Small Conversations for a Better World Podcast

Susannah and Gillian get back to their roots with an in-depth conversation with Traditional Knowledge Keeper Red Stone Snake Woman, Jenny Sawanohk. Jenny does not shy away from telling it like it is about Truth and Reconciliation, decolonization, land back and the 8th Fire Prophesy. 

https://www.redstonesnakewoman.ca/

https://fncaringsociety.com/7-free-ways-make-difference

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arvol_Looking_Horse
Search for him on Youtube!

Remember Me: A National Day of Remembrance, Sept. 30, 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vzLFjbC8Lk

www.RememberMeSeptember30.org

Trick or Treaty Film  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAGHDrSRd4k

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Indigenous Canada via the University of Alberta

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In this episode we talk about the final three modules of the Indigenous Canada course including Indigenous in the City, Social Movements and Indigenous Art.

Wet’suwet’en: 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Canadian_pipeline_and_railway_protests

@hesquiaht Carol Anne Hilton, MBA
@helen_knott Helen Knott
@KimTallBear Kim TallBear
@DecolonizeWealth
@Qchasinghorse Quannah Chasinghorse
@_IllumiNatives IllumiNative 

National Association of Friendship Centres  https://nafc.ca/?lang=en

Neechi Commons https://neechi.ca/

First Nations Health Authority (FNHA) https://www.fnha.ca/
First Nations Health Council (FNHC) https://fnhc.ca/
First Nations Health Directors Association (FNDA) https://fnhda.ca/

Nadia Myre - http://www.nadiamyre.net/

“Indian Act” - https://150ans150oeuvres.uqam.ca/en/artwork/1876-indian-act-by-nadia-myre/#description

Christy Belcourt - http://www.christibelcourt.com/Artist/aboutstatement.html
“Walking with our Sisters” - http://walkingwithoursisters.ca/about/
Rebecca Bellmore - https://www.rebeccabelmore.com/
“Trace” - https://www.rebeccabelmore.com/trace/
Brian Jungen https://art21.org/artist/brian-jungen
Duane Linklater https://duanelinklater.com/

“Modest Livelihood”
https://www.banffcentre.ca/modest-livelihood#:~:text=Shot%20by%20a%20professional%20camera,three%20families%20as%20they%20hunt 

Indian Group of Seven: https://www.native-art-in-canada.com/indiangroupofseven.html
Bill Reid https://www.billreidgallery.ca/pages/about-bill-reid

The Frog Radio - @thefrogradio (IG)

The 1491s - Indigenous Improv Group
https://www.youtube.com/user/the1491s 

Do your own search for more Indigenous Creators.

Find the Indigenous Canada Course:
Indigenous Canada via Coursera.org
Indigenous Canada via the University of Alberta

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This conversation delves into the lives of Indigenous Girls, Women and Genderful People whose community status, societal roles and responsibilities have been irrevocably changed due to the heteronormative, patriarchal, and misogynist influence of colonial settler culture.

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Genderful

https://www.forbes.com/sites/afdhelaziz/2020/10/09/how-supercool-queer-owned-boy-smells-celebrates-a-genderful-lifestyle/?sh=142323df6794

Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men - March 2 2021 by Caroline Criado Perez

The Egg and the Sperm: How Science Has Constructed a Romance Based on Stereotypical Male Female Roles Author(s): Emily Martin  https://web.stanford.edu/~eckert/PDF/Martin1991.pdf

“Reclaiming Power and Place” Final Report
https://www.mmiwg-ffada.ca/final-report/

Metis Perspectives on Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women, Girls and LGBTQ2S+ People. https://metiswomen.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/LFMO-MMIWG-Report.pdf

Find the Indigenous Canada Course:
Indigenous Canada via Coursera.org
Indigenous Canada via the University of Alberta

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In this episode of our ongoing journey to learn more about the Indigenous experience of life in Canada, we explore what Indigenous relationship to the land really means. It's a whole lot more than finding a dot on a map! We're referencing Module 8 in the Indigenous Canada Course.

From Indigenous worldview to Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) to the impacts of settlement on Indigenous people, and to key legal decisions around Aboriginal Land Title:  we seek to understand the importance of the land in matters of economy, culture, health and spirituality.  We take a look at threats to Indigenous lands, and what's being done to address ongoing harms .

United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP)
UNDRIP Canada
UNDRIP BC

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Indigenous Canada via Coursera.org
Indigenous Canada via the University of Alberta

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By the 1970's and 80's, whether settler Canada understood it or not,  the reality was that generations of Indigenous people had attended and/or been scarred by the residential school system.  Traditional gender roles and ways of life had been flipped on their heads. As more indigenous folks moved into urban areas, they were bumping up against Canada's political and legal structures in new ways.  In this episode, we learn about pre-existing Indigeous political structures and the role of Indigenous leaders in patriating the Canadian constitution. We see the birth of important indigenous activism, known as Red Power,  and the ways that activism is evolving today. 

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Indigenous Canada via Coursera.org
Indigenous Canada via the University of Alberta

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This weeks episode centers around the events that bring the Indigenous people from the late 1800's into the modern time. The focus includes economic enterprises that the Indigenous people could engage in, the movement from the reservation to the cities and factors that pushed and pulled people off the reservations. Inherent here are conversations about resource extraction, changing gender roles imparted by the colonizers and how women were impacted by the Indian Act.

**Correction from the episode transcript: as of February, 2022 the CBC reported more than 1000 arrests related to the Fairy Creek Blockades.***

Kendi, Ibram X. How to Be an Antiracist. New York, NY: One World, 2019.

Hilton, Carol Anne. Indigenomics: Taking a Seat at the Economic Table. Gabriola Island, BC: LaVergne New Society Publishers, 2021

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Indigenous Canada via Coursera.org
Indigenous Canada via the University of Alberta

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The story of Indian Residential Schools is one of the darkest chapters in Canadian History.  Join us as we talk through the reality of Residential School: it's impacts on the children, parents, survivors and communities. This will give the background for what trauma experts are realizing is a pervasive influence on the health of the Indigenous people today.

Important  Links:

Indian Residential School Survivors Society
413 W Esplanade
North Vancouver, BC   V7M 1A6
Main: 604-985-4464
Fax: 604-985-0023
Toll-Free: 1-800-721-0066
Email: [email protected]

First Nations Health Authority
National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation
Truth and Reconciliation calls to Action - PDF

First Nations Child & Family Caring Society
Touchstones of Hope, Our Dreams Matter Too, Have a Heart

Project of Heart 

Book:
What Happened to You? Conversations on Trauma, Resilience and Healing
by Dr. Bruce Perry and Oprah Winfrey. Excellent book to give more detail about how childhood, adulthood and intergenerational trauma works.

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Indigenous Canada via the University of Alberta

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Come with us as we delve into Week 4 of the Indigenous Canada Course all about Legal Traditions. We will cover how Colonial ideas of law are different than Indigenous legal traditions, and how settlers utilized Colonial law to disrupt Indigenous cultural traditions of justice, systems of government, and trade.

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Indigenous Canada via the University of Alberta

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Susannah and Gillian cover week 3 of the Indigenous Canada course. This module covers the history of the treaty process in Canada from the Peace and Friendship Treaties all the way through the Modern Treaties. It is shown that the two sovereign nations involved in the treaties viewed the process of negotiation, and the content of each treaty very differently, giving perspective on the current land use conflicts.

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Indigenous Canada via Coursera.org
Indigenous Canada via the University of Alberta

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We're diving into learning about Indigenous History and Culture in Canada with the Indigenous Canada course, developed by the University of Alberta, Faculty of Native Studies. This week we cover a summary of what we learned in Weeks 1 and 2 of the course. We gain a better understanding of Indigenous Worldview and the events of the Fur Trade. These episodes are full of dates, and names, and events - chock full of learning, that set the stage for all that follow. See the links below to find the course for more thorough learning on your own time.
 
Find the Indigenous Canada Course:
Indigenous Canada via Coursera.org
Indigenous Canada via the University of Alberta

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