"The fact that DRIPA was passed unanimously needs to be underscored. This wasn't an agenda of the New Democratic Party government, it's something that was embraced by all representatives of the people of British Columbia and I can't underscore how important that is."

As BC's Minister of Indigenous Relations it is Murray Rankins job to implement Bill 40, the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act or DRIPA, which was passed into law in 2019. National Chief Bellegarde asks him about the successes and challenges of implementing DRIPA, what lessons can be learned by Ottawa as Parliaments debates a federal version of that law, based on the UN Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. They also discuss the place of First Nations law in Canada's legal system and how to overcome Systemic Racism.

​A big thanks goes out to the Red Dog Singers of Treaty 4 Territory in Saskatchewan for our theme song, Intertribal.

The Ahkameyimok Podcast is produced by David McGuffin of Explore Podcast Productions in Ottawa.

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