Native Calgarian

Returning guest, Chad Cowie, from Hiawatha FN, you can follow on Twitter @ChadCowie as we discuss his political views on sovereignty, voting and his article. https://theconversation.com/a-vote-for-canada-or-indigenous-nationhood-the-complexities-of-first-nations-metis-and-inuit-participation-in-canadian-politics-169312

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Richard Hehr is a retired teacher, an Elvis impersonator, #yycbe former trustee for Wards 8 and 9 till 2021, husband to former trustee Judy Hehr and father of Kent Hehr. (He has grandkids and lots of other family too!)

Shelley Nearing (returning guest) and we discuss Indigenous Disability month. Shelley is a neurodivergent individual with many different human rights passions but mainly focuses on the disability movement and the rights of the Indigenous community. She holds a Masters of Disability and Community Studies from the University of Calgary. She enjoys reading about human rights issues of all areas and tabling at events where she gets to deepen her understanding of the issues.

Returning guest, Cory Ashley, husband of the late Lillian Ashley, giving us an update on her case. Contact Cory: [email protected] and support his work: https://www.facebook.com/Racism-Racial-profiling-when-will-it-end-103200758472114

Catherine Whelan Costen, author, artist, & talk show host is the guest. Her son was killed in a vehicle rollover in 2012. He was 1 of 5 in the vehicle, & three were killed instantly. The headlines read, they may NOT have been wearing seatbelts. That was a lie. The #cdnmedia said they got the info from RCMP. The RCMP told her that because this accident made national headlines, they used it to promote wearing seatbelts. Follow her at @ClarityWhisper on Twitter. claritywhispererartandsoul.com

Chapter's and Chat Bookclub discussing the book Split Tooth Split Tooth, the debut novel by Canadian musician Tanya Tagaq. Based in part on her own personal journals, the book tells the story of a young Inuk woman growing up in the Canadian Arctic in the 1970s. The book has been described as a blend of fiction, memoir, poetry and Inuit folklore.

I humbly apologize to Mayoral Candidate, Grace Yan, when she had submitted her answers to the Reconciliation Action Group by the Sept. 30th deadline. She speaks on her connection to the Indigenous community and more!
https://www.graceyanformayor.com/
Reconciliation Action Group mayoral candidate answers: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qgFE6n6iP0faMWH_MyTDym5fXVPuMiea/view

With the election coming up, I talk about the Lethbridge and Calgary candidates, the Indigneous movie Night Raiders that all settlers should see and ID-ing a youth to get into a restaurant in Calgary. I encourage you to help someone in your life to access podcasts.

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Today we were lucky to have Chief Greg from Frog Lake FN and filmmaker, and ex-engineer, Gillian McKercher join us to tell us about the doc "Orphaned" exploring the huge task of cleaning up thousands of idle oil and gas wells in the prairies
https://gem.cbc.ca/media/absolutely-canadian/s21e31?cmp=sch-orphaned