MEDIA INDIGENA 346 (Patreon)

From perogies to pemmican: what can two men switched at birth tell us about Indigenous belonging? ⇄ MI 346

ON THIS WEEK’S INDIGENOUS ROUNDTABLE:

In this back half of our longer-than-expected mini INDIGENA, host/producer Rick Harp picks up where he left off (drinking deeply of coffee, commodity fetishism and character actor Wallace Shawn) with Kim TallBear (University of Alberta professor in the Faculty of Native Studies and Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Peoples, Technoscience and Society) and Candis Callison (UBC Associate Professor in the Institute for Critical Indigenous Studies and the School for Public Policy and Global Affairs), as they discuss:

• Two men swapped at birth – one Indigenous, one white – finally get apology The Guardian

• '“Red River Métis man switched at birth receives MMF citizenship” Manitoba Métis Federation

• 'Long time coming:' Manitoba premier apologizes to two men switched at birth in 1955 CTV News

• Métis citizenship gives man switched at birth new lease on life Winnipeg Free Press

• Navajo word for beautiful at center of controversy ICT

• BC United candidate sparks debate on use of ‘British Columbians’ to refer to Indigenous Peoples Richmond News

• “People are living on streets & dying on waitlists and the NDP is spending our taxes on this nonsense”: tweet by @NVanCaroline

• “…asked if I’d support re-naming British Columbia… A hard No.” @NVanCaroline

• Highlights from the Report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples CIRNAC

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