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WATCH: Art Manuel on the struggle for Indigenous rights and sovereignty

Arthur Manuel (1951 – January 11, 2017) was a First Nations political leader in Canada. He was four times elected chief (1995–2003) and three times elected chair of the Shuswap Nation Tribal Council (1997–2003). During this period, he served as spokesperson of the Interior Alliance of B.C. Indigenous nations and he was at the forefront of the Indigenous logging initiative. He also co-chaired the Assembly of First Nations Delgamuukw Implementation Strategic Committee (DISC) that was mandated to develop a national strategy to compel the federal government to respect the historic Supreme Court decision on Aboriginal title and rights.

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Indigenous rights Indigenous Sovereignty land defence anti-colonialism Art Manuel

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Talking Radical Radio
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Grassroots Indigenous organizing against the Site C dam

October 12, 2016
| Helen Knott talks about the grassroots opposition among Indigenous people to the proposed Site C dam.
Length: 28:22 minutes (25.98 MB)
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Building Indigenous unity through the Wild Salmon Caravan

June 10, 2015
| Eddie Gardner and Dawn Morrison talk about the Wild Salmon Caravan, a journey from B.C.'s headwaters to the sea in defence of wild salmon, water and Indigenous sovereignty.
Length: 28:29 minutes (26.08 MB)
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Grassroots Dene people defending the land in northern Saskatchewan

March 25, 2015
| Don Montgrand and Candyce Paul talk about the Northern Dene Trappers Alliance, highway blockades, defending the land, and cultural resurgence.
Length: 28:16 minutes (25.89 MB)
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Sacred site or land development? Competing visions for the Chaudière Islands

Image: The British Library/flickr

Douglas Cardinal, architect of the Canadian Museum of Civilization and other well-known buildings, spoke on The Vision for the National Historic Site at the Sacred Chaudière Falls at the Peoples' Social Forum, Thursday, August 21 in Ottawa.

The Chaudière Falls were considered sacred by speakers of Algonquin languages, living throughout North America from the Atlantic to the Rockies. Some made long pilgrimages and honoured the area with prayer and tobacco ceremonies. The circular rapids below the falls were seen as a place where the wheel of life spins, symbolized by the bowl of the sacred pipe. They emitted a distinct sound heard for miles around.

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This Week on Media Mornings: Jul 13—Bob Rae—Oil train disaster—RCMP probe PMO—Dechinta Indigenous land school

July 13, 2013
| This Week on Media Mornings is a weekly independent Canadian and global news hour, featuring the top headlines and commentators from the past week.
Length: 1:03:25 minutes (58.07 MB)
Aw@l
Aw@l

Invoking Nationhood, Resisting Colonisation - Oshkimaadziig Unity Camp

January 7, 2013
| The Oshkimaadziig Unity camp, located at Council Rock near Midland, in Ontario is invoking Anishnabek nationhood in a direct way. Kalin Stacy of the GRMC speaks to Gibwinasi, a camp spokesperson.
Length: 36:49 minutes (33.72 MB)
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Resisting reversal: Stopping the tar sands in Ontario

July 6, 2012
| An interview with Stop the Tar Sands KW representative Paisley Cozzarin on the proposed flow reversal of the Enbridge Line 9 pipeline in southern Ontario to precipitate shipping tar sands crude east.
Length: 28:28
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Defenders of the land: Indigenous survival and liberation in times of collapse

March 28, 2010
| Waziytawin is a Dakota writer, scholar, and activist, who urges Indigenous People as well as non-Indigenous to think seriously about the threats of collapse and the need for land defence.
Length: 49:25
Healing the Earth
Healing the Earth

Interview with Dave Schultz, Manager of Communications with the Grand River Conservation Authority

September 2, 2009
| Dave Schultz is the Manager of Communications for the GRCA, and this interview is about the culvert construction for the Hanlon Creek Business Park, and the City's bid to extend the deadline.
Length: 10:46 minutes (7.4 MB)
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