies of knowledge and skills that are conceptually linked to her interest in intersections between Aboriginal and other cultures. Her curatorial work includes Beat Nation: Art Hip Hop and Aboriginal Culture (http://www.vanartgallery.bc.ca/the_exhibitions/exhibit_beat_nation.html), a national touring exhibition first presented at Vancouver Art Gallery in 2011 as well as residencies at grunt gallery and Kamloops Art Gallery. She is currently assistant professor in Creative Studies at University of British Columbia Okanagan (Kelowna BC). She also founded and operates BUSH gallery, a conceptual space for land-based art and action led by Indigenous artists. Kanahus Manuel belongs to the Secwepemc Nation and founded the Tiny House Warrior movement as part of her ongoing work as an Indigenous water and land defender. She is also a member of the Secwepemc Women’s Warrior Society. Her family has led the struggle for rights and sovereignty in Secwepemcul’ecw (territory of the Secwepemc people) for generations. Her late father Arthur Manuel, a former Secwepemc chief and residential school survivor, was an author and global champion for Indigenous rights and title in Canada and abroad. Her late grandfather George Manuel was the second president of the National Indian Brotherhood (now the Assembly of First Nations) and founding president of the World Council of Indigenous Peoples. The Tiny House Warriors: Our Land Is Home Is A Part Of A Mission To Stop The Trans Mountain Pipeline From Crossing Unceded Secwepemc Territory In British Columbia. Ten Tiny Houses Will Be Built And Placed Strategically Along The 518 Km Trans Mountain Pipeline Route To Assert Secwepemc Law And Jurisdiction And Block Access To This Pipeline. Donate to Tiny House Warriors: https://www.classy.org/give/267006/#!/donation/checkout Seed is Australia’s first Indigenous youth climate network. The organisation is building a movement of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people for climate justice with the Australian Youth Climate Coalition. Their vision is for a just and sustainable future with strong cultures and communities, powered by renewable energy. Donate to Seed Mob: https://www.seedmob.org.au/donate Watch the video recording of this conversation here (CC included in video): https://thegasimaginary.orgalleryprojects.org/talks/ Listen to the Gas Imaginary Conversations No. 1: https://soundcloud.com/sfuw-community-engagement/gas-imaginary-1 About The Gas Imaginary: A multi-disciplinary project using poetry, collaborative drawings, installation, moving images, and lectures to unpack the broader significance of ‘settler conceptualism’, the racial logic of the property form and fossil fuel-based labour politics as capital reaches the limits of land use. In ongoing dialogue with elders of Gooreng Gooreng country and settler women activists, where fracking was approved for mass installation in ‘Australia’, new elements of this work address the threatened destruction to 50% of the Northern Territory. Read more: https://thegasimaginary.orgalleryprojects.org/ Image: Rachel O'Reilly, INFRACTIONS, 2019, acrylic paint and marker. Photo: Dennis Ha.
it's the final episode of the Unsettling Canada series of conversations led by Colinda Clyne and her team. This evening, Colinda welcomes special guest, Kanahus Manuel, Art Manuel's daughter, land defender, creator of Tiny House Warriors
In Episode 59, I share the extended interview I did with Qwaxw from Nuxalk Radio 91.1 FM in Bella Coola about the book Whose Land is it Anyway: A Manual for Decolonization published by the Federation to Post-Secondary Educators in 2017. This book, done in honour of the late Arthur Manuel is available as a free pdf book as well as a new audio book! Here is the to the free pdf or e-book version: https://fpse.ca/decolonization_manual_whose_land_is_it_anyway Here is the link to information about the audio book which premiered on Nuxalk Radio: http://nuxalkradio.com/events/2020/06/whose-land-it-anyway-audiobook-premiere Link to my new book: Warrior Life: Indigenous Resistance and Resurgence (use code warrior10 for 10% discount) fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/warrior-life The link to my Reconciliation Book Club on Youtube where I do a review of the book: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdumqEwhkPk Please note: Nothing in this podcast advocates for violence on Indigenous territories. From my website you can access other Warrior Life podcast episodes, my Indigenous Nationhood blog, my Youtube videos and my new podcast for kids called Warrior Kids Podcast: www.pampalmater.com If you would like to help me keep my content independent, please consider supporting my work at Patreon: www.patreon.com/join/2144345 Note: The information contained in this podcast is not legal, financial or medical advice, nor should it be relied on as such. (Picture was created from part of the book cover of Whose Land is It Anyway and all rights belong to the publisher FPSE).
In this special #UnsettlingCanadaDay episode, Colinda is in conversation with Anishinaabe educator Pam Agawa about asserting birthrights in a system whose ultimate goal is assimilation, and how that connects to educational practice. With special guest Nancy Rowe, they discuss colonialism and Indigenous truths as folks consider Canada Day celebrations.
Colinda Clyne prepares for Week 4 Unsettling Canada by Arthur Manuel with 90 minutes of an #unsettlingcanadaday playlist. Music of Indigenous culture, history and resistance. (Warning: Some songs contain explicit language)
In episode three of Unsettling Canada, Colinda is in conversation with Anishinaabe educator Anika Guthrie, talking about opposing worldviews, and what that looks like in education. They will discuss some of the 771 directives for Canada as outlined in RCAP, UNDRIP, TRC and MMIWG reports
In episode two of Unsettling Canada, Colinda is in conversation with Onkwehonwe educator Nick Bertrand talking about inherent rights and leadership, and the realities of Colonial Fatigue Syndrome. Special guest Melissa Wilson calls on educators to teach settler colonialism and how it operates in educational systems.
In episode one of Unsettling Canada, Colinda is in conversation with Anishinaabe knowledge carrier Nancy Rowe (Michi Saagig New Credit) to set the context for the modern day struggle for and continued assault on Indigenous rights in Canada.
Indigenous Resistance to the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion: No Borders Media feature interview with Kanahus & Mayuk Manuel -> Listen, download and share: https://soundcloud.com/nobordersmedia/kanahusmayuk On this episode of No Borders Media, we speak to two Indigenous warriors on the frontlines of resistance to pipelines and resource extraction: Kanahus Manuel and Mayuk Manuel of the Tiny House Warriors and the Secwepemc Women Warriors. They have actively resisted the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion project, which would move tar sands crude and refined oil from Alberta to the British Columbia coast. Just outside the injunction zone around the proposed pipeline expansion at Blue River, British Columbia, north of Kamloops, Kanahus and Mayuk speak to No Borders Media by phone and address several topics including: an update about current opposition efforts against 518 km of Trans Mountain pipeline corridor on Secwepemc territory, the impact of man camps used to construct the expansion, the use of wheeled tiny houses as a tactic of resistance, a recent symposium in celebration of the life and ideas of Arthur Manuel, ongoing criminalization of Land Defenders, the various flawed consultation processes to try to force through pipeline approval, and solidarity between Indigenous land defence struggles across Turtle Island. -> Listen, download and share: https://soundcloud.com/nobordersmedia/kanahusmayuk --------- SHOW NOTES: This interview was recorded on September 15, 2019; Kanahus & Mayuk Manuel were speaking from Blue River (Secwepemc Nation). Music: "Wake-up Song" by George Manuel Jr, recorded live in April 2015 in Neskonlith (Secwepemc Nation). The dog heard in the background during the interview is named Tsetse, named after character from Secwepemc stories. Her name means "little sister" and she is a Norwegian Elk Hound cross. BACKGROUND: Symposium: Recovering the Land, Rebuilding the Economy August 24, 2019 (Adams Lake, Secwepemc Nation) https://soundcloud.com/secwepemc-news Kanahus Manuel on resistance to the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain Pipeline September 1, 2018 (No Borders Media) https://soundcloud.com/nobordersmedia/kanahus DONATE: Consider a donation to support the Indigenous resistance efforts against Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion: Tiny House Warriors Fundraiser www.gofundme.com/f/tinyhouse2 Secwepemc Nation Youth Network https://7genfund.abilafundraisingonline.com/donatesnyn ---------- NO BORDERS MEDIA No Borders Media is an autonomous left-wing media network. We share and create content that supports the struggles of communities in resistance, with a focus on the self-determination struggles of Indigenous peoples, migrants, refugees and working class people of colour in the context of opposition to capitalism and colonialism. Some current focuses include: migrant justice, resistance to borders, anti-fascism and anarchism. We are in the early stages our independent media project. To stay in touch send us an e-mail at nobordersmedianetwork@gmail.com or look for No Borders Media on facebook, twitter and soundcloud. Much more to come in the coming weeks and months. No Borders Media fb: www.facebook.com/NoBordersMediaNetwork soundcloud: www.soundcloud.com/NoBordersMedia twitter: twitter.com/NoBordersMedia contact: NoBordersMediaNetwork@gmail.com You can download No Borders Media podcasts here: google play: https://play.google.com/music/m/Iryaoz7brmxisj3tcojm7p7bgce?t=No_Borders_Media itunes: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/no-borders-media/id1439525381 stitcher: www.stitcher.com/podcast/no-borders-media pocketcasts: https://pca.st/J3K9
In this episode of Warrior Life, I get to talk to warrior woman Kanahus Freedom Manuel, daughter of the late Arthur Manuel - a well-known warrior all over Canada. Kanahus shares with us her background, why her work is important, the Warrior Society and how she is raising her children to be the next generation of warriors. Below is a link to some articles on Kanahus and some of her land defence work and arrests, by Warrior Publications: https://warriorpublications.wordpress.com/tag/kanahus-manuel/ (pic from Kanahus's Facebook page) If you would like more information about these issues, you can check out my website at www.pampalmater.com If you would like to support my work, here is the link to my Patreon account: www.patreon.com/pampalmater
This week we are talking a little break to work on other things, and so have taken the time to re-broadcast two interviews from two other radical and anarchist audio projects, both of which have been doing amazing work. From Embers The first we'll present is from an anarchist radio show in so-called Kingston, Ontario called From Embers. This interview was originally released by them in the middle of June, and is with Kanahus Manuel, who is a Secwepemc woman fighting against the Trans Mountain Pipeline on her land in a variety of ways. This situation of extraction, forced displacement, and ongoing subjugation on Secwepemc land is one which has many aspects to it all of which Manuel talks about in this interview. Kanahus Manuel was arrested recently, a few days after the tattoo gathering that she mentions around half way through the interview. If you would like to read more on this issue though, we will be posting a bunch of articles in the show notes for this episode, which you can access through our noblogs website or via your podcasting app. These links will include both how to support Manuel post arrest, the explicit call for solidarity from the Secwepemc Women Warriors Society, and also the original links that From Embers included in their blog post. To hear more from From Embers, hit them up at http://fromembers.libsyn.com/website/ A quick update, From Embers has JUST joined the Channel Zero Network! Woot! Radical People podcast The second interview is from the podcast Radical People, which recently became a member of the Channel Zero Network and is hosted by Eamon Farrelly. In this interview, Eamon speaks with Sweet Pea about the 20 year strong Mattole Forest Blockades in Humblodt County California. In this interview the guest speaks about their experiences participating in this forest blockade, and I thought it was an extraordinary interview because so often we get a picture of direct action which is very action oriented but this presents an experience which is profoundly emotional, or spiritual. Anyway, I liked it a lot and found it very inspirational, hope you will too. To hear more from Radical People, hit them up on Soundcloud, also via any podcasting app. We had to cut some out of this interview, and you can hear the full version on their platform. They also have a patreon if you have any loose change kickin around, and are on Twitter @Radical_Podcast. To get in touch with the Mattole Forest Blockade, you can email mattoleactioncamp@riseup.net and on FaceBook you can search Save the Mattole's Ancient Forest for news and updates via that medium. Links: Support Kanahus' Indigenous Land Defense Fund (includes a link to her YouTube channel) It's Going to be a hot Indian Summer: Secwepemc Women Warriors call land defenders to B.C. (on her arrest and much more info on the ongoing situation in this region) --Links included in the original From Embers blog post-- Wreck: A Vancouver Anarchist Publication Defend the Territory by Warrior Publications Secwepemcul'ecw Assembly (includes more information on the Kindermorgan man camps and the statement against them) Tiny House Warriors Facebook Page Tiny House Warriors GoFundMe Unsettling Canada by Arthur Manuel . ... . .. Playlist here.
An hour-long investigation into efforts in recent years to resist the Trans Mountain Pipeline and its world. Our first interview is with an anarchist who participated in an anti-pipeline camp on Burnaby Mountain in 2014. Our second interview is with Kanahus Manuel, a Secwepemc woman currently involved in the struggle against the pipeline which runs through her territory. Links: Wreck: A Vancouver Anarchist Publication Defend the Territory by Warrior Publications Secwepemcul'ecw Assembly Tiny House Warriors Facebook Page Tiny House Warriors GoFundMe Unsettling Canada by Arthur Manuel
This week, a look at the legacy of the late Arthur Manuel, whose vision of Indigenous rights was uncompromising. We also discuss a National Observer report suggesting that the Canadian government is backtracking on its pledge to be more transparent about its legal positions vis-à-vis Aboriginal and treaty rights. Our roundtable welcomes back Lisa Monchalin and Michael Redhead Champagne.
Recording of the Olympic Resistance Network press conference on November 20, 2008, including: Arthur Manuel, Garth Mullins, James Lilly, Dustin Johnson, Carol Martin, Laura Track, Anita, Gord Hill… at the Anti-Poverty Committee office on Coast Salish land (know colloquially as Vancouver) downtown eastside neighbourhood. Plus separate clips for remarks by Chris Shaw and Joan Morelli. … Continue reading Olympic Resistance Network Press Conference – recap + audio →