Medicine for the Resistance

Jaleesa and Tiffany came to Canada as refugees because of the challenges and dangers of living as LGBTQ people in their native Barbados.

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Patty and Kerry talk about the Bill Cosby conviction in contrast to the Kavanaugh hearings and find joy in Cree member of parliament Romeo Saganash's unparliamentary behaviour. Shoutout to meme lord Arnell Tailfeathers.

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Tala Tootoosis talks about her own journey to healing through traditional knowledge and the willingness to fight for her community. Through social work and ribbon skirt teachings, Tala helps us stand up and assert space as Indigenous people.

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Naku Sikawayne talks with Medicine for the Resistance about Adinkra symbols and how important symbols are in communicating. We live surrounded by symbols, from the stop signs on the roads to graffiti tags.

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What would be end of colonization look like? Conversation with self described indiginerd and founder of Indigenous comic-con about comics, futurism, and the unbridled utopic vision that only those who have already experienced an apocalypse can have.

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Indigenous people often talk about their responsibilities, which can feel burdensome and hard. Zainab provides a lovely and necessary reframe: our ability to respond in this moment. What am I able to do. And we talk about what Black and Indigenous people have to offer this apocalyptic world we find ourselves in.

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Story is a tool for erasing and controlling people, but it is also a way to reclaim and stake out identity. From the transformational power of tricksters, through the keepers of Indigenous knowledge, to the re-creative hope of futurism Indigenous Story matters. Some of the Indigenous futurists mentioned by Daniel (and others who deserve mention) are Chelsea Vowell, Elizabeth LaPensée, Karyn Recollet, Lou Cornum, Grace Dillon, Skawenatti, Lindsay Nixon, Rebecca Roanhorse. Get your pen out to jot down many others ...

A list of the Indigenous spec fic (or, to use the term I prefer, “wonderworks”) writers he refers to is on Daniel's website here:
http://danielheathjustice.com/publications/#reviews_section

And of course his recent book "Why indigenous literatures matter."

Buckle up.

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Conversation with Kwame Pitts about walking that dual path with ancestors and christianity.

https://www.mysticsoulproject.com/

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M4R talks with Regional Chief of Ontario Isadore Day about Indigenous nationhood and the role of the Assembly of First Nations.

Article by Art Manuel is good background for this discussion - https://warriorpublications.wordpress.com/2013/10/30/colonial-oppression-at-elsipogtog-right-to-self-determination/#more-2809

This one, also by Manuel, gets at the centrality of returning land - http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/views-expressed/2017/01/until-canada-gives-indigenous-people-their-land-back-there-ca

Russ Diabo piece about the AFN and a memorandum of understanding that Isadore refused to sign - https://ricochet.media/en/1894/trudeau-is-putting-the-con-in-reconciliation

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Conversation with Reverend Aina-nia Ayo'dele about the feminine and building connections with each other and the broader community.

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