Native Calgarian

This is a very graphic episode with violence and gender reassignment details to honour our friend Izzy’s journey and to honour the Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR)

Deedra Salange Ladouceur is a Calgary based Métis creator, performer, musician and artist.  She created Ghost - Return to Mourning which is being released on Saturday November 21, online.  Find her on Facebook for more information.

I am joined by my friend and a wonderful Indigenous woman, Celina Tibo.  We talk about domestic violence, immune system issues, raising mixed kids and the newest Calgary Police video of the Black woman being brutalized.

I am joined by members of the CommunityWise Indigenous Advisory Group to talk about their Accountability to Indigenous Communities Project

This episode of Native Calgarian is sponsored by CommunityWise Resource Centre as part of their Anti-Racism Organizational Change (AROC) work.  It was made in support of a project funded by the Alberta Human Rights and Multiculturalism Fund.

Making her debut in the podcast world, Autumn Eaglespeaker joins me for a great conversation!

21 Things You May Not Know About The Indian Act is the essential guide to understanding the legal document and its repercussion on generations of Indigenous Peoples, written by a leading cultural sensitivity trainer. Since its creation in 1876, the Indian Act has shaped, controlled, and constrained the lives and opportunities of Indigenous Peoples, and is at the root of many enduring stereotypes.

Carl joins me to talk about some of the issues Métis have to face, reconciliation with a municipality in Alberta, and more.

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Talking about violence towards Indigenous fishing rights, violence towards anti-racist protestors peacefully assembling, and the failure of the RCMP to do anything about these situations.   Also, I was contacted about a new book out, available on Amazon, called Restoring the History of St. Paul des Métis.  

Did you know lots of Indian Residential Schools are now on private farmland? #Landback Also, an update on the Sisters in Spirit Vigil in Calgary, the MMIWG2T weekend, Justice for Joey English, racism and Ginsberg, and Mi’kmaw situation.

Some guy joins me to discuss the profiting off Indigenous lives through funeral services as another arm of genocide.  If you have experienced racism in the funeral industry he would love to hear from you.