Bruce Clark on judicial suppression, Reuben George on Transmountain, John Schertow on intl scene

Program Title: Ongoing Genocide and the Plight of Indigenous Peoples in Canada and Abroad
Description: This week's episode marks National Indigenous Peoples Day (in Canada). We therefore present interviews thematically linked with Indigenous struggles and resistance in Canada and around the world. Our first guest, Bruce Clark PhD, elaborates on his thesis that the legal system in Canada has been utilizing instruments to suppress Indigenous sovereignty in law and that it therefore is culpable in genocide. Our next guest, Reuben George, a representative of Tsleil Waututh Nation on the Canadian West Coast talks about his community's dissatisfaction with the Federal government's consultation process over the Trans-Mountain pipeline expansion. Our last guest, John Ahniwanika Schertow discusses significant struggles of Indigenous peoples in India and the Middle East.

Host(s): Michael Welch
Featured Speakers/Guests: Reuben George, John Ahniwanika Schertow, Bruce Clark

Credits: interviews by Michael Welch
music: Sunset Ceremony by David and Steve Gordon from the album Sacred Earth Drums

Comments: The show begins with an excerpt from the Resonating Reconciliations series from the National Community Radio Association. This excerpt was from radio station CITR in Vancouver, B.C. The series can be found at ncra.ca/resonating/documentaries