FPSE

Chapter 6 | The Grassroots Struggle: Defenders of the Land and Idle No More | Written and read by Shiri Pasternak.

Shiri Pasternak is the author of Grounded Authority: The Algonquins of Barriere Lake Against the State, published by the University of Minnesota Press in 2017, about the Algonquins’ rejection of the federal land claims policy in Canada from the perspective of Indigenous law and jurisdiction. She holds a PhD from the Department of Geography at the University of Toronto and is currently an Assistant Professor of Criminology at Ryerson University, Toronto. | Produced by Banchi Hanuse at Nuxalk Radio | nuxalkradio.com.

Chapter 5 | The Grassroots Struggle: Defenders of the Land and Idle No More | Written by Arthur Manuel; read by Mahekan Anderson.

Arthur Manuel was one of the giants of the Indigenous movement within Canada and internationally. He served as chief of his Neskonlith Indian band and chairman of the Shuswap Nation Tribal Council as well as co-chair of the North American and Global Indigenous Caucus at the U.N. Permanent Forum on Indigenous Peoples. He was also co-author, along with Grand Chief Ronald Derrickson, of the award-winning book Unsettling Canada: A National Wake-up Call. Arthur Manuel passed away in January 2017. Lorimer Press published his second book, The Reconciliation Manifesto, also co-authored with Grand Chief Derrickson, in the fall of 2017. | Produced by Banchi Hanuse at Nuxalk Radio | nuxalkradio.com.

Chapter 4 | The Indian Act – The Foundation of Colonialism in Canada | Written and read by Russell Diabo.

Russell Diabo is one of the leading voices in the decolonial struggle in Canada. He was for many years a policy advisor at the Assembly of First Nations and now serves in that role for the Algonquin Nation Secretariat, and he is Senior Policy Advisor to the Algonquin Wolf Lake First Nation. He is also editor and publisher of an online newsletter on First Nations political and legal issues, the First Nations Strategic Bulletin.

He is a member of the Mohawk Nation at Kahnawake, and part of the Defenders of the Land Network. | Produced by Banchi Hanuse at Nuxalk Radio | nuxalkradio.com.

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Chapter 3 | From Dispossession to Dependency | Written by Arthur Manuel; read by Mahekan Anderson.

Arthur Manuel was one of the giants of the Indigenous movement within Canada and internationally. He served as chief of his Neskonlith Indian band and chairman of the Shuswap Nation Tribal Council as well as co-chair of the North American and Global Indigenous Caucus at the U.N. Permanent Forum on Indigenous Peoples. He was also co-author, along with Grand Chief Ronald Derrickson, of the award-winning book Unsettling Canada: A National Wake-up Call. Arthur Manuel passed away in January 2017. Lorimer Press published his second book, The Reconciliation Manifesto, also co-authored with Grand Chief Derrickson, in the fall of 2017. | Produced by Banchi Hanuse at Nuxalk Radio | nuxalkradio.com.

Chapter 2 | Crown Title: A Legal Lie | Written and read by Sharon Venne

Sharon Venne, a lawyer and member of the Cree Nation who has worked on the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) and with First Nations communities on the implementation of their own legal systems. She has played an active role in the national and international struggles of many Indigenous peoples, including the Lubicon Cree and Dene Nation. She has a Masters of Law degree from the University of Alberta, and is presently a doctoral candidate, writing a thesis on treaty rights of Indigenous peoples and international law. | Produced by Banchi Hanuse at Nuxalk Radio | nuxalkradio.com.

Chapter 1 | It's All About the Land | Written and read by Taiaiake Alfred

Taiaiake Alfred (PhD—Cornell University) is an author, educator and activist from Kahnawake and internationally recognized Kanien’kehaka professor at the University of Victoria. He was the founding director of the Indigenous Governance Program and was awarded a Canada Research Chair 2003–2007, in addition to a National Aboriginal Achievement Award in education. He is the author of Wasáse: Indigenous Pathways of Action and Freedom, Peace, Power, Righteousness: an Indigenous Manifesto, and Heeding the Voices of Our Ancestors. | Produced by Banchi Hanuse at Nuxalk Radio | nuxalkradio.com.

Preface | Written and read by Bev Sellers

Bev Sellars was chief of the Xat’sull (Soda Creek) First Nation in Williams Lake, British Columbia, for more than twenty years, and she now serves as a member of its Council. She earned a degree in history from the University of Victoria and a law degree from the University of British Columbia. She published They Called Me Number One in 2013 as a memoir of her childhood experience in the Indian Residential School system. The book won the 2014 George Ryga Award for Social Awareness, and was shortlisted for the 2014 Hubert Evans Non-fiction Prize.

| Produced by Banchi Hanuse at Nuxalk Radio | nuxalkradio.com.

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