Category: Anishinaabe

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Neecha Dupuis on Nov 21 2016 protest outside of Kenora lawyer Doug Keshen

November 21, 2016 Neecha Dupuis speaks about the protest outside the offices of Doug Keshan, the lawyer for her nation’s government. Neecha and her group are demanding that Keshan and her nation’s leadership share...

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Rez Quest #25 – Reppin the Tribe with Isaac Murdoch

In this episode Wes chills with his brother Isaac Murdoch. The focus is on culture and the Indian Act. Isaac is an artist, activist and all around bushman. You can follow him on Twitter: @IsaacMurdoch1 or...

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Telling Our Stories: Elder Vern Harper speaks with Gary Wassaykeesic

Elder Vern Harper is a respected Indigenous elder who lives in Toronto. He was interviewed by Gary Wassaykeesic and Zach Ruiter for Real Peoples Media on January 11th of 2017.

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Gary Wassaykeesic’s forty year quest to find his mother’s murderer

Originally Published on Sep 8, 2015 on Net News Ledger THUNDER BAY – Gary Wassaykeesic says that he felt that the world stopped and everything went quiet. After thirty-nine years, Gary Wassaykeesic was standing in a...

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Island of thieves: A controversy over land and fairness at Shoal Lake 40

Themla Fair is a traditional healer from Shoal Lake 40. In this interview she talks about a local land dispute that she is involved in, and her conflict with the local band office in...

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Neecha Dupuis on planned Savant Lake gold mine and lack of consultation with grassroots people

Niisha Kwe, a member of the Ojibway Nation of Saugeen 258, speaks with Real People’s Media about her community’s concerns about a planned gold mine on her peoples territory and the lack of consultation...

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Vanessa Gray speaks about shutting down Line 9

Vanessa Gray is one of three land defenders who has been criminally charged for allegedly taking direct action to manually shut down a valve on Enbridge’s Line 9. Real Peoples Media spoke to Vanessa...

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Genocide, Racism and Canada Day: An Algonquin-Anishinaabekwe love letter

By Lynn Gehl Gii-Zhigaate-Mnidoo-Kwe Living in Canada as I do, I encounter proud Canadians all the time, more so around the time of Canada Day celebrations.  The commonly held view put forward by these...