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"Colonial Problems rebranded as 'Indigenous Issues'"

On March 1, 2021 The Globe and Mail published a front page news story on the "Water Crisis" in Indigenous communities, and the federal government's failure to meet their self-imposed deadline of March 31st to resolve long-term boil water advisories on First Nations reserves. Métis scholar and writer Mike Gouldhawke visits with Sara Mai to unpack his take on this "colonial problem rebranded as Indigenous issues." Follow Mike on Twitter: @m_gouldhawke

Walking Along Deshkan Ziibing with Summer Bressette

In this mini-episode created for Indigenous Awareness Week 2021 at Western University, Summer Bressette of Kettle and Stony Point First Nation tells Sara Mai about her take on land acknowledgments, relationships to land, Deshkan Ziibing and Indigenous nationhood. If you're in London, ON, go for a walk along the river and take this episode with you.

Visiting with Dr. Diana Lewis

In episode one Sara Mai visits with Dr Diana Lewis, a Mikmaq researcher and Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography and Environment and Indigenous Studies program, at Western University. They discuss Mikmaq connections to land, community-led research approaches and the concept of Two-Eyed Seeing, as Dr. Lewis tells the story of how she came to research collaboratively with Pictou Landing First Nation to document the impact of effluent from a pulp mill on the community, and land.