Podcasts about Oka Crisis

This summer will mark the 35th anniversary of Canada's violent siege of Kanehsatà:ke and Kahnawà:ke – commonly called the Oka Crisis. Ellen Gabriel became a spokesperson for her community that summer and says it's time to reclaim the narrative.

In this episode, we dive into one of Canada's most intense standoffs involving the Mohawk community and the Canadian government. With 2000 police, 4500 soldiers, armored vehicles, and even the Navy called in, this three-month siege over a golf course expansion onto sacred Mohawk land is a tale of resilience, mismanagement, and a national awakening. Join us as we explore the chaotic and dramatic events that unfolded, the significant impacts on indigenous rights, and how this crisis reshaped the nation's approach to handling such disputes. All our links:https://bio.to/canboringThis podcast is hosted two idiots and created purely for entertainment purposes. By accessing this Podcast, I acknowledge that the CIB Podcast makes no warranty, guarantee, or representation as to the accuracy or sufficiency of the information featured in this Podcast. The information, opinions presented in this Podcast are for general entertainment and humor only and any reliance on the information provided in this Podcast is done at your own risk. However, if we get it badly wrong and you wish to suggest a correction, please email canadianpoliticsisboring@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

AUNTIE: Wa'tkwanonhweráton. Greetings, love, and respect from me to all of you. On this edition of The Aunties Dandelion we're visiting with Dr. Kahente Horn-Miller, a formidable Bear Clan educator from our Kanyenkehà:ka territory of Kahnawake. Kahente's name means she walks ahead - and she's the first Indigenous woman to receive a 3M National Teaching Fellowship – Canada's most prestigious recognition in educational leadership and teaching at the post-secondary level. It's actually Kahente's criticism of existing education systems that led to her win the 2023 3M prize. In order to fully engage her students at Carleton University, she's introduced Rotinonhsyón:ni teachings like consensus-based decision making and live performance of our traditional stories into her classrooms. KAHENTE: Beyond the skill of writing, beyond the skill of citing properly doing research, I think that one of the main skills our students need to learn coming out of institutions is how to talk to each other. Indigenous and non-Indigenous. You know why? Because of climate change. We are facing an uncertain future, right? And Indigenous folks and Indigenous communities – we have a lot of the answers. AUNTIE: Kahente's entire family makes it their business to walk ahead. Her mom, model and activist Kahentinetha Horn and her sisters were deeply involved in the 1990 Kanasatáke Resistance – also known as the Oka Crisis - and her sisters are Olympian Waneek Horn-Miller, actress Kahnietiio Horn, and Dr. Ojistoh Horn, a medical practitioner in Akwesasne. This familial, matriarchal power - along with the family's grounding in language and longhouse led Kahente to focus on her own community in her scholarship - which most academics shy away from. KAHENTE: Everything I did I wrote about my own people. So this was something that I learned how to do on my own in order to get through that system. AUNTIE: I'm Kahstoserakwathe and we are Yéthi Nihsténha ne Tekarónyakénare. The Aunties Dandelion. We're focused on revitalizing our communities through stories of land, language, and relationships. And we want to say Nyá:wenkò:wa – or big thanks – to Canada's Indigenous Screen Office – teyonhkiwihstekénha – for making this podcast possible through their New Media fund. It helps us a LOT if you share this episode with your friends, follow us on your favorite podcast channel and give us a review. As always, we're happy you are here to listen to your Aunties.

A former bureaucrat says the feds continues to miss the mark in addressing racial discrimination in its ranks. How the racism and stress a former soldier experienced during the Oka Crisis played a role in his decision to leave the military. That's on N2N.

An interview with author and activist Philippe Blouin who was a co-editor of the important collection "The Mohawk Warrior Society: A Handbook on Sovereignty and Survival." The project is described this way: "The first collection of its kind, this anthology by members of the Mohawk Warrior Society uncovers a hidden history and paints a bold portrait of the spectacular experience of Kanien'kehá:ka survival and self-defense. Providing extensive documentation, context, and analysis, the book features foundational writings by prolific visual artist and polemicist Louis Karoniaktajeh Hall (1918–1993)—such as his landmark 1979 pamphlet, The Warrior's Handbook, as well as selections of his pioneering artwork. This book contains new oral history by key figures of the Rotisken'rhakéhte's revival in the 1970s, and tells the story of the Warriors' famous flag, their armed occupation of Ganienkeh in 1974, and the role of their constitution, the Great Peace, in guiding their commitment to freedom and independence. We hear directly the story of how the Kanien'kehá:ka Longhouse became one the most militant resistance groups in North America, gaining international attention with the Oka Crisis of 1990. This auto-history of the Rotisken'rhakéhte is complemented by a Mohawk history timeline from colonization to the present, a glossary of Mohawk political philosophy, and a new map of Iroquoia in Mohawk language. At last, the Mohawk Warriors can tell their own story with their own voices, and to serve as an example and inspiration for future generations struggling against the environmental, cultural, and social devastation cast upon the modern world." Our weekly music is "Passage" by Anarchist Mountains. Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Tuesdays at 1pm. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 10:30pm on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7am.

In this episode we have a roundtable discussion grounded around the book The Mohawk Warrior Society: A Handbook on Sovereignty and Survival. For this discussion we have all four of the editors of this book, Philippe Blouin, Matt Peterson, Malek Rasamny and Kahentinetha Rotsikarewake. In addition Karennatha and Kawenaa, two other members of Kanien'keha:ka Kahnistensera (Mohawk Mothers) joined the conversation. The book we discuss does a lot of things. It presents the works of Louis Karoniaktajeh Hall, it discusses what the Mohawk Warrior Society is, and Louis Hall's influence and participation and activation of that movement as an autonomous political force. It also discusses some of the history of their vibrant and at times quite successful struggles against colonialism, but also against forces of assimilation, annihilation, and appropriation. The book also provides a number of resources to help understand the philosophy embedded in Mohawk language and thought, in which the Mohawk Warrior Society is grounded. This is a sovereign tradition of anticolonial resistance to genocide that crosses the imposed colonial borders of the US and Canada, and still exists in defiance of setter law and ways of knowing. As is discussed in the show, it is also potentially a guide or an offering. The Mohawk Warrior Society has out of necessity often been a somewhat secretive formation, this book and conversation offer a glimpse into their world view, and it's incumbent upon us to listen in and take note. This virtual roundtable features six guests. Due to time constraints there is just a lot that we weren't able to get to in this conversation and so we really encourage folks to pick up the book and read it. We'll include links in the show notes. The book's editors and our guests are: Kahentinetha Rotiskarewake is a Kanien'kehá:ka (Gon-e-en-gay-ha-ga) from the Bear Clan in Kahnawà:ke. Initially working in the fashion industry, Kahentinetha went on to play a key role as speaker and writer in the Indigenous resistance, a role which she has fulfilled consistently for the last six decades. During this time, she witnessed and took part in numerous struggles, including the blockade of the Akwesasne border crossing in 1968. She has published several books, including Mohawk Warrior Three: The Trial of Lasagna, Noriega & 20–20 (Owera Books, 1994), and has been in charge of running the Mohawk Nation News service since the Oka Crisis in 1990. She now cares for her twenty children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Kahentinetha means she who is always at the forefront. Philippe Blouin writes, translates and studies political anthropology and philosophy in Tionitiohtià:kon (Montréal). His current PhD research at McGill University seeks to understand and share the teachings of the Teiohá:te (Two Row Wampum) to build decolonial alliances. His work has been published in Liaisons, Stasis and PoLAR. He also wrote an afterword to George Sorel's Reflections on Violence. Matt Peterson is an organizer at Woodbine, an experimental space in New York City. He is the co-director of The Native and the Refugee, multimedia documentary project on American Indian reservations and Palestinian refugee camps. Malek Rasamny co-directed the research project The Native and the Refugee and the feature film Spaces of Exception. He is currently a doctoral candidate in the department of Social Anthropology and Ethnology at the Ecole des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS) in Paris. And as I said Karennatha and Kawenaa who are two other members of Kanien'keha:ka Kahnistensera (Mohawk Mothers) joined the conversation as well. It was an honor to host them. And if you appreciate conversations like this, we are on a push for the month of March to add 40 patrons, we're about half way there, and we have just less than half of the month remaining so kick in $1 a month and join the wonderful people who make this show possible and become a patron of the show. You can do that at https://www.patreon.com/millennialsarekillingcapitalism Other links: Support the MAKC/Prisons Kill book club Buy the book from Massive Bookshop Buy the book from PM Press Conversation at Concordia referenced in the episode.  

This often overlooked and underappreciated live record marks the conclusion of this important phase of Steve Earle's career that began with Guitar Town. Some people say his voice sounds "rough" on this one, as if that's a bad thing. Anyway, sit back and read up on the Kanehsatà:ke Resistance (aka Oka Crisis), because it's 1990 and we're heading up to Canada.

The Oka crisis is one of the most significant episodes in modern Canadian history. For months, all eyes in the country were pulled to a small Quebec town where a group of Indigenous activists lead an armed blockade against a golf course expansion that threatened ancestral lands. This standoff sparked a wave of protest across Canada and left behind a spirit of militancy that the Indigenous movement continues to draw from today. In this talk from summer 2022, comrade Marcus discusses the lessons of the Oka crisis.

On this episode of Face to Face: Paulina Alexis Paulina Alexis is a breakout star on the series Reservation Dogs with her character Willie Jack. She was also cast in the award-winning film Beans, set during the so-called Oka Crisis.

For Saulteaux artist Robert Houle, art has always been political. From the Indian Act to the Oka Crisis and more, Houle has spent his career using his art to address the injustices facing Indigenous communities. Host Shelby Lisk explores how Houle's artwork emphasizes the importance of Land as a spiritual and political legacy for Indigenous peoples. She speaks with Shirley Madill, executive director of the Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, and author of ‘Robert Houle: Life & Work.' This episode mentions residential schools. The Indian Residential Schools Crisis Line is available 24-hours a day for anyone experiencing pain or distress as a result of their Residential school experience. 1-800-721-0066. Please take care while listening. To view the art referenced in this episode: https://www.tvo.org/article/the-art-of-sovereignty Robert Houle: Life and Work by Shirley Madill: https://www.aci-iac.ca/art-books/robert-houle/ To listen to the full 2015 interview with Robert Houle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNdigmKB7So Credits: Oka Crisis: How It Started - The National/CBC/youtube.com  Robert Houle, visual artist and 2015 Canada Council laureate - Derreck Roemer/The Canada Council for the Arts/youtube.com   Ontario Hubs are made possible by the Barry and Laurie Green Family Charitable Trust & Goldie Feldman.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode we talk about the final three modules of the Indigenous Canada course including Indigenous in the City, Social Movements and Indigenous Art. Wet'suwet'en: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Canadian_pipeline_and_railway_protests@hesquiaht Carol Anne Hilton, MBA@helen_knott Helen Knott@KimTallBear Kim TallBear@DecolonizeWealth@Qchasinghorse Quannah Chasinghorse@_IllumiNatives IllumiNative National Association of Friendship Centres  https://nafc.ca/?lang=enNeechi Commons https://neechi.ca/First Nations Health Authority (FNHA) https://www.fnha.ca/First Nations Health Council (FNHC) https://fnhc.ca/First Nations Health Directors Association (FNDA) https://fnhda.ca/Nadia Myre - http://www.nadiamyre.net/“Indian Act” - https://150ans150oeuvres.uqam.ca/en/artwork/1876-indian-act-by-nadia-myre/#descriptionChristy Belcourt - http://www.christibelcourt.com/Artist/aboutstatement.html“Walking with our Sisters” - http://walkingwithoursisters.ca/about/Rebecca Bellmore - https://www.rebeccabelmore.com/“Trace” - https://www.rebeccabelmore.com/trace/Brian Jungen https://art21.org/artist/brian-jungenDuane Linklater https://duanelinklater.com/“Modest Livelihood”https://www.banffcentre.ca/modest-livelihood#:~:text=Shot%20by%20a%20professional%20camera,three%20families%20as%20they%20hunt Indian Group of Seven: https://www.native-art-in-canada.com/indiangroupofseven.htmlBill Reid https://www.billreidgallery.ca/pages/about-bill-reidThe Frog Radio - @thefrogradio (IG)The 1491s - Indigenous Improv Group https://www.youtube.com/user/the1491s Do your own search for more Indigenous Creators.Find the Indigenous Canada Course:Indigenous Canada via Coursera.orgIndigenous Canada via the University of AlbertaDiscover Small Conversations on Social MediaInstagramFacebookTwitterFind Susannah Steers at www.movingspirit.ca and on social media @themovingspirit.Find Gillian McCormick at https://physiogillian.com/ and on social media @physiogillian.

Back in 2020, Tracey Deer's debut feature film Beans made its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. It's a coming-of-age story based on Deer's own experience as a young girl living in Kahnawá:ke during the 1990 Oka Crisis. Since its premiere two years ago, Beans has gained international attention and won the Canadian Screen Award for best picture in 2021. The director joined Tom Power to talk about what it meant for her to finally tell a story she's been determined to share since that traumatic summer in 1990.

Tracey Deer is an award-winning director who grew up on a Mohawk reservation near Montreal, Canada. When she was 12-years-old, a nearby reservation became involved in a land dispute known as the Oka Crisis. Developers wanted to build a golf course on an indigenous burial ground, and the Mohawk organised a protest camp. Things escalated into an armed standoff, and the violence that ensued would deeply traumatise Tracey. Now she's made a film, Beans, a semi-fictional account of her experiences during the crisis. Get in touch: outlook@bbc.com Presenter: Mobeen Azhar Producer: Harry Graham (Photo: A Mohawk man during the Oka Crisis. Credit: Getty Images/Christopher Morris-Corbis)

Tracey Deer is an award-winning director who grew up on a Mohawk reservation near Montreal, Canada. When she was 12-years-old, a nearby reservation became involved in a land dispute known as the Oka Crisis. Developers wanted to build a golf course on an indigenous burial ground, and the Mohawk organised a protest camp. Things escalated into an armed standoff, and the violence that ensued would deeply traumatise Tracey. Now she's made a film, Beans, a semi-fictional account of her experiences during the crisis. Get in touch: outlook@bbc.com Presenter: Mobeen Azhar Producer: Harry Graham (Photo: A Mohawk man during the Oka Crisis. Credit: Getty Images/Christopher Morris-Corbis)

For 78 days in 1990, a group of Mohawk protestors withstood a siege from the Canadian armed forces. The root of the conflict? A town in Quebec sought to take over their land to expand a golf course. The Oka Crisis is the subject of Alanis Obomsawin's acclaimed documentary KANEHSATAKE: 270 YEARS OF RESISTANCE (1993), which offers us an opportunity to consider how Canada treats its First Nations. Watch the film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yP3srFvhKsMichael and Us is a podcast about political cinema and our crumbling world hosted by Will Sloan and Luke Savage. To hear weekly bonus episodes, subscribe to the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/michaelandus/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

For 78 days in 1990, a group of Mohawk protestors withstood a siege from the Canadian armed forces. The root of the conflict? A town in Quebec sought to take over their land to expand a golf course. The Oka Crisis is the subject of Alanis Obomsawin's acclaimed documentary KANEHSATAKE: 270 YEARS OF RESISTANCE (1993), which offers us an opportunity to consider how Canada treats its First Nations. Watch the film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yP3srFvhKs

In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue, and it's been downhill for New World peoples ever since.  Today we look at residential schools, the occupation of Alcatraz by Indians of All Tribes, the Oka crisis (aka the Mohawk resistance), and Sacheen Littlefeather's Oscar speech. YBOF Book; Audiobook (basically everywhere but Audible); Merch! Hang out with your fellow Brainiacs  .Reach out and touch Moxie on Facebook, Twitter,  or Instagram. Support the show Music by Kevin MacLeod, Steve Oxen, David Fesliyan.   Links to all the research resources are on our website. Late summer, 1990.  The protest had been going on for two months; tensions were escalating.  Soldiers had been dispatched to enforce the government's will, but the Kahnawake Mohawk weren't going to give up another inch of their land.  14 year old Waneek and her 4 year old sister Kaniehtiio were there with their activist mother when the violence started.  Waneek tried to get little Tio to safety when she saw a soldier who had taken her school books from her weeks prior...and he stabbed her in the chest.  My name's...   One of my goals with this podcast is to tell the stories that don't get told, the stories of people of color and women.  It's not always easy.  Pick a topic to research and it's white men all the way down.  But, even when I haven't been struggling with my chronic idiopathic pulmonary conditions, as I've been for the past three acute months, I've dropped the ball.  Mea culpa.  So let me try to catch up a little bit here as we close out November and Native American Heritage month.  And since the lungs are still playing up a bit, I'm tagging past Moxie in to help, though I've done with I can to polish her audio, even though I lost more than 100 episodes worth of work files when I changed computers and deleted the hard drive on my right rather than the hard drive on my left.     Today's episode isn't going to be a knee-slapping snark fest, but the severity of the stories is the precise reason we need to tell them, especially the ones that happened relatively recently but are treated like a vague paragraph in an elementary school textbook.  Come with me now, to the 1960's and the edge of California, to a rocky island in San Francisco bay.  Yes, that one, Alcatraz, the Rock.     After the American Indian Center in San Francisco was destroyed in a fire in October 1969, an activist group called “Indians of All Tribes” turned its attention to Alcatraz island and the prison which had closed six years earlier.  I'm going to abbreviate Indians of All Tribes to IAT, rather than shorten it to Indians, just so you know.  A small party, led by Mohawk college student Richard Oakes, went out to the island on Nov 9, but were only there one night before the authorities removed them.  That didn't disappoint Oakes, who told the SF Chronicle, “If a one day occupation by white men on Indian land years ago established squatter's rights, then the one day occupation of Alcatraz should establish Indian rights to the island.”   11 days later, a much larger group of Indians of All Tribes members, a veritable occupation force of 89 men, women and children, sailed to the island in the dead of night and claimed Alcatraz for all North America natives.  Despite warnings from authorities, the IAT set up house in the old guards' quarters and began liberally, vibrantly redecorating, spray-painting the forboding gray walls with flowers and slogans like “Red Power” and “Custer Had It Coming.”  The water tower read “Peace and Freedom. Welcome. Home of the Free Indian Land.”  And of course I put pictures of that in the Vodacast app.  Have you checked it out?  I'm still getting the hang of it...  The IAT not only had a plan, they had a manifesto, addressed to “The Great White Father and All His People,” in which they declared their intentions to use the island for a school, cultural center and museum.  Alcatraz was theirs, they claimed, “by right of discovery,” though the manifesto did offer to buy the island for “$24 in glass beads and red cloth”—the price supposedly paid for the island of Manhattan.     Rather than risk a PR fall-out, the Nixon administration opted to leave the occupiers alone as long as things remained peaceful and just kinda wait the situation out.  The island didn't even have potable water; how long could the IAT stay there?  Jokes on you, politicians of 50 years ago, because many of the occupiers lived in conditions as bad on reservations.  They'd unknowingly been training for this their entire lives.  Native American college students and activists veritably swarmed the island and the population ballooned to more than 600 people, twice the official capacity of the prison.  They formed a governing body and set up school for the kids, a communal kitchen, clinic, and a security detail called “Bureau of Caucasian Affairs.”  Other activists helped move people and supplies to the island and supportive well-wishers send money, clothes and canned food.    Government officials would travel to the island repeatedly to try, and fail, to negotiate.  The IAT would settle for nothing less than the deed to Alcatraz Island, and the government maintained such a property transfer would be impossible.  The occupation was going better than anyone expected, at least for the first few months.  Then, many of the initial wave of residents had to go back to college and their places were taken by people more interested in no rent and free food than in any cause.  Drugs and alcohol, which were banned, were soon prevalent.  Oakes and his wife left Alcatraz after his stepdaughter died in a fall, and things began to unravel even more quickly.  By May, the sixth month of the occupation, the government dispensed with diplomatic efforts and cut all remaining power to Alcatraz.  Only a few weeks later, a fire tore across the island and destroyed several of Alcatraz's historic buildings.  Federal marshals removed the last occupiers in June of the second year, an impressive 19 months after they first arrived, six men, five women and four children.  This time, when laws were passed after an act of rebellion, they were *for the rebels, which many states enacting laws for tribal self rule.  When Alcatraz opened as a national park in 1973, not only had the graffiti from the occupation not been removed, it was preserved as part of the island's history.   People gather at Alcatraz every November for an “Un-Thanksgiving Day” celebrating Native culture and activism. RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL   The American government took tens of thousands of children from Native families and placed them in boarding schools with strict assimilation practices.  Their philosophy - kill the Indian to save the man.  That was the mindset under which the U.S. government Native children to attend boarding schools, beginning in the late 19th century, when the government was still fighting “Indian wars.”   There had been day and boarding schools on reservations prior to 1870, when U.S. cavalry captain, Richard Henry Pratt established the Carlisle Indian School in Pennsylvania.  This school was not on a reservation, so as to further remove indigenous influences.  The Carlisle school and other boarding schools were part of a long history of U.S. attempts to either kill, remove, or assimilate Native Americans.  “As white population grew in the United States and people settled further west towards the Mississippi in the late 1800s, there was increasing pressure on the recently removed groups to give up some of their new land,” according to the Minnesota Historical Society. Since there was no more Western territory to push them towards, the U.S. decided to remove Native Americans by assimilating them. In 1885, Commissioner of Indian Affairs Hiram Price explained the logic: “it is cheaper to give them education than to fight them.”   Off-reservation schools began their assault on Native cultural identity as soon as students arrived, by first doing away with all outward signs of tribal life that the children brought with them.  The long braids worn by boys were cut off.  Native clothes were replaced with uniforms.  The children were given new Anglicized names, including new surnames.  Traditional Native foods were abandoned, as were things like sharing from communal dishes,  forcing students to use the table manners of white society, complete with silverware, napkins and tablecloths.  The strictest prohibition arguably fell on their native languages.  Students were forbidden to speak their tribal language, even to each other.  Some school rewarded children who spoke only English, but most schools chose the stick over the carrot and relied on punishment to achieve this aim.  This is especially cruel when you consider that many of the words the children were being forced to learn and use had no equivalent in their mother tongue.   The Indian boarding schools taught history with a definite white bias.  Columbus Day was heralded as a banner day in history and a beneficial event for Native people, as it was only after discovery did Native Americans become part of history.  Thanksgiving was a holiday to celebrate “good” Indians having aided the brave Pilgrim Fathers.  On Memorial Day, some students at off-reservation schools were made to decorate the graves of soldiers sent to kill their fathers.   Half of each school day was spent on industrial training. Girls learned to cook, clean, sew, care for poultry and do laundry for the entire institution.  Boys learned industrial skills such as blacksmithing, shoemaking or performed manual labor such as farming.  Not receiving much funding from the government, the schools were required to be as self-sufficient as possible, so students did the majority of the work.  By 1900, school curriculums tilted even further toward industrial training while academics were neglected.   The Carlisle school developed a “placing out system,” which put Native students in the mainstream community for summer or a year at a time, with the official goal of exposing them to more job skills.  A number of these programs were out-right exploitive.  At the Phoenix Indian School, girls became the major source of domestic labor for white families in the area, while boys were placed in seasonal harvest or other jobs that no one else wanted.   Conversion to Christianity was also deemed essential to the cause.  Curriculums included heavy emphasis of religious instruction, such as the Ten Commandments, the Beatitudes and Psalms.  Sunday school meant lectures on sin and guilt.  Christianity governed gender relations at the schools and most schools invested their energy in keeping the sexes apart, in some cases endangering the lives of the students by locking girls in their dormitories at night.     Discipline within the Indian boarding schools was severe and generally consisted of confinement, corporal punishment, or restriction of food.  In addition to coping with the severe discipline, students were ravaged by disease exacerbated by crowded conditions at the boarding schools. Tuberculosis, influenza, and trachoma (“sore eyes”) were the greatest threats.  In December of 1899, measles broke out at the Phoenix Indian School, reaching epidemic proportions by January.  In its wake, 325 cases of measles, 60 cases of pneumonia, and 9 deaths were recorded in a 10-day period.  During Carlisle's operation, from 1879 and 1918, nearly 200 children died and were buried near the school.   Naturally, Indian people resisted the schools in various ways. Sometimes entire villages refused to enroll their children in white schools.  Native parents also banded together to withdraw their children en masse, encouraging runaways, and undermining the schools' influence during summer break.  In some cases, police were sent onto the reservations to seize children from their parents.  The police would continue to take children until the school was filled, so sometimes orphans were offered up or families would negotiate a family quota. Navajo police officers would take children assumed to be less intelligent, those not well cared for, or those physically impaired.  This was their attempt to protect the long-term survival of their tribe by keeping healthy, intelligent children at home.     It was not until 1978, within the lifetime of many of my gentle listeners. that the passing of the Indian Child Welfare Act that Native American parents gained the legal right to deny their children's placement in off-reservation schools.   Though the schools left a devastating legacy, they failed to eradicate Native American cultures as they'd hoped. Later, the Navajo Code Talkers who helped the U.S. win World War II would reflect on the strange irony this forced assimilation had played in their lives.  “As adults, [the Code Talkers] found it puzzling that the same government that had tried to take away their languages in schools later gave them a critical role speaking their languages in military service,” recounts the National Museum of the American Indian.   In addition to documentaries, I'd like to recommend the movie The Education of Little Tree, starring James Cromwell, Tantu Cardinal and Graham Green, about a part-Charokee boy who goes to live with his grandparents in the Tennessee mountains, but is then sent to an Indian school.   There are a number of off-reservation boarding schools in operation today.  Life in the schools is still quite strict, but now includes teaching Native culture and language rather than erasing it.  Though they cannot be separated from their legacy of oppression and cultural violence, for many modern children, they're a step to a better life.  Poverty is endemic to many reservations, which also see much higher than average rates of alcoholism, drug use, and suicide.    For the students, these schools are a chance to escape.   OKA   Some words are visceral reminders of collective historic trauma. “Selma” or “Kent State” recall the civil rights movement and the use of military force against U.S. citizens. “Bloody Sunday” evokes “the Troubles” of Northern Ireland. Within Indigenous communities in North America, the word is “Oka.”  That word reminds us of the overwhelming Canadian response to a small demonstration in a dispute over Mohawk land in Quebec, Canada, in 1990. Over the course of three months, the Canadian government sent 2,000 police and 4,500 soldiers (an entire brigade), backed by armored vehicles, helicopters, jet fighters and even the Navy, to subdue several small Mohawk communities.  What was at stake?  What was worth all this to the government?  A golf course and some condos.   The Kanesetake had been fighting for their land for centuries, trying to do it in accordance with the white man's laws, as far back as appeals to the British government in 1761. In 1851, the governor general of Canada refused to recognize their right to their land.  8 years later, the land was given to the Sulpicians, a Catholic diocese.  In 1868, the government of the nascent Dominion of Canada denied that the Mohawk's original land grant had even reserved land for them, so it wasn't covered under the Indian Act. In the 1910's, the he Mohawks of Kanesatake's appealed all the way to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, Canada's highest appeals court at the time, who ruled that official title to the land was held by the Sulpicians.  By the end of the Second World War, the Sulpicians had sold all of their remaining land and had left the area. Surely the Mohawk could have their land back now!  Nope.  The Mohawk of Kanesatake were now confined to about 2.3mi sq/6 km sq, known as The Pines, less than 1/10th of the land they once held.  The Mohawk people of Kahnawake, Kanesetake and Akwesasne asserted Aboriginal title to their ancestral lands in 1975, but their claim was rejected on the most BS possible reason -- that they had not held the land continuously from time immemorial.  And on and on.   So you can understand why they'd be a little miffed when plans were announced to expand a golf course that had been built in 1961, expanding onto land that was used for sacred and ceremonial purposes and included a graveyard.  Again, the Mohawk tried to use the proper legal channels and again they got royally fucked over.  That March, their protests and petitions were ignored by the City Council in Oka.  They had to do something the city couldn't ignore.  They began a blockade of a small dirt road in The Pines and they maintained it for a few months.  The township of Oka tried to get a court injunction to order its removal.  On July 11, 1990, the Quebec provincial police sent in a large heavily armed force of tactical officers armed with m16s and tear gas and such-like to dismantle this blockade.  The Mohawks met this show of force with a show of their own.  Behind the peaceful protestors, warriors stood armed and ready.     Let me try to give this story some of the air time it deserves.  April 1, 1989, 300 Kanesatake Mohawks marched through Oka to protest against Mayor Jean Ouellette's plan to expand the town's golf course.  On March 10, 1990, --hey, that's my birthday!  the day, not the year-- After Oka's municipal council voted to proceed with the golf course expansion project, a small group of Mohawks barricades the access road.  With a building.  They drug a fishing shack into the Pines and topped it with a banner that read “Are you aware that this is Mohawk territory?” and the same again in French, because Quebec.  There's a picture on the Vodacast app, naturally, as well as a photo called Face to Face is a photograph of Canadian Pte. Patrick Cloutier and Anishinaabe warrior Brad Larocque staring each other down during the Oka Crisis. It was taken on September 1, 1990 by Shaney Komulainen, and has become one of Canada's most famous images.  It really should be more famous outside of Canada, like the lone protestor blocking tanks in Tiananmen Square or 1968 Summer Olympics, Tommie Smith and John Carlos staged a protest and displayed a symbol of Black power during their medal ceremony.  Check it out on Vodacast and let me know if you agree, soc. med.   during the summer of 1990 the Mohawk warrior society engaged in the 78 day armed standoff with the s.q Provincial Police and the Canadian Armed Forces in order to protect an area of their territory from development known as the pines near the town of oka.   This area was used as a tribal cemetery along with other tribal activities important to the Mohawks.  The oka crisis or also known as the Mohawk resistance was a defensive action that gained international attention,  taken by Mohawks of the Kanna Satake reserve along with other Mohawks from the nearby communities of Kanna waka as well as the Aquosasne on a reservation on the American side of the u.s. Canadian colonial border.  It was one of the most recent examples of Native armed resistance that was successful in stopping construction and development on to tribal lands.  So what was being developed that led to this armed confrontation leading to the death of an sq SWAT officer during that hot summer?  Golf.  The town of oka and investors wanted to expand a nine-hole golf course at the Open Golf Club into an 18-hole course as well as build around 60 condominiums into Mohawk territory.  Since 1989 the Mohawks had been protesting these plans for development by the town of oka and investors of the Golf Course expansion.  Seeing that the local courts were not of any help in recognizing Mohawk claims of the land under development, Mohawk protesters and community members held marches rallies and signed petitions.   Eventually the Mohawks set up a barricade blocking access to the development site on a gravel road.  Later on it was occupied mainly by Mohawk women and children OCA's mayor jean wallet one of the nine hole golf course expanded and filed the injunction against the Mohawks. He went into hiding during the oka crisis. [sfx clip] I will occupy this land for what it takes he has to prove it to me that it's his and I will prove it to him that's mine.  Oak is mayor had stated the land in question actually belonged to the town of oka and did not back down from the issue, but instead filed an injunction one of many that had been issued prior to remove the Mohawks from the area and take down the barricades by force if necessary.  if I have to die for Mohawk territory I will but I ain't going alone are you armed no the Creator will provide in anticipation of the raid by the sq mohawks of knesset Aki sent out a distress call to surrounding communiti.  In the Mohawk warrior society from the Aquos austenite reservation and the American side of the Mohawk reserve as well as kana waka have begun filtering into the barricade area with camping gear communications equipment food and weapons.  It's difficult to pin down just who makes up the Warriors society. the leaders an organization you each depending on the circumstances.  the member roles are  treated like a military secret, which is fitting since many or most of the Warriors were veterans, with a particular persistance of Vietnam Marines.   why the Warriors exist is easier to answer   mohawk have closed off the Mercier bridge sparking a traffic nightmare.  Provincial police arrived at dawn secure position in case of Mohawk until 8:00 to clear out.  The natives stood their ground the battle for the barricade started just before nine o'clock on one side heavily armed provincial police bob tear gas and stun grenade power [sfx reporter] a 20-minute gun battle ensued dozens of rounds of ammunition were shot off and then the inevitable someone was hit a police officer took a bullet in the face which proved fatal that seems to turn the tide the police has been advancing until then turned tail and fled leaving six of their vehicles behind.  The Mohawk celebrated when the police left celebrated what they called a victory over the qpm.  Most of the Mohawks each shot that the raid had taken place they said they were angry - angry that a dispute over a small piece of land had ended in violence.  [sfx this clip but earlier] I mean the non-indians that initiated this project of a golf course and then and then trying to take the land away because it's Mohawk clan it's our land there's a little bit left they're sucking the marrow out of our bones.  [sfx this clip, little earlier] we've kept talking in and saying you know what kind of people are you there's children here and you're shooting tear gas at us we're not we're on armed and you're aiming your weapons at us what kind of people are you.     The police retreated, abandoning squad cars and a front-end loader, basically a bulldozer.  They use the loader to crash the vehicles and they push them down the road, creating two new barricades, blocking highway 344.  The Mohawk braced for a counterattack and vowed to fire back with three bullets for every bullet fired at them.  due to the inability of the SQ to deal with the heavily armed Mohawks   The Canadian government called in the Royal Canadian Armed Forces to deal with the Mohawks. As the army pushed further into the Mohawk stronghold there was a lot of tension with Mohawk warriors staring down soldiers getting in their faces taunting them challenging them to put down their weapons and engage in hand-to-hand combat.   this is how the remainder of the siege would play out between the Warriors and Army as there were thankfully no more gun battles. [Music] as the seige wore on and came to an end most of the remaining Warriors as well as some women and children took refuge in a residential treatment center.   instead of an orderly surrender as the army anticipated warriors simply walked out of the area where they were assaulted by waiting soldiers and the police.  50 people taken away from the warrior camp including 23 warriors, but that means right over half the people taken into custody were non-combatants.   by 9:30 that night the army began to pull out, at the end of their two and a half months seige  a number of warriors were later charged by the sq.  5 warriors were convicted of crimes included assault and theft although only one served jail time.  during the standoff the Canadian federal government purchased the pines in order to prevent further development, officially canceling the expansion of the golf course and condominiums.  Although the government bought additional parcels of land for connoisseur taka there has been no organized transfer of the land to the Mohawk people. investigations were held after the crisis was over and revealed problems with the way in which the SQ handled the situation which involved command failures and racism among sq members.   Ronald (Lasagna) Cross and another high-profile warrior, Gordon (Noriega) Lazore of Akwesasne, are arraigned in Saint-Jérôme the day after the last Mohawks ended their standoff. In all, about 150 Mohawks and 15 non-Mohawks were charged with various crimes. Most were granted bail, and most were acquitted. Cross and Lazore were held for nearly six months before being released on $50,000 bail. They were later convicted of assault and other charges. After a community meeting, it was the women who decided that they would walk out peacefully, ending the siege. With military helicopters flying low, spotlights glaring down and soldiers pointing guns at them, Horn-Miller carried her young sister alongside other women and children as they walked to what they thought was the safety of the media barricades.  They didn't make it far before violence broke out. People started running, soldiers tackled warriors, fights broke out and everyone scrambled to get to safety. Up until that point Horn-Miller said she was able to keep her older sister calm by singing a traditional song to her.   LITTLEFEATHER on the night of 27 March 1973. This was when she took the stage at the 45th Academy Awards to speak on behalf of Marlon Brando, who had been awarded best actor for his performance in The Godfather. It is still a striking scene to watch.  Amid the gaudy 70s evening wear, 26-year-old Littlefeather's tasselled buckskin dress, moccasins, long, straight black hair and handsome face set in an expression of almost sorrowful composure, make a jarring contrast.  Such a contrast, that is beggered belief.   Liv Ullman read the name of the winner and Roger Moore made to hand Littlefeather Brando's Oscar, but she held out a politely forbidding hand.  She explained that Brando would not accept the award because of “the treatment of American Indians today by the film industry.”  Some people in the audience applauded; a lot of them booed her, but she kept her calm.  Here, you can listen for yourself.  [sfx clip]  At the time, Wounded Knee, in South Dakota, was the site of a month-long standoff between Native American activists and US authorities, sparked by the murder of a Lakota man.  We're used to this sort of thing now, but on the night, nobody knew what to make of a heartfelt plea in the middle of a night of movie industry mutual masturbation.  Was it art, a prank?  People said Littlefeather was a hired actress, that she was Mexican rather than Apache, or, because people suck on several levels at once, that she was a stripper.  How did this remarkable moment come to pass?   Littlefeather's life was no cake-walk.  Her father was Native American and her mother was white, but both struggled with mental health.  Littlefeather had to be removed from their care at age three, suffering from tuberculosis of the lungs that required her to be kept in an oxygen tent at the hospital.  She was raised by her maternal grandparents, but saw her parents regularly.  That may sound like a positive, but it exposed her to domestic violence.  She once tried to defend her mother from a beating by hitting her father with a broom.  He chased her out of the house and tried to run her down with his truck.  The young girl escaped into a grove of trees and spent the night up in the branches, crying herself to sleep. r   She did not fit in at the white, Catholic school her grandparents sent her to.  At age 12, she and her grandfather visited the historic Roman Catholic church Carmel Mission, where she was horrified to see the bones of a Native American person on display in the museum. “I said: ‘This is wrong. This is not an object; this is a human being.' So I went to the priest and I told him God would never approve of this, and he called me heretic. I had no idea what that was.”  An adolescence of depression and a struggle for identity followed.   Fortunately, in the late 1960s and early 70s Native Americans were beginning to reclaim their identities and reassert their rights.  After her father died, when she was 17, Littlefeather began visiting reservations and even visited Alcatraz during the Indians of all Tribes occupation.  She travelled around the country, learning traditions and dances, and meeting other what she called “urban Indian people” also reconnecting with your heritage.  “The old people who came from different reservations taught us young people how to be Indian again. It was wonderful.”  By her early 20s Littlefeather was head of the local affirmative action committee for Native Americans, studying representation in film, television and sports.  They successfully campaigned for Stanford University to remove their offensive “Indian” mascot, 50 years before pro sports teams like the Cleveland Indians got wise.  At the same time, white celebrities like Burt Lancaster began taking a public interest in Native American affairs.  Littlefeather lived near director Francis Ford Coppola, but she only knew him to say hello.  Nonetheless, after hearing Marlon Brando speaking about Native American rights, as she walked past Coppola's house to find him sitting on his porch, drinking ice tea.  She yelled up the walk, “Hey! You directed Marlon Brando in The Godfather” and she asked him for Brando's address so she could write him a letter.  It took some convincing, but Coppola gave up the address.   Then, nothing.  But months later, the phone rang at the radio station where Littlefeather worked.  He said: ‘I bet you don't know who this is.'  She said, “Sure I do.  It sure as hell took you long enough to call.”  They talked for about an hour, then called each other regularly.  Before long he was inviting her for the first of several visits and they became friends.  That was how Brando came to appoint her to carry his message to the Oscars, but it was hastily planned.  Half an hour before her speech, she had been at Brando's house on Mulholland Drive, waiting for him to finish typing an eight-page speech.  She arrived at the ceremony with Brando's assistant, just minutes before best actor was announced.  The producer of the awards show immediately informed her that she would be removed from the stage after 60 seconds.  “And then it all happened so fast when it was announced that he had won.  I had promised Marlon that I would not touch that statue if he won. And I had promised [the producer] that I would not go over 60 seconds. So there were two promises I had to keep.”  As a result, she had to improvise.   I don't have a lot of good things to say about Marlon Brando --he really could have had a place in the Mixed Bags of History chapter of the YBOF book; audiobook available most places now-- but he had Hollywood dead to rights on its Native Americans stereotypes and treatment, as savages and nameless canon fodder, often played by white people in red face.  This was a message not everyone was willing to hear.  John Wayne, who killed uncountable fictional Natives in his movies, was standing in the wings at that fateful moment, and had to be bodily restrained by security to stop him from charing Littlefeather.  For more on Wayne's views of people of color, google his 1971 Playboy interview.  Clint Eastwood, who presented the best picture Oscar, which also went to The Godfather, “I don't know if I should present this award on behalf of all the cowboys shot in all the John Ford westerns over the years.” In case you thought fussing out an empty chair was the worst we got from him.  When Littlefeather got backstage, people made stereotypical war cries and tomahawk motions at her.  After talking to the press --and I can't say I'm not surprised that event organizers didn't spirit her away immediately -- she went straight back to Brando's house where they sat together and watched the reactions to the event on television, the ‘compulsively refreshing your social media feed' of the 70's.   But Littlefeather is proud of the trail she blazed. She was the first woman of colour, and the first indigenous woman, to use the Academy Awards platform to make a political statement. “I didn't use my fist. I didn't use swear words. I didn't raise my voice. But I prayed that my ancestors would help me. I went up there like a warrior woman. I went up there with the grace and the beauty and the courage and the humility of my people. I spoke from my heart.”  Her speech drew international attention to Wounded Knee, where the US authorities had essentially imposed a media blackout.  Sachee Littlefeather went on to get a degree in holistic health and nutrition, became a health consultant to Native American communities across the country, worked with Mother Teresa caring for Aids patients in hospices, and led the San Francisco Kateri Circle, a Catholic group named after Kateri Tekakwitha, the first Native American saint, canonized in 2012.  Now she is one of the elders transmitting knowledge down generations, though sadly probably not for much longer.  She has breast cancer that metastasized to her lung.  “When I go to the spirit world, I'm going to take all these stories with me. But hopefully I can share some of these things while I'm here.  I'm going to the world of my ancestors. I'm saying goodbye to you … I've earned the right to be my true self.”   And that's...Rather than being taken to the hospital for the stab wound a centimeter from her heart, Waneek and the other protesters were taken into custody.  Thankfully, she would heal just fine and even went on to become an Olympic athlete and continued her activism.  And little Tio?  She grew up to be an award-winning actress, best known in our house for playing Tanis on Letterkenny.  Season 10 premier watch party at my house.  Remember….Thanks...       Sources: https://www.history.com/news/how-boarding-schools-tried-to-kill-the-indian-through-assimilation http://www.nativepartnership.org/site/PageServer?pagename=airc_hist_boardingschools https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=17645287 https://hairstylecamp.com/native-american-beard/ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jun/03/i-promised-brando-i-would-not-touch-his-oscar-secret-life-sacheen-littlefeather https://www.cbc.ca/radio/unreserved/reflections-of-oka-stories-of-the-mohawk-standoff-25-years-later-1.3232368/sisters-recall-the-brutal-last-day-of-oka-crisis-1.3234550 https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/oka-crisis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArOIdwcj2w8 https://www.history.com/news/native-american-activists-occupy-alcatraz-island-45-years-ago  

This week, the lads are joined by Misty Mountain Supply and Hoser Gun Guy. Mitch is outnumbered by Maple drinkers, that's right! It's a Canadian special, eh! The hosers sit down to discuss the upcoming election and their current attitude towards voting in 2021 Canada, Justin ‘Blackface' Trudeau being Prime Minister for life, why Canadian politics are incomparable to the US, Mitch talks about how a small upstate New York town defended a critical bridge from being closed by FEMA during hurricane Sandy via armed protest and the Canadians compare that to the Oka Crisis and share the story behind Natives defending their land against the Canadian police and military armed with AK's and woodland camo. The gang also covers the atrocious Canadian self-defense laws, property tax and Healthcare in America's hat, as well as much more! Links mentioned in this episode: Check out our Patreon here to support what we do and get insider perks! You can find Hoser Gun Guy here! Check out Misty Mountain Supply on IG or find his website here! You can also check out Nancy Pelosi's next level stock trading insight here! Follow the lads on IG: https://www.instagram.com/cbrnart/?hl=en Follow the lads on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CBRNDad Check out our sponsors: AWSin.com Applied Gear.com Check out our link tree for the rest of our stuff!

Beans is the director Tracey Deer's debut feature. Based on true events, twelve-year-old Beans is on the edge: torn between innocent childhood and reckless adolescence; forced to grow up fast and become the tough Mohawk warrior she needs to be during the Oka Crisis, the turbulent Indigenous uprising that tore Quebec and Canada apart for 78 tense days in the summer of 1990. Curious about our drink choices? Visit whiskeyandpopcorn.org for the recipes!

Endeavours is back and featuring two great film directors. Natasha Kermani is a horror-loving filmmaker who's new film Lucky originally premiered on Shudder back in March and is available on VOD, Digital HD and DVD on August 3rd. Tracey Deer is a Mohawk filmmaker known for her iconic TV Series "Mohawk Girls" - inspired by her documentary of the same name - and for season 3 of Anne With an E. She became the first Mohawk filmmaker to win a Gemini Award. Her latest film is Beans, which is inspired by her life growing up during the Oka Crisis in Quebec. It was released in July. Subscribe to Endeavours on Spotify, Apple, Google, Deezer Social @EndeavoursRadio --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/dan-mcpeake/message

Beans is a semi-autobiographical tale from director Tracey Deer that centers on her experience as a 12 year old Mohawk girl during the 78-day Oka Crisis standoff ini 1990. This is the kind of film that will illicit a lot of emotion. First off, the real-life events this film covers are based on a dispute over the expansion of a golf course into sacred indigenous lands. It's infuriating to know that people have to fight for their culture to be respected and that others think so little of it that they would bulldoze it all for a golf course. Secondly, the racial animus displayed against the Mohawk people fighting for their culture feels very relevant and relatable to the reactions we see to protests today. It's a sad reality that as much as things change, they also stay the same.  It's important to understand that the point of view of this film is from the young lead Kiawentiio who plays Beans. This makes this film about more than just the standoff but how the impact of what it was like as a child to see their culture defended. You can tell that Deer put a lot care into this film and that it was very personal to make. Beans is not only coming to terms with the reality of how people outside of her community very her and her people but also her own natural growing pains that come with growing up as a preteen.  While the subject matter of Beans is set from a real-life event that happened in the 1990's, it's still very relevant to today in an almost infuriating way. To boost the impact of the film, Deer uses actual news footage from the standoff. The result is really powerful moments that hit harder because we see real footage.  Beans is a film that's worth checking out. It opened at the Toronto Film Festival in 2020. Follow more of our Film Festival  Reviews and Coverage on our Press Page Page: https://press.mtrnetwork.net Follow us on Social Media: MTRNetwork MTRNetwork @TheMTRNetwork

Greetings programs! We're back with another episode of the Awesome Friday Podcast! This week we're once again talking about two movies: 'Beans', a Canadian coming of age story set against the 1990 Oka Crisis, currently in theatres, and 'Jungle Cruise', the latest Disney family adventure which is both in theatres and on Disney+ with premier access. You can read prior coverage of both movies here: VIFF Review: Beans is a coming of age story set against a horrible, true, Canadian backdrop of violence Review: ‘Jungle Cruise' is fun! As always, thank you for listening, and if you like what you hear, please consider liking, subscribing, and giving us a review on your podcast platform of choice. It may seem like nothing, but those things help us immeasurably. We hope you enjoy the episode!CONNECT WITH US:        Homepage: https://awesomefriday.ca        Twitter: https://twitter.com/awesomefridayca            Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AwesomeFriday            Instagram: https://instagram.com/awesomefridayca/            YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJbgpYeyK4b_JH7H8P8INKA            Email: https://awesomefriday.ca/contact-us/            SUPPORT:             Patreon: http://patreon.com/mcsimpson            Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/matthewsimpson      SHOW LINKS: Awesome Friday on Apple Podcasts Awesome Friday on Amazon Music Awesome Friday on Deezer Awesome Friday on Goodpods Awesome Friday on Google Podcasts Awesome Friday on iHeartRadio Awesome Friday on Overcast Awesome Friday on Spotify Awesome Friday on Stitcher

Tracey Deer and Face2Face host David Peck talk about her new film Beans, bridges under construction, storytelling and changing the world, persistence, forgiveness, how anger can guide us for good, listening well and why trauma doesn't need to define us.TrailerFind out more about the film here and Tracey here.Synopsis:Beans is a coming-of-age story, inspired by co-writer/director Tracey Deer's own experience as a 12-year-old Mohawk girl who had to grow up fast during the 1990 Oka Crisis, a 78-day armed stand-off between the Quebec/Canadian governments and the Mohawk who were peacefully protesting a golf course expansion that would desecrate their burial ground.Since debuting at TIFF 2020, the film has reaped many accolades – among them, Berlin's Generation Kplus Crystal Bear for best film, two CSAs (Best Motion Picture and Best First Feature), TIFF Emerging Talent Award (Deer), TIFF Rising Stars (actor Rainbow Dickerson), TIFF's Canada Top Ten, VIFF's Best Canadian Film, VFCC's One to Watch (actor Kiawentiio), DGC Discovery Award, and WGC Screenwriting Award for feature film.Beans (Kiawentiio) lives with her caring parents (Rainbow Dickerson and Joel Montgrand) and her little sister (Violah Beauvais) on the Mohawk reserve of Kahnawà:ke, Quebec, where the two girls happily play in the woods. Unprepared for the racism and violence that the Oka Crisis brings, Beans decides to transform into her own kind of warrior. “I was Beans,” says Deer. Using 200 local extras and partially shot in Kahnawà:ke (where Deer grew up) and nearby Kanesatake (where the protest began), the film is a Canadian production. Its female crew includes Deer, producer Anne-Marie Gélinas, executive producers Justine Whyte and Meredith Vuchnich (also co-writer), cinematographer Marie Davignon and editor Sophie Farkas-Bolla. Note: At age 13, Kiawentiio composed and performed the song for the end credits.About Tracey:Filmmaker Tracey Deer is a Mohawk filmmaker with multiple credits to her name, as a producer, writer and director. She currently resides in Kahnawake, her home reserve in Quebec.Deer began her professional career with CanWest Broadcasting in Montreal, and later joined Rezolution Pictures to co-direct One More River: The Deal that Split the Cree, with Neil Diamond (Cree), which won the Best Documentary Award at the 2005 Rendez-vous du cinema québécois in Montreal and was nominated for Best Social/Political Documentary at the Geminis.Deer formed Mohawk Princess Pictures in 2006, which produced her first short fiction called Escape Hatch, a dramedy about the romantic misadventures of a Mohawk woman on her quest for love. She also wrote, directed and filmed Mohawk Girls, about the lives of three teenagers, and herself as a teen, growing up in Kahnawake, which won the Alanis Obomsawin Best Documentary Award at the 2005 imagineNATIVE Film & Media Arts Festival.Currently, she has multiple projects in development, including a 3D feature documentary and a fiction feature screenplay.Tracey received a B.A. in film studies from Dartmouth College in 2000, graduating with two awards for excellence. In 2009, she shared the Don Haig Award with colleague Brett Gaylor for overall career achievement as an emerging filmmaker. In 2008, Playback Magazine declared her one of the 25 rising stars in the Canadian entertainment industry. She is also a member of The Writer's Guild of Canada."Tracey represents the next wave of native filmmaking," says Adam Symansky, NFB producer of Mohawk Girl and Club Native. "It isn't based on the past so much ason native communities taking responsibility and control of their future. That is the challenge she is putting out in her films."Image Copyright and Credit: Tracey Deer and EMA Films.F2F Music and Image Copyright: David Peck and Face2Face. Used with permission.For more information about David Peck's podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit his site here.With thanks to Josh Snethlage and Mixed Media Sound. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Matt Damon on his new film Stillwater and writing again with Ben Affleck. Magician Penn Jillette on the misconceptions people have and real beauty of stage magic. Filmmaker Tracey Deer turns her memories of the 1990 Oka Crisis into the critically acclaimed film Beans.

Written and directed by Tracey Deer, BEANS tells the story of a young Mohawk girl as she navigates the racial injustice of the Oka Crisis in 1990. Unprepared for the hatred that she experiences, Beans must re-examine who she is and transform herself into her own kind of warrior. In this 1on1, we speak to Deer about bringing an alternative voice to the history books and the tension between peaceful protest and standing up against injustice.

On this week's Richard Crouse Show Podcast we meet Tracey Deer, director of "Beans," which opens in theatres in July 23, joins me to talk about how the Oka Crisis in 1990 affected her life and eventually became the basis for her new movie. Then, comedian Alonzo Bodden has been making audiences around North America laugh for more than 20 years. He's a winner of the reality show Last Comic Standing, the podcast host of Who's Paying Attention? (part of All Things Comedy), and a television host who recently released his fifth comedy CD titled Man Overboard… he's had specials and is a regular at the Just for Laughs festival, and he returns to JFL this year, virtually from Los Angeles.

On this week's Richard Crouse Show Podcast we meet Tracey Deer, director of "Beans," which opens in theatres in July 23, joins me to talk about how the Oka Crisis in 1990 affected her life and eventually became the basis for her new movie. Then, comedian Alonzo Bodden has been making audiences around North America laugh for more than 20 years. He's a winner of the reality show Last Comic Standing, the podcast host of Who's Paying Attention? (part of All Things Comedy), and a television host who recently released his fifth comedy CD titled Man Overboard… he's had specials and is a regular at the Just for Laughs festival, and he returns to JFL this year, virtually from Los Angeles.

Our roundup of the week starts with a feature interview with Minister of Health Christine Elliott. Then, gauging the state of democracy with author Margaret Atwood. Tracey Deer discusses her film, "Beans." And, Anand Giridharadas gives his ideas on wealth tax. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Oka Crisis was the biggest military confrontation on Canadian soil in more than a century. On its face, it was about a golf course expansion. But for the Mohawks who took up arms, it was the culmination of a centuries-long fight for recognition of their sovereignty and their land.   Featured in this episode: Thaioronióhte Dan David, Loreen Pindera, Geoffrey York (Globe and Mail)   To learn more: People of the Pines: The Warriors and Legacy of Okaby Loreen Pindera and Geoffrey York Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistanceby Alanis Obomsawin Rocks at Whiskey Trenchby Alanis Obomsawin “The Oka Crisis — looking forward after 30 years” by Thaioronióhte Dan David in CBC News   Additional music from Audio Network This episode is sponsored by Dispatch Coffee, Value(s) by Mark Carney and BankSwitch. Support COMMONS: http://commonspodcast.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Award-winning producer writer and director Tracey Deer discusses her first feature-length film "Beans," inspired by her own coming-of-age during the Oka Crisis in Quebec during the summer of 1990. Deer also discusses why fostering greater awareness, compassion, and solidarity towards Indigenous people is an important element of her work. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In Episode 99 of the Warrior Life Podcast, we talk to two Indigenous warrior women who have long advocated for the health, safety and well-being of Indigenous women and children: Kukpi7 Chief Judy Wilson and Katsi'tsakwas Ellen Gabriel. They joined me to talk about Canada's failed National Action Plan to address the ongoing genocide that is murdered and missing Indigenous women and girls. Kukpi7 Chief Judy Wilson is the Chief of Neskonlith Indian Band in BC and also serves as the Secretary-Treasurer of the Union of BC Indian Chiefs. Chief Judy is an advocate of language, culture, history, aboriginal rights and title for Secwépemc communities and she is grounded in the work that matters to our peoples daily lives. Katsi'tsakwas Ellen Gabriel was well-known as the former spokesperson chosen by the People of the Longhouse and her community of Kanehsatà:ke during the 1990 “Oka” Crisis. She's also served as President of the Quebec Native Women's Association and has been an Indigenous human rights and environmental activist for decades. Here is the video version on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-I3N3kkYEE Kukpi7 Chief Judy Wilson Neskonlith Indian Band https://neskonlith.net/tmicw/chief-and-council/ Union of BC Indian Chiefs https://www.ubcic.bc.ca/executive Ellen Gabriel's Blog: Sovereign Voices 1 https://sovereignvoices1.wordpress.com/ Twitter = EllenGabriel1 National Action Plan https://www.mmiwg2splus-nationalactionplan.ca/ Federal Pathway https://www.rcaanc-cirnac.gc.ca/DAM/DAM-CIRNAC-RCAANC/DAM-RECN/STAGING/texte-text/fed_patway_mmiwg_2slgbtqqia_1622728066545_eng.pdf 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/video 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 (Images of used with permission)

In this episode we introduce a new format for the show and take a look at the Oka Crisis. After a year-long dispute over the expansion of a golf course between the city of Oka and the Mohawk community of Kanesatake, the Quebec provincial police stormed a barricade erected by the Mohawks to stop the expansion of the golf course. What began as riot police tossing tear gas canisters at a small group of Mohawks spiraled into a 20 minute long shootout which resulted in the death of one SWAT team member. What followed was a 78 day siege that ended after the Canadian military surrounded the small Mohawk community and pushed their way past the barricades. Kahentinetha Horn and Loran Thompson join John to talk about what happened after the police officer was killed and how they managed to survive the military invasion of Kanesatake. →→→→ Like what you hear? Support the show on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/letstalknative ←←←←

EGOT winner John Legend discusses how George Floyd's murder is spurring change, and why celebrities need to inform themselves before speaking out. Director Tracey Deer talks about her powerful debut film Beans — a coming-of-age story based on her own childhood experience of the 1990 Oka Crisis. Actress Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, the Canadian star of Mindy Kaling's Never Have I Ever, shares how she beat out more than 15,000 others for the lead role of Devi. Actor Alan Alda talks about delving into his fascination with science and communication in his book, If I Understood You, Would I Have This Look on my Face?

Two Indigenous land defenders join us to explain why they work to protect land against invasive development and why their work is necessary for everyone's survival. Ellen Gabriel, a human rights activist and artist well known for her role as a spokesperson during the 1990 Oka crisis, and Anne Spice, a professor at Ryerson University, discuss the importance and urgency of defending land.Show notes: https://theconversation.com/how-defending-land-might-save-us-all-dont-call-me-resilient-ep-6-156632Full transcript: https://theconversation.com/how-defending-land-might-save-us-all-dont-call-me-resilient-ep-6-transcript-156633Related articles:Logging company clears Cree Nations ancestral trail without recoursehttps://theconversation.com/logging-company-clears-cree-nations-ancestral-trail-without-recourse-154921‘Blockadia' helped cancel the Keystone XL pipeline — and could change mainstream environmentalismhttps://theconversation.com/blockadia-helped-cancel-the-keystone-xl-pipeline-and-could-change-mainstream-environmentalism-155276ICYMI: Wet'suwet'en: Why are Indigenous rights being defined by an energy corporation? (February 2020)https://theconversation.com/wetsuweten-why-are-indigenous-rights-being-defined-by-an-energy-corporation-130833Back to the land: How one Indigenous community is beating the odds (August 2017)https://theconversation.com/back-to-the-land-how-one-indigenous-community-is-beating-the-odds-81540‘Clearing the plains' continues with the acquittal of Gerald Stanley (February 2018)https://theconversation.com/clearing-the-plains-continues-with-the-acquittal-of-gerald-stanley-91628Journalists covering Indigenous Peoples in renewable energy should focus on context and truth, not click-bait (January 2020)https://theconversation.com/journalists-covering-indigenous-peoples-in-renewable-energy-should-focus-on-context-and-truth-not-click-bait-122760Hidden from history: Indigenous women's activism in Saskatchewan (January 2019)https://theconversation.com/hidden-from-history-indigenous-womens-activism-in-saskatchewan-103279Law professor put on trial for ‘trespassing' on family's ancestral lands (March 2019)https://theconversation.com/law-professor-put-on-trial-for-trespassing-on-familys-ancestral-lands-114065Historical lawsuit affirms Indigenous laws on par with Canada's (January 2019)https://theconversation.com/historical-lawsuit-affirms-indigenous-laws-on-par-with-canadas-109711Join The Conversation about this podcast:Twitter: https://twitter.com/ConversationCA  #DontCallMeResilientInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/theconversationdotcomFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheConversationCanadaNewsletter: https://theconversation.com/ca/newsletters/Contact us: theculturedesk@theconversation.com

In this episode, filmmakers Tracey Deer and Jules Koostachin discuss the legacy of resistance. Tracey’s powerful feature debut Beans is inspired by her own coming of age as a Mohawk girl in Kahnawake during the 1990 Oka Crisis – the turbulent 78-day standoff between the Mohawks, the Quebec provincial police, and the Canadian military.This conversation was recorded at VIFF 2020, on the day that marked 30-years since the end of the Oka Crisis. Together, Tracey and Jules explore that pivotal moment in Canada’s national history, how it plays out on screen, and how it continues to shape Indigenous land disputes.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––This podcast is brought to you by the Vancouver International Film Festival.Presented on the traditional and unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-Waututh) nations.VIFF is currently running an online cinema on VIFF Connect, showcasing a program of compelling films for you to stream from the comfort of your home.  View what's streaming.Available to watch on VIFF Connect from Feb 5 - March 4, 2021 is the Black History Month program: Everywhere We Are – a celebration of the underrepresented stories of global Black resistance, cinema for the movement. Curated by Nya Lewis. Featuring Queen & Slim, Softie, KENBE LA, Until We Win, Remembering a Revolution, Keyboard Fantasies: The Beverly Glenn-Copeland Story, Nationtime, Poppie Nongena and a 'Canadian Resistance' shorts program + free Facebook Live panel discussion with filmmakers Simone Blais (Dance Like Everybody’s Watching) and Kelly Fyffe-Marshall (Marathon).You can show your love of cinema by making a tax-deductible gift to VIFF. goviff.org/donate

This episode was originally recorded LIVE!We did it. we finished the entire season. It's been a ride, thats for sure. Not at all what we would have expected, but thats half the fun of it no? In this episode we wrap up the season by discussing our feels about FRIENDS, deconstructing our own methods of deconstruction and asking the big questions about the purpose of the podcast and where it should go from here - or IF it should go from here...----Ways to get involved with the Black Lives Matter Movement:https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/We would like to state that this podcast was recorded in 'Montreal', or Tiohtiá:ke, which we recognize is unceded indigenous land of the traditional territories of the Kanien’kehá:ka, 'Mohawk', Anishinabeg, 'Algonquin', and other peoples. We recognize the indigenous peoples as the rightful custodians of this land and are grateful and respect every which way they have taken care of and fought for this land, including, and not exclusive to, the Oka Crisis.Though we continuously are working to use this podcast as a platform to address and unpack systems of oppression we also recognize our whiteness, that we are able bodied, our class privilege, and, in addition, our newness at attempting to create this media. We welcome any insight, feedback or resources on how we can do this better, or if we are doing it wrong.Don't forget to check out our new YouTube channel and hit that subscribe button!Follow What the Phalange?! on social media: @wtphalangeemail: wtphlange@gmail.comEmilie Brunetwww.emiliebyoga.cominsta: @emiliebyogaquinn k brunetinsta: @quinnkbrunet or @mindbodywithquinnwww.quinnkbrunet.comSupport the show (http://patreon.com/wtphalange)Salti Yoga Online Promo Code Use our special SMELLYCAT promo code to get 25% off your first 3 months for yourself or as a gift!

S e A s O n F i N a L e ! ! !Sexual revelations and cliff hangers and all the juicy stuff we've all been waiting for! Let's discuss friends dating siblings and friends dating friends and oh the fruit baskets!Grab your coffee friends, and settle in. We're just as excited as you!----Ways to get involved with the Black Lives Matter Movement:https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/We would like to state that this podcast was recorded in 'Montreal', or Tiohtiá:ke, which we recognize is unceded indigenous land of the traditional territories of the Kanien’kehá:ka, 'Mohawk', Anishinabeg, 'Algonquin', and other peoples. We recognize the indigenous peoples as the rightful custodians of this land and are grateful and respect every which way they have taken care of and fought for this land, including, and not exclusive to, the Oka Crisis.Though we continuously are working to use this podcast as a platform to address and unpack systems of oppression we also recognize our whiteness, that we are able bodied, our class privilege, and, in addition, our newness at attempting to create this media. We welcome any insight, feedback or resources on how we can do this better, or if we are doing it wrong.Don't forget to check out our new YouTube channel and hit that subscribe button!Follow What the Phalange?! on social media: @wtphalangeemail: wtphlange@gmail.comEmilie Brunetwww.emiliebyoga.cominsta: @emiliebyogaquinn k brunetinsta: @quinnkbrunet or @mindbodywithquinnwww.quinnkbrunet.comSupport the show (http://patreon.com/wtphalange)Salti Yoga Online Promo Code Use our special SMELLYCAT promo code to get 25% off your first 3 months for yourself or as a gift!

We're not crying, you're crying! Little baby Ben is born and he has three whole parents who love him so much. In this week's episode we are discussing Season 1, Episode 23, The One With The Birth. Susan and Carol are back and we can't be more excited. We're going to talk about the importance of representing non-heteronormative families, caring for and supporting your friends and how you should treat all women with respect regardless of whether they are your friend or your one-night-stand. Use our Salti Yoga promo code SMELLYCAT to get 25% off your 3-month membership (after your 7-day FREE trial) !!----Ways to get involved with the Black Lives Matter Movement:https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/We would like to state that this podcast was recorded in 'Montreal', or Tiohtiá:ke, which we recognize is unceded indigenous land of the traditional territories of the Kanien’kehá:ka, 'Mohawk', Anishinabeg, 'Algonquin', and other peoples. We recognize the indigenous peoples as the rightful custodians of this land and are grateful and respect every which way they have taken care of and fought for this land, including, and not exclusive to, the Oka Crisis.Though we continuously are working to use this podcast as a platform to address and unpack systems of oppression we also recognize our whiteness, that we are able bodied, our class privilege, and, in addition, our newness at attempting to create this media. We welcome any insight, feedback or resources on how we can do this better, or if we are doing it wrong.Don't forget to check out our new YouTube channel and hit that subscribe button!Follow What the Phalange?! on social media: @wtphalangeemail: wtphlange@gmail.comEmilie Brunetwww.emiliebyoga.cominsta: @emiliebyogaquinn k brunetinsta: @quinnkbrunet or @mindbodywithquinnwww.quinnkbrunet.comSupport the show (http://patreon.com/wtphalange)Salti Yoga Online Promo Code Use our special SMELLYCAT promo code to get 25% off your first 3 months for yourself or as a gift!

Two wrongs don't make a right, but in todays episode, two lies do make a felon! This episode we're dissecting Season 1, Episode 22: The One with The Ick Factor and talking about appropriate ways to handle inappropriate sexual encounters and why being "friends" with your employees doesn't absolve you from following labour laws. Let's get into it!----Ways to get involved with the Black Lives Matter Movement:https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/We would like to state that this podcast was recorded in 'Montreal', or Tiohtiá:ke, which we recognize is unceded indigenous land of the traditional territories of the Kanien’kehá:ka, 'Mohawk', Anishinabeg, 'Algonquin', and other peoples. We recognize the indigenous peoples as the rightful custodians of this land and are grateful and respect every which way they have taken care of and fought for this land, including, and not exclusive to, the Oka Crisis.Though we continuously are working to use this podcast as a platform to address and unpack systems of oppression we also recognize our whiteness, that we are able bodied, our class privilege, and, in addition, our newness at attempting to create this media. We welcome any insight, feedback or resources on how we can do this better, or if we are doing it wrong.Don't forget to check out our new YouTube channel and hit that subscribe button!Follow What the Phalange?! on social media: @wtphalangeemail: wtphlange@gmail.comEmilie Brunetwww.emiliebyoga.cominsta: @emiliebyogaquinn k brunetinsta: @quinnkbrunet or @mindbodywithquinnwww.quinnkbrunet.comSupport the show (http://patreon.com/wtphalange)

In this episode, Monica brings us on a spiritual awakening of sorts as she befriends someone who steals her identity and lives it better than her, bringing up some deep questions such as: what is holding you back from doing what you want to do?While we're at it, let's talk about the idea of 'ethnic names' and this colonial lens is harmful and racist. Furthermore, let's talk about why monkeys are not pets and how zoos are sad places. All with a healthy helping of Quinn annoying Emilie... PENIS!!----Ways to get involved with the Black Lives Matter Movement:https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/We would like to state that this podcast was recorded in 'Montreal', or Tiohtiá:ke, which we recognize is unceded indigenous land of the traditional territories of the Kanien’kehá:ka, 'Mohawk', Anishinabeg, 'Algonquin', and other peoples. We recognize the indigenous peoples as the rightful custodians of this land and are grateful and respect every which way they have taken care of and fought for this land, including, and not exclusive to, the Oka Crisis.Though we continuously are working to use this podcast as a platform to address and unpack systems of oppression we also recognize our whiteness, that we are able bodied, our class privilege, and, in addition, our newness at attempting to create this media. We welcome any insight, feedback or resources on how we can do this better, or if we are doing it wrong.Don't forget to check out our new YouTube channel and hit that subscribe button!Follow What the Phalange?! on social media: @wtphalangeemail: wtphlange@gmail.comEmilie Brunetwww.emiliebyoga.cominsta: @emiliebyogaquinn k brunetinsta: @quinnkbrunet or @mindbodywithquinnwww.quinnkbrunet.comSupport the show (http://patreon.com/wtphalange)

Jeremy White works evenings and weekends at the Beat 92.5 in Montreal. He got his start in community radio at K103 in Kahnawake in the Mohawk Territory just off the island of Montreal. The radio station played a key role in the 1990 Oka Crisis which exposed Canada's fractured relationship was its First People. Jeremy shared some family stories from that era, along with growing up with the station, and listening to the incredible talent on CHOM, and Mix 96 like Cat Spencer, Terry Dimonte, Kim Rossi, and Ted Bird.In this episode, Jeremy opens up and life in Kahnawake, starting at age 15 at K-103, and then getting hired by Leo D'Estrella at Q92 which evolved into the Beat. We also discuss Jeremy's online presence and his interviews with some prominent music stars like John Oates, David Guetta, and Rob Halford. He also talks a bout his time in Edmonton at Virgin 104.9 which he readily admits was not his favourite move. In fact, moving overall seems overrated these days unless it's to Z100 or something in a large metropolis. We also flashed back to Ted Bird's episode and you can hear that here in its entirety.There's more about this episode on our show page!Thanks also to the people who make this show possible every week including:PromosuiteMatt Fogarty VoiceoversJustin Dove at Core Image StudiosMegatrax

In today's episode we talk about the sexualization of lesbianism, why you shouldn't be someone's maid of honour if you're sleeping with their fiancé, and we revisit the dating etiquette of the 90s - Em & Quinn debate the do's and don't's of post-first dates. Resources:Sexualization of LesbiansMr. Peanut's Tragic Death----Ways to get involved with the Black Lives Matter Movement:https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/We would like to state that this podcast was recorded in 'Montreal', or Tiohtiá:ke, which we recognize is unceded indigenous land of the traditional territories of the Kanien’kehá:ka, 'Mohawk', Anishinabeg, 'Algonquin', and other peoples. We recognize the indigenous peoples as the rightful custodians of this land and are grateful and respect every which way they have taken care of and fought for this land, including, and not exclusive to, the Oka Crisis.Though we continuously are working to use this podcast as a platform to address and unpack systems of oppression we also recognize our whiteness, that we are able bodied, our class privilege, and, in addition, our newness at attempting to create this media. We welcome any insight, feedback or resources on how we can do this better, or if we are doing it wrong.Don't forget to check out our new YouTube channel and hit that subscribe button!Follow What the Phalange?! on social media: @wtphalangeemail: wtphlange@gmail.comEmilie Brunetwww.emiliebyoga.cominsta: @emiliebyogaquinn k brunetinsta: @quinnkbrunet or @mindbodywithquinnwww.quinnkbrunet.comSupport the show (http://patreon.com/wtphalange)

While we anxiously await the 2020 Election Results, let's talk about men and the way they treat women like garbage. Okay, a little harsh. This week, we're talking about the way Ross treats Rachel when she accidentally loses his monkey while it's in her care. We talk about how Chandler and Joey need to learn how to be appropriate neighbors to the women who live downstairs and we talk about how everyone (not just the men) need to chill on the massive amounts of fatphobia in this show.Resources and Links:Healthy At Every Size ResourcesEating Disorders StatisticsHistory of Anti-Blackness and FatphobiaFearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat PhobiaGoogle Anti-Blackness and Fatphobia; there is a lot and it's important!----Ways to get involved with the Black Lives Matter Movement:https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/We would like to state that this podcast was recorded in 'Montreal', or Tiohtiá:ke, which we recognize is unceded indigenous land of the traditional territories of the Kanien’kehá:ka, 'Mohawk', Anishinabeg, 'Algonquin', and other peoples. We recognize the indigenous peoples as the rightful custodians of this land and are grateful and respect every which way they have taken care of and fought for this land, including, and not exclusive to, the Oka Crisis.Though we continuously are working to use this podcast as a platform to address and unpack systems of oppression we also recognize our whiteness, that we are able bodied, our class privilege, and, in addition, our newness at attempting to create this media. We welcome any insight, feedback or resources on how we can do this better, or if we are doing it wrong.Don't forget to check out our new YouTube channel and hit that subscribe button!Follow What the Phalange?! on social media: @wtphalangeemail: wtphlange@gmail.comEmilie Brunetwww.emiliebyoga.cominsta: @emiliebyogaquinn k brunetinsta: @quinnkbrunet or @mindbodywithquinnwww.quinnkbrunet.comSupport the show (http://patreon.com/wtphalange)

This is the perfect episode to chat about mansplainning, and why a man explaining something isn't inherently mansplaining, and why these guys are not just men explaining things.lets also dive into the gender disparity in male dominated spaces, as well as remind ourselves that Columbus was not that great and didn't actually discover anything.Enjoy!Resources and Links:- Colonel Bogey March- Sandy And Nora Talk Politics Episode 124----Ways to get involved with the Black Lives Matter Movement:https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/We would like to state that this podcast was recorded in 'Montreal', or Tiohtiá:ke, which we recognize is unceded indigenous land of the traditional territories of the Kanien’kehá:ka, 'Mohawk', Anishinabeg, 'Algonquin', and other peoples. We recognize the indigenous peoples as the rightful custodians of this land and are grateful and respect every which way they have taken care of and fought for this land, including, and not exclusive to, the Oka Crisis.Though we continuously are working to use this podcast as a platform to address and unpack systems of oppression we also recognize our whiteness, that we are able bodied, our class privilege, and, in addition, our newness at attempting to create this media. We welcome any insight, feedback or resources on how we can do this better, or if we are doing it wrong.Don't forget to check out our new YouTube channel and hit that subscribe button!Follow What the Phalange?! on social media: @wtphalangeemail: wtphlange@gmail.comEmilie Brunetwww.emiliebyoga.cominsta: @emiliebyogaquinn k brunetinsta: @quinnkbrunet or @mindbodywithquinnwww.quinnkbrunet.comSupport the show (http://patreon.com/wtphalange)

Due to unforeseen circumstances - and some foreseen circumstances, we were not able to record an episode for proper release this week. BUUT Quinn was missing everyone and so decided to fill the dead air with answers to your questions and some FRIENDS trivia!Do you and emilie wrestle?Are you as competitive as Monica and ross?Do you think the world is a better place becasue of this show?Do you know how much the cast is still making from the show every year?Who drew the doodles on the Magnadoodle in Chandler and Joey's apartment?Was the show filmed in front of a live audience?and so much more!!---Ways to get involved with the Black Lives Matter Movement:https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/We would like to state that this podcast was recorded in 'Montreal', or Tiohtiá:ke, which we recognize is unceded indigenous land of the traditional territories of the Kanien’kehá:ka, 'Mohawk', Anishinabeg, 'Algonquin', and other peoples. We recognize the indigenous peoples as the rightful custodians of this land and are grateful and respect every which way they have taken care of and fought for this land, including, and not exclusive to, the Oka Crisis.Though we continuously are working to use this podcast as a platform to address and unpack systems of oppression we also recognize our whiteness, that we are able bodied, our class privilege, and, in addition, our newness at attempting to create this media. We welcome any insight, feedback or resources on how we can do this better, or if we are doing it wrong.Don't forget to check out our new YouTube channel and hit that subscribe button!Follow What the Phalange?! on social media: @wtphalangeemail: wtphlange@gmail.comEmilie Brunetwww.emiliebyoga.cominsta: @emiliebyogaquinn k brunetinsta: @quinnkbrunet or @mindbodywithquinnwww.quinnkbrunet.comSupport the show (http://patreon.com/wtphalange)

Grab your coffee and hold on tight, once you press play we are non-stop! in this fast paced episode we follow the second part of The One With Two Parts. We watch as Joey gets his heart broken by Ursula and picking apart the nuanced responsibilities that we have when navigating these hard dating-your-best-friends-estranged-sister situations. We watch Rachel drag Monica into insurance fraud and naively dance around in a crime where her bestie would pay all the consequences - inviting some 'cute doctors' over for dinner (I'm not sure why i used quotations - Rachels words or not, we all know George Clooney is cute af). And lastly we will PIVOT! over to some beautiful portrayals of male vulnerability, men emotionally supporting men, as Ross Geller tries to wrap his head around his impending fatherdom.Along the way we'll visit a wikipedia history lesson on black sitcoms in ref to F.R.I.E.N.D.S, an ugly sweater, some paralleling of queer family dynamics and just generally remind ya'll to register to vote... and then also actually go #votehope you have fun!*For the record this title is not trying to be click-baity but rather a banner and reminder that we all know people in the US and in this time, as their friends, we need to remind them to vote, and that their vote will affect lives... and that not voting will also affect lives.---Ways to get involved with the Black Lives Matter Movement:https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/We would like to state that this podcast was recorded in 'Montreal', or Tiohtiá:ke, which we recognize is unceded indigenous land of the traditional territories of the Kanien’kehá:ka, 'Mohawk', Anishinabeg, 'Algonquin', and other peoples. We recognize the indigenous peoples as the rightful custodians of this land and are grateful and respect every which way they have taken care of and fought for this land, including, and not exclusive to, the Oka Crisis.Though we continuously are working to use this podcast as a platform to address and unpack systems of oppression we also recognize our whiteness, that we are able bodied, our class privilege, and, in addition, our newness at attempting to create this media. We welcome any insight, feedback or resources on how we can do this better, or if we are doing it wrong.Don't forget to check out our new YouTube channel and hit that subscribe button!Follow What the Phalange?! on social media: @wtphalangeemail: wtphlange@gmail.comEmilie Brunetwww.emiliebyoga.cominsta: @emiliebyogaquinn k brunetinsta: @quinnkbrunet or @mindbodywithquinnwww.quinnkbrunet.comSupport the show (http://patreon.com/wtphalange)Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched! Start for FREEInstacart - Groceries delivered in as little as 1 hour. Free delivery on your first order over $35.Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.

This episode we cover: The One With Two Parts (Part 1)On this week's episode we chat about queer representation in the media in the 90s and is it possible that F.R.I.E.N.D.S may have done ONE thing right? We talk about the rules and ethics of dating, consent and healthy expressions of boundaries! So grab your favorite coffee mug and we'll get into it!S01.E16 The One With Two Parts, Part 1 - Episode SummaryAs the name implies, this episode is only part one of two, finishing with a “To Be Continued.” There are four plot points in this episode. Firstly, Chandler and Joey head over to Riff’s Cafe and run into Phoebe’s identical twin sister, Ursula, after terrible service, Joey starts to date Ursula, only to find out that Phoebe is not as okay with it as she first said. Meanwhile, Ross goes to Lamaze class with Susan and Carol to get hit hard with the fact that soon he’ll be a father and his life is going to change. In the third plot point, Chandler is supposed to fire someone at work, only to end up asking her out. Lastly, Monica is annoyed with Rachel for not taking down the Christmas lights, and when Rachel finally does, she falls off the balcony, dangling by her foot by the Christmas lights.Resources & Mentioned Content:Dorien Wilson (Mr. Douglas)Michele Lamar Richards (the Lamaze Teacher)---We would like to state that this podcast was recorded in 'Montreal', or Tiohtiá:ke, which we recognize is unceded indigenous land of the traditional territories of the Kanien’kehá:ka, 'Mohawk', Anishinabeg, 'Algonquin', and other peoples. We recognize the indigenous peoples as the rightful custodians of this land and are grateful and respect every which way they have taken care of and fought for this land, including, and not exclusive to, the Oka Crisis.Though we continuously are working to use this podcast as a platform to address and unpack systems of oppression we also recognize our whiteness, that we are able bodied, our class privilege, and, in addition, our newness at attempting to create this media. We welcome any insight, feedback or resources on how we can do this better, or if we are doing it wrong.Ways to get involved with the Black Lives Matter Movement:https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/Don't forget to check out our new YouTube channel and hit that subscribe button!Follow What the Phalange?! on social media: @wtphalangeemail: wtphlange@gmail.comEmilie Brunetwww.emiliebyoga.cominsta: @emiliebyogaquinn k brunetinsta: @quinnkbrunet or @mindbodywithquinnwww.quinnkbrunet.comSupport the show (http://patreon.com/wtphalange)Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched! Start for FREEDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.

In this episode, Joey helps Ross with his dirty talking, Chandler struggles to figure out what he’s doing with his life, and Monica gets hired as an Executive Chef only to have the owner of the restaurant get obnoxiously high for her interview. In this episode we discuss the anxiety involved in picking a stable, well-paying job versus following your dreams. We also unpack the representation of smoking pot in the media, The War on Drugs and the ways in which policing of marijuana disproportionately affects Black Indigenous People of Colour. Strap yourself in, and let's get into it!---Resources: The House I Live In - documentary about the War on Drugs (available here!)13th - documentary about the 13th amendment, modern-day slavery (available on Netflix)Marijuana Arrest Race Disparity---We would like to state that this podcast was recorded in 'Montreal', or Tiohtiá:ke, which we recognize is unceded indigenous land of the traditional territories of the Kanien’kehá:ka, 'Mohawk', Anishinabeg, 'Algonquin', and other peoples. We recognize the indigenous peoples as the rightful custodians of this land and are grateful and respect every which way they have taken care of and fought for this land, including, and not exclusive to, the Oka Crisis.Though we continuously are working to use this podcast as a platform to address and unpack systems of oppression we also recognize our whiteness, that we are able bodied, our class privilege, and, in addition, our newness at attempting to create this media. We welcome any insight, feedback or resources on how we can do this better, or if we are doing it wrong.Ways to get involved with the Black Lives Matter Movement:https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/Don't forget to check out our new YouTube channel and hit that subscribe button!Follow What the Phalange?! on social media: @wtphalangeemail: wtphlange@gmail.comEmilie Brunetwww.emiliebyoga.cominsta: @emiliebyogaquinn k brunetinsta: @quinnkbrunet or @mindbodywithquinnwww.quinnkbrunet.comSupport the show (http://patreon.com/wtphalange)Instacart - Groceries delivered in as little as 1 hour. Free delivery on your first order over $35.Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.

This week we're diving into Season 1, Episode 14, The One with the Candy Hearts. In this episode, it’s all about the exes. Chandler gets set up on a blind date with his ex, Janice, Ross goes out on a date and runs into his ex, Carol, and the girls set a fire in their house as they perform an ex-partner cleansing ceremony.We would like to state that this podcast was recorded in 'Montreal', or Tiohtiá:ke, which we recognize is unceded indigenous land of the traditional territories of the Kanien’kehá:ka, 'Mohawk', Anishinabeg, 'Algonquin', and other peoples. We recognize the indigenous peoples as the rightful custodians of this land and are grateful and respect every which way they have taken care of and fought for this land, including, and not exclusive to, the Oka Crisis.Though we continuously are working to use this podcast as a platform to address and unpack systems of oppression we also recognize our whiteness, that we are able bodied, our class privilege, and, in addition, our newness at attempting to create this media. We welcome any insight, feedback or resources on how we can do this better, or if we are doing it wrong.Ways to get involved with the Black Lives Matter Movement:https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/Follow What the Phalange?! on social media: @wtphalangeemail: wtphlange@gmail.comEmilie Brunetwww.emiliebyoga.cominsta: @emiliebyogaquinn k brunetinsta: @quinnkbrunet or @mindbodywithquinnwww.quinnkbrunet.comSupport the show (http://patreon.com/wtphalange)Instacart - Groceries delivered in as little as 1 hour. Free delivery on your first order over $35.Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.

In this episode, Joey finds out his dad is having an affair with a pet mortician, Chandler sees setting off a domino tit-for-tat in the group, and Phoebe dates a 'not too shrinky' psychologist that is actually very 'shrinky'.With lots of input from this weeks instagram polls we venture into parent-child dynamics and how they change over time; healthy ways of holding the people you love accountable and discuss wether consent can be built into relationships and group dynamics.We would like to state that this podcast was recorded in 'Montreal', or Tiohtiá:ke, which we recognize is unceded indigenous land of the traditional territories of the Kanien’kehá:ka, 'Mohawk', Anishinabeg, 'Algonquin', and other peoples. We recognize the indigenous peoples as the rightful custodians of this land and are grateful and respect every which way they have taken care of and fought for this land, including, and not exclusive to, the Oka Crisis.Though we continuously are working to use this podcast as a platform to address and unpack systems of oppression we also recognize our whiteness, that we are able bodied, our class privilege, and, in addition, our newness at attempting to create this media. We welcome any insight, feedback or resources on how we can do this better, or if we are doing it wrong.Ways to get involved with the Black Lives Matter Movement:https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/Follow What the Phalange?! on social media: @wtphalangeemail: wtphlange@gmail.comEmilie Brunetwww.emiliebyoga.cominsta: @emiliebyogaquinn k brunetinsta: @quinnkbrunet or @mindbodywithquinnwww.quinnkbrunet.comSupport the show (http://patreon.com/wtphalange)Instacart - Groceries delivered in as little as 1 hour. Free delivery on your first order over $35.Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.

Dr. Angela Mashford-Pringle is an Algonquin (Timiskaming First Nation) Assistant Professor and Associate Director at the Waakebiness-Bryce Institute for Indigenous Health, Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto. Angela is the Director of the Master of Public Health – Indigenous Health program, Director of the Collaborative Specialization in Indigenous Health and Founding Editor of the Turtle Island Journal on Indigenous Health. She works with Indigenous communities in urban and rural settings with issues related to Indigenous health including cultural safety, land-based learning, and climate action. You can find Angela here and the Turtle Island Journal here.In this podcast Dr. Mashford-Pringle talks about her journey to promoting Indigenous cultural safety inspired by the Oka Crisis. She describes the current and historical contexts of discrimination and violence toward Indigenous peoples, including residential schools,  forced sterilization, and mistreatment by police and healthcare workers. Dr. Mashford-Pringle explains the 3 P's-power, privilege and positionally-central to understanding Indigenous cultural safety. We also discuss the significance of sports teams changing their names, respect for Mother Earth, and the interconnectedness underlying climate change.  Episode hosted by Dr. Carmen Logie. Supported by funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation and Canada Research Chairs program. Original music and podcast produced by Jupiter Productions, who have various production services available to support your podcast needs.

While Monica and Phoebe fall in love with the idea of a man who's in a coma; Ross and Chandler's mom play tonsil tennis and Joey does the work of holding his friend accountable; as Rachel is obliviously attempting to find herself by writing erotic fiction. Let's take a hot sec to talk about unhealthy portrayals of sex positivity - also we seriously need to unpack all the women being super creepy in this episode!! Resources and links:WE COULDNT FIND ANY FANFIC ABOUT RACHELS BOOK!! ok which one of you are gonna write it??We would like to state that this podcast was recorded in 'Montreal', or Tiohtiá:ke, which we recognize is unceded indigenous land of the traditional territories of the Kanien’kehá:ka, 'Mohawk', Anishinabeg, 'Algonquin', and other peoples. We recognize the indigenous peoples as the rightful custodians of this land and are grateful and respect every which way they have taken care of and fought for this land, including, and not exclusive to, the Oka Crisis. Though we continuously are working to use this podcast as a platform to address and unpack systems of oppression we also recognize our whiteness, that we are able bodied, our class privilege, and, in addition, our newness at attempting to create this media. We welcome any insight, feedback or resources on how we can do this better, or if we are doing it wrong.Ways to get involved with the Black Lives Matter Movement:https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/Follow What the Phalange?! on social media: @wtphalangeemail: wtphlange@gmail.comEmilie Brunetwww.emiliebyoga.cominsta: @emiliebyogaquinn k brunetinsta: @quinnkbrunet or @mindbodywithquinnwww.quinnkbrunet.comSupport the show (http://patreon.com/wtphalange)Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched! Start for FREEDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.

"Some people said, 'well there is racism in Canada but there is no systemic racism.' And to those people I said, 'You've clearly never read the Indian Act, because it reeks of systemic racism.'" The Right Honorable Brian Mulroney, Canada's 18th Prime Minister, is National Chief Perry Bellegarde's guest on this latest episode of the Akhameyimok Podcast. They discuss climate change, overcoming systemic racism against First Nations people, the sweeping recommendations for change in the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, and the leadership lessons he learned in leading the international fight against the white minority Apartheid regime in South Africa and for the freedom of Nelson Mandela. Brian Mulroney was Canada's Prime Minister from 1984 to 1993. In that time he oversaw the negotiation and implementation of the US-Canada Free Trade agreement, and then NAFTA. He initiated important environmental reforms, including the Acid Rain treaty with the United States. He was also at the forefront of attempts to make the Canadian constitution more inclusive, trying to bring Quebec into the fold with the Meech Lake accord and then the Charlottetown Accord. He was Prime Minister during the Oka Crisis, thirty years ago this summer, which led his government to establish the Royal Commission on Aboriginal People. It made sweeping recommendations on how to restructure the relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples. A special thanks goes out to the Red Dog Singers of Treaty 4 territory in Saskatchewan for providing the theme music for this podcast. The Ahkameyimok Podcast is produced in Ottawa by David McGuffin of Explore Podcast Productions.

"Some people said, 'well there is racism in Canada but there is no systemic racism.' And to those people I said, 'You've clearly never read the Indian Act, because it reeks of systemic racism.'"The Right Honorable Brian Mulroney, Canada's 18th Prime Minister, is National Chief Perry Bellegarde's guest on this latest episode of the Akhameyimok Podcast. They discuss climate change, overcoming systemic racism against First Nations people, the sweeping recommendations for change in the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, and the leadership lessons he learned in leading the international fight against the white minority Apartheid regime in South Africa and for the freedom of Nelson Mandela.Brian Mulroney was Canada's Prime Minister from 1984 to 1993. In that time he oversaw the negotiation and implementation of the US-Canada Free Trade agreement, and then NAFTA. He initiated important environmental reforms, including the Acid Rain treaty with the United States. He was also at the forefront of attempts to make the Canadian constitution more inclusive, trying to bring Quebec into the fold with the Meech Lake accord and then the Charlottetown Accord. He was Prime Minister during the Oka Crisis, thirty years ago this summer, which led his government to establish the Royal Commission on Aboriginal People. It made sweeping recommendations on how to restructure the relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples.A special thanks goes out to the Red Dog Singers of Treaty 4 territory in Saskatchewan for providing the theme music for this podcast.The Ahkameyimok Podcast is produced in Ottawa by David McGuffin of Explore Podcast Productions.

On July 11 1990, the so-called Oka Crisis erupted near the small resort town of Oka. The 78 day conflict between the Kanien'kehá:ka (Mohawk Nation) the Quebec provincial police (Sûreté du Québec) and the Canadian Army would go on to change the course of history. In this second part of a two part episode, Falen and Leah go beyond the sensational photos and headlines to find out what happened during 78 days of resistance at Kanesatake.

It's been three decades since the groundbreaking 78-day standoff between Mohawks and Canadian soldiers. The Agenda reflects on the significance of the resistance that began outside Montreal in June 1990, how it's influenced Indigenous people and culture, and the land claim challenges that remain.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It’s been 30 years since an explosion of violence and the death of a Quebec provincial police officer on an early July morning marked the beginning of the Oka Crisis. That summer, thousands of Canadian soldiers surrounded two Mohawk communities, just outside Montreal, who were trying to protect a forest and burial ground from the expansion of a golf course. Today on Front Burner, we speak to Mohawk filmmaker Tracey Deer who grew up in Kahnawake, Quebec. She shares what it was like living through a standoff that came to be a defining conflict in Canadian history.

Actor Kanietiio Horn takes us through the 1st perspective of what it meant for her to grow up as a Kahnawake Mohawk, her experience of the tragic 1990 Oka Crisis, her life as an actress, and why she has decided to start telling her own stories.

Dr. Cindy Blackstock talks to the homies about the latest child welfare MOU; the NFL team name change is discussed; and the 30th anniversary of the Oka Crisis.

In Episode 60, Kanien'kehá:ka warrior Ellen Gabriel talks to us about the importance of protecting Haudenosaunee lands and sovereignty. She also updates us about the Town of Oka's intentions to dig up their lands without their permission. Ellen was chosen by the People of the Longhouse and her community of Kanehsatà:ke to be their spokesperson during the 1990 “Oka” Crisis; to protect the Pines from the expansion of a 9 hole golf course in “Oka” and the removal of Kanien’kehá:ka ancestors from their burial grounds. Here is the link to their letter and petition to stop the dig on their lands: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/no-archeological-digs-in-kanehsatake Please note: Nothing in this podcast advocates for violence on Indigenous territories. Note: The information contained in this podcast is not legal, financial or medical advice, nor should it be relied on as such. 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 My new book: Warrior Life: Indigenous Resistance and Resurgence by Fernwood Publishing is available for pre-order with a 10% discount for podcast listeners by using code warrior10 fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/warrior-life (photo by Alan Lissner used with permission by Ellen Gabriel)

Alanis Obomsawin and Face2Face host David Peck talk about reconciliation, leaving a legacy, Jordan’s Principles, passion, commitment, advocacy, fighting back and why every child matters.TrailerMore Info HereSynopsis:It took one little boy, Jordan River Anderson, to ensure that thousands of First Nations and Inuit children can today receive the same standard of social, health and education services as the rest of the Canadian population. In Jordan River Anderson, The Messenger, Alanis Obomsawin’s latest film (her 52nd), the renowned documentary filmmaker chronicles the long legal fight against a health care system that operated on two disconnected levels, causing injustices and suffering—a situation that has since been significantly improved. The Abenaki filmmaker traces the parallels between the lives of two First Nations children, Jordan River Anderson and Noah Buffalo-Jackson.A member of the Norway House Cree Nation of Manitoba, Jordan River Anderson had very serious health problems, for which he was being treated at a Winnipeg hospital. He could have ended his life in adapted housing close to his family, but because of his Indian status a dispute arose between the governments of Canada and Manitoba over who should pay the costs of his relocation to home-based care. Jordan died in hospital in 2005. Jordan’s Principle, which states that the first government agency to be contacted is the one responsible for this phase of a child’s care, was unanimously adopted by the House of Commons in 2007, and a ruling by the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal resolved the issue of jurisdiction.Many people and organizations worked hard for this outcome, but despite the judgment and the funding that was allocated for Jordan’s Principle, many First Nations and Inuit parents are still faced with a refusal of social, health and educational services. For example, when Carolyn Buffalo and Richard Jackson needed specialized transportation for their teenage son, Noah Buffalo-Jackson, who suffers from cerebral palsy, they had to pay for it themselves. Similarly, the First Nation of Wapakeka in Ontario appealed for assistance in combating a wave of suicides in their community, but received no help. “We hear a lot about universal health care in Canada,” says Aimée Craft, a law professor at the University of Ottawa who is interviewed in the film, “but why is it universal for everyone except First Nations children?”Numerous binding government orders and the goodwill of several Canadian government officials, both Indigenous and non-Indigenous, were required before First Nations and Inuit parents and children were finally able to enjoy appropriate support. “The law is a shield that protects this generation of children,” observes Cindy Blackstock, director general of the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society, and one of the protagonists of the documentary. “It restores their dignity, and allows them to grow up within their own families. Justice is possible.”Filmed in centres of political power, in First Nations communities, and at public demonstrations, Jordan River Anderson, The Messenger provides a forum in which the voices of parents, caregivers, and their legal representatives can all be heard. Alanis Obomsawin’s latest documentary completes, on a note of optimism, the cycle of films devoted to the rights of children and Indigenous peoples that she began with The People of the Kattawapiskak River.About the Director:Alanis Obomsawin, a member of the Abenaki Nation, is one of Canada’s most distinguished documentary filmmakers. As a prolific director with the National Film Board, she has created an extensive body or work focusing on the lives and concerns of Canada’s First Nations.She began her professional career in 1960 as a singer in New York City. In 1967, producers Joe Koenig and Bob Verrall invited her to join the NFB as an adviser on a film about Indigenous peoples. She has not put down her camera since.An activist as well as a filmmaker, Obomsawin is driven to provide a forum for the country’s First Peoples. Her entire filmography is a testament to that desire. Her documentaries have always sought to show the importance of roots and strong intergenerational bonds for the preservation of Indigenous cultures—from Christmas at Moose Factory (1971), in which she used children’s drawings to tell the story of a Cree village on the shore of James Bay, Ontario, to Jordan River Anderson, The Messenger (2019), her most recent film (her 52nd), which documents the long struggle to establish the right of Indigenous children to receive, in their own communities, the same high standard of health care as the rest of the Canadian population.Obomsawin is a director who knows how to film conflict, as demonstrated by her four films about the Oka Crisis of 1990: Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance (1993), winner of 18 international awards; My Name Is Kahentiiosta (1995); Spudwrench: Kahnawake Man (1997); and Rocks at Whiskey Trench (2000).Alanis Obomsawin has received numerous awards and honours throughout her career. She was inducted into the Canadian Film and Television Hall of Fame in 2010, and in 2014 she received the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Humanitarian Award, an honour given in recognition of exceptional contributions to the community and the public sector. In 2015, the Valdivia International Film Festival (Chile) recognized her body of work with its Lifetime Achievement Award, and she received an Honorary Life Member Award from the Directors’ Guild of Canada in 2018.Obomsawin has received honorary doctorates from many universities, including Dalhousie University in 2016 and McGill University in 2017. In 2016, she also received two of the highest civilian honours conferred by the Province of Quebec when she was named a Grand Officer of the National Order of Quebec and awarded the Prix Albert-Tessier. In 2019, she became a Companion of the Order of Canada.Image Copyright: Alanis Obomsawin and NFB. Used with permission.F2F Music and Image Copyright: David Peck and Face2Face. Used with permission.For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit his site here.With thanks to Josh Snethlage and Mixed Media Sound. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This is a segment of episode #232 of Last Born In The Wilderness “Reconciliation Is Dead: The Unist'ot'en Camp & Shutting Down Canada w/ Gord Hill.” Listen to the full episode: http://bit.ly/LBWhill2 Support the Unist’ot’en Camp: http://unistoten.camp Read ‘Reconciliation is Dead: A Strategic Proposal’: http://bit.ly/2PdGkcA Over the past several weeks, the RCMP has invaded Wet’suwet’en sovereign territory and arrested numerous land defenders, including three Matriarchs — Freda Huson (Chief Howilhkat), Brenda Michell (Chief Geltiy), and Dr. Karla Tait (https://youtu.be/EgfVO6U5QuA) — to enforce an injunction to proceed with the construction of the Coastal GasLink pipeline project through their unceded territory. I ask Indigenous activist and artist Gord Hill to update us on the dramatic acts of solidarity that have sprung up around Canada since this invasion began, in particular with the ongoing blockades spearheaded by members of the Mohawk Nation of railroads and roads, shutting down large sectors of the Canadian economy and putting enormous pressure on the Canadian government to carefully reconsider their next steps in this crisis. Citing the Oka Crisis of 1990 (https://youtu.be/ArOIdwcj2w8), Gord provides historical context to the scale and weight of the solidarity actions that have sprung up across the nation, and what is truly at stake in this struggle. Gord Hill, who also goes under the pen name Zig Zag, is a member of the Kwakwaka’wakw nation along the Northwest Coast. He is an Indigenous activist, author and illustrator of numerous books/graphic novels, including ‘500 Years of Indigenous Resistance,’ ‘The 500 Years of Resistance Comic Book,’ ‘The Anti-Capitalist Resistance Comic Book,’ and ‘The Antifa Comic Book.’ WEBSITE: https://www.lastborninthewilderness.com PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/lastborninthewilderness DONATE: https://www.paypal.me/lastbornpodcast DROP ME A LINE: Call (208) 918-2837 or http://bit.ly/LBWfiledrop EVERYTHING ELSE: https://linktr.ee/patterns.of.behavior

[Intro: 6:56] In this interview, I speak with Indigenous artist, activist the author Gord Hill. We discuss the recent events at the Unist’ot’en Camp on the Wet’suwet’en First Nation’s territory in B.C., Canada, and the wave of solidarity actions that have sprung up across Canada the past several weeks in response to the RCMP’s invasion of their territory. Over the past several weeks, the RCMP has invaded Wet’suwet’en sovereign territory and arrested numerous land defenders, including three Matriarchs — Freda Huson (Chief Howilhkat), Brenda Michell (Chief Geltiy), and Dr. Karla Tait (https://youtu.be/EgfVO6U5QuA) — to enforce an injunction to proceed with the construction of the Coastal GasLink pipeline project through their unceded territory. I ask Gord to update us on the dramatic acts of solidarity that have sprung up around Canada since this invasion began, in particular with the ongoing blockades spearheaded by members of the Mohawk Nation of railroads and roads, shutting down large sectors of the Canadian economy and putting enormous pressure on the Canadian government to carefully reconsider their next steps in this crisis. Citing the Oka Crisis of 1990 (https://youtu.be/ArOIdwcj2w8), Gord provides historical context to the scale and weight of the solidarity actions that have sprung up across the nation, and what is truly at stake in this struggle. Gord Hill, who also goes under the pen name Zig Zag, is a member of the Kwakwaka’wakw nation along the Northwest Coast. He is an Indigenous activist, author and illustrator of numerous books/graphic novels, including ‘500 Years of Indigenous Resistance,’ ‘The 500 Years of Resistance Comic Book,’ ‘The Anti-Capitalist Resistance Comic Book,’ and ‘The Antifa Comic Book.’ Episode Notes: - Support the Unist'ot'en Camp: http://unistoten.camp - Read ‘Reconciliation is Dead: A Strategic Proposal’: http://bit.ly/2PdGkcA - Stay up to date with Indigenous, anti-capitalist, and anti-fascist resistance, as well as all the work Gord is doing: https://warriorpublications.wordpress.com - Purchase ‘The 500 Years of Resistance Comic Book,’ ‘The Anti-Capitalist Resistance Comic Book,’ and ‘The Antifa Comic Book.’ at Arsenal Pulp Press: http://bit.ly/GHArsenalP - Artwork in title card is by Gord Hill. Download: http://bit.ly/3bVnuRf - Audio featured in introduction is from the video ‘Reconciliation Is Dead: RCMP Invade Unist'ot'en Territory’: https://youtu.be/EgfVO6U5QuA - Song featured is “Yus” by Knxwledge from the album TodaysAlreadYesterday.: https://knxwledge.bandcamp.com/album/todaysalreadyesterday WEBSITE: https://www.lastborninthewilderness.com PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/lastborninthewilderness DONATE: https://www.paypal.me/lastbornpodcast DROP ME A LINE: Call (208) 918-2837 or http://bit.ly/LBWfiledrop EVERYTHING ELSE: https://linktr.ee/patterns.of.behavior

In Episode 47, Mohawk warrior Ellen Gabriel talks to us about the importance of traditional Indigenous governing systems and laws in protecting the lands for our peoples and all living things. She shares her insights on the issues being covered in the media in relation to Wet'suwet'en Nation and the use of their traditional laws and governments to protect their lands from pipelines. Ellen has a great deal of experience in this issue as she was chosen by the People of the Longhouse and her community of Kanehsatà:ke to be their spokesperson during the 1990 “Oka” Crisis; to protect the Pines from the expansion of a 9 hole golf course in “Oka” and the removal of Kanien’kehá:ka ancestors from their burial grounds. Here is the link to her blog entitled: Sovereign Voices 1: www.sovereignvoices1.wordpress.com/ Note: The information contained in this podcast is not legal, financial or medical advice, nor should it be relied on as such. 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 (photo by ACQOCI used with permission by Ellen Gabriel)

In the week since Rosie and Elamin last spoke, the rail blockades and protests in support of the Wet’suwet’en First Nation have evolved into a "full-blown national crisis," as Elamin puts it. It's the third major issue the federal government has faced in less than two months. Elamin wants to know: what should the government be doing to resolve things? And where does this “rule of law” fit into it all? And Rosie takes a closer look at the political stakes: thirty years after the Oka Crisis, and twenty five years after Ipperwash, how will this government manage a crisis with historic implications?

The standoff between supporters of the Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs and the RCMP has become a full-blown national crisis. The RCMP has been trying to enforce a BC Supreme Court injunction to allow workers from Coastal Gaslink to start working on a pipeline that would run through unceded Wet'suwet'en territory. Solidarity protests have popped up across the country, crippling Canada’s rail network. Amid all this, politicians and indigenous leaders have been warning that we can’t have another Oka crisis. Today, a look back at that crisis in 1990, and the lessons the Canadian government can take from it.

Conference with the National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations on the blockades (1:20); your phone calls on the blockade (9:26);  Should the Houston Astros be stripped of their World Series title? (18:02); meal kits - do you use them? (23:13); Hal Anderson stops by to discuss the adventures of a couple Canadians stranded on a cruise ship (32:05); the Deputy Minister of Indian and Northern Affairs during the Oka Crisis talks about the blockades (40:52); the final word (56:56).     Harry Swain

This episode presents an in-depth conversation with acclaimed documentary filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin, one of the world’s most notable Indigenous filmmakers. She has made over fifty films over the span of her fifty-year career. Her documentary on the 1990 Oka Crisis is among her most widely known works. Now in her late eighties, Alanis has not slowed down. Her 53rd film, Jordan River Anderson, The Messenger, premiered at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival. It also won the ‘Best Canadian Documentary’ award at the 2019 Vancouver International Film Festival.So, what does the iconic documentarian make of all the changes afoot in the doc world but of media and technology in general? Find out in this episode of Now & Next as we focus the spotlight on Alanis Obomsawin.To download a transcript of this episode, to consult the show’s credits and to dive deeper into the topic at hand, visit trends.cmf-fmc.ca.

29 years after the Oka Crisis - in which Mohawks fought Canada against a golf course planned over a graveyard resulting in a 78 day standoff - we talk with Stanley Cohen - Mohawk attorney at Oka ... Shé:kon and Thanks for joining Native Trailblazers! The Native Show with nearly a million listeners worldwide!  For over nine years, our award-winning Native themed online radio show has been delivering the hottest topics in Indian Country to your desktop, mobile or other listening devices! Listen in every Friday night at 8pm or any time after in archives! HOSTS: Vincent Schilling (Producer, Speaker, Journalist, Author, VP Schilling Media) www.Twitter.com/VinceSchilling  and Delores Schilling (CEO, Schilling Media, Inc.) www.Twitter.com/DelSchilling Join our chat room Here's How   Website www.NativeTrailblazers.com  Mailing List - http://eepurl.com/O7fa1  iTunes Podcasts- http://goo.gl/GkEOJ3

In Episode 29, Mohawk warrior Ellen Gabriel talks to us about the importance of protecting Kanehsatà:ke Mohawk Territory - from the "Oka stand-off in 1990" to the current land issues in the media this week. Ellen was chosen by the People of the Longhouse and her community of Kanehsatà:ke to be their spokesperson during the 1990 “Oka” Crisis; to protect the Pines from the expansion of a 9 hole golf course in “Oka” and the removal of Kanien’kehá:ka ancestors from their burial grounds. She has been involved in every part of this issue and she shares some powerful insights into this issue and larger issues facing our sovereign Indigenous Nations. As mentioned in the podcast, here is the link to her blog entitled: Sovereign Voices 1: https://sovereignvoices1.wordpress.com/ Note: The information contained in this podcast is not legal, financial or medical advice, nor should it be relied on as such. 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 (photo by Alan Lissner used with permission by Ellen Gabriel)

"A stylish mourning wrap" from the Ladies' Home Journal, February 1892 Torey takes the reins this month, getting into why hair brooches were a cool thing, the importance of "reading" a mourner's clothing at the turn of the century, and how all of that changed in The Great War. She also attempted a deep dive into defining "comfort food," had some inconclusive lasagne adventures, and took a detour to the Oka Crisis as a result. Do you have go-to sympathy meals or food to turn to when comfort is hard to come by? Let us know--we'd love to hear about it. Your browser does not support the audio element. Thanks for listening! Find us online: Instagram @fashionablyateshow Facebook and Pinterest @fashionablyate Email us at fashionablyateshow@gmail.com Check our facts Food  Cooking for Others: A guide to giving sympathy meals from Simple Bites, a Montreal food blog How Paul Dewar is living and dying with love and community from the Ottawa Citizen, Matthew Pearson, September 2018 Historical Mourning Practices Observed among the Cree and Ojibway Indians of the Central Subarctic Paul Hackett, American Society for Ethnohistory, 2005. [Note: As Steph explains in the episode, the research and assumptions in this article are questionable by our standards and it should not be taken as a fully accurate or respectful portrayal of the people it purports to be about.] Death and mourning among migrants: Information guide by Laura Chéron-Leboeuf, Lilyane Rachédi and Catherine Montgomery, with the collaboration of Fabienne Siche. Narayan's story of mourning his father in Quebec first appears on page 16. Fashion Mourning After: The Victorian Celebration of Death from the Oshawa Community Museum Chapter Fourteen: Funerals from Emily Holt's Encyclopaedia of etiquette: What to write, what to do, what to wear, what to say; A book of manners for everyday use, published in Toronto 1901-1915 "The Fashion in Mourning Goods" by Isabel A. Mallon, The Ladies' Home Journal, Volume 9, February 1892 Death Becomes Her: The Dark Arts of Crepe and Mourning by Arabelle Sicardi for Jezebel, October 2014 "Marks of Grief: Black Attire, Medals, and Service Flags" by Suzanne Evans, from A Sisterhood of Suffering and Service: Women and Girls of Canada and Newfoundland in the First World War, ed. Sarah Glassford and Amy Shaw, UBC Press, 2012.

Stuart volunteered and worked at CKUT from 1991-95.  He worked in the Spoken Word and News Department.  He describes arriving at a time that spawned a lot of activism as it just followed the Oka Crisis and infamous Sex Garage also just following the Gulf War.  He describes what news gathering looked like during this period, receiving communiques in the mail, making cold calls  and organizing broadcasts on a bulletin board.  A time when people smoked a lot, right in the station, and embraced the misfits.  Stuart went on to cover news with Global News, CBS, SKY and is currently residing in Prague working for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 

First things first I want to say something quickly about Ma giving AFN (ASSembly of First Nations) a good old fashioned elder scolding. Then we get into the good stuff, Ma discusses her first job at the tender age of 13 and how a man from Kahnawake did a very sweet thing to help her out. Then we get into the biggie, when Ma got fired from Indian Affaires because she was barricaded behind razor wire and surrounded by the Van Doos!! Oh Canada! Hosted by - Kaniehtiio HornMa is Kahentinetha HornInstagram - coffeewithmymapodcasttwitter - coffeewithmymafacebook - coffeewithmymaemail - coffeewithmyma@gmail.comsound mixing by PennTraxxTheme - Kristi Lane SinclairLogo - Patrick HunterBirch Bark Coffee Co. www.birchbarkcoffeecompany.com

William and Alexander return from summer vacation to talk about Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance. Alanis Obomsawin's documentary captures the Oka Crisis of 1990 from behind the barricades. Also, Alexander's short on Kamloops and brief summer movies commentary. Download this episode here. (50 MB) Alanis Obomsawin's films are available for viewing on the NFB website. Find out more about the movie on IMDb: Kanehsatake.

A watershed moment for Canada's indigenous people as Mohawks take on the developers, the birth of UKIP in Britain, memories of the poet Irina Ratushinskaya who died earlier this month - plus dance music with ballet star Nureyev's defection and illegal raving in England's countryside. (PHOTO: A Mohawk activist confronts a soldier. Credit: IATV NEWS)

Indigenous Canadians objected to plans to develop a golf course on the site of a burial ground in Quebec in 1990. The dispute led to a summer-long siege between Mohawk protestors and Canadian security forces. Ellen Katsi'tsakwas Gabriel is a Mohawk activist who spoke to Rebecca Kesby about the crisis.Photo: A Mohawk activist confronts a soldier. Credit: IATV NEWS.

Indigenous Canadians objected to plans to develop a golf course on the site of a burial ground in Quebec in 1990. The dispute led to a summer-long siege between Mohawk protestors and Canadian security forces. Ellen Katsi'tsakwas Gabriel is a Mohawk activist who spoke to Rebecca Kesby about the crisis. Photo: A Mohawk activist confronts a soldier. Credit: IATV NEWS.

Alanis Obomsawin tells Carmel Kilkenny about her experiences during the Oka Crisis of 1990

Katerina Cizek is an innovative documentary storyteller who works across many media platforms. She’s currently the director of the National Film Board of Canada’s multi-year project entitled HIGHRISE, which examines life inside residential skyscrapers in suburbs around the world. Since it launched in 2009, HIGHRISE has generated interactive documentaries, mobile productions, live presentations, installations and films that have garnered Emmys, a Peabody, Webby Awards and recognition from the World Press Photo and IDFA Doc Lab, among others. On June 2, 2015, Kat and the NFB released the latest and final HIGHRISE project, “Universe Within,” that explores people’s digital lives online. In episode 11 of She Does podcast, Kat talks about her life growing up in Waterloo in the late 60’s, after her parents escaped the Russian invasion of what was then Czechoslovakia. About being at the frontlines of the Oka Crisis in Canada, a defining moment in her career and first-nations history. And her nearly 11-year relationship with the National Film Board of Canada through the Filmmaker in Residence and HIGHRISE projects. Kat helps us realize new ways to approaches technology in meaningful ways, and challenges us to evaluate our methods and ethics as storytellers. Our featured musicmaker this week is Audrey Ryan.

Harry Swain was Deputy Minister of Indian & Northern Affairs during the OKA Crisis