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In this episode, law students Elizabeth Hicks and Jason Quinn speak with Professor Douglas Sanderson (Amo Binashii) and Andrew Stobo Sniderman about their new award-winning book Valley of the Birdtail: An Indian Reserve, A White Town, and the Road to Reconciliation.  In the latter half of the episode, Elizabeth checks in with two members of UofT's Kawaskimhon Moot Team: Tomas Jirousek and Hayley VandePol (who are also co-presidents of the Indigenous Law Students Association).

This episode was recorded in April 2023.

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MIIGWETCH/NIA:WEN/MARSEE/WELA'LIOQ to this episode's guests: Professor Douglas Sanderson (Amo Binashii), Andrew Stobo Sniderman, Tomas Jirousek, and Hayley VandePol.
Thank you to the Indigenous Law Students Association and Indigenous Initiatives Offiice.

CREDITS
Interviewers:
Elizabeth Hicks is a 1L student in the Faculty of Law. She is of Mi'kmaw and settler heritage from Newfoundland and Labrador. She is the Program Assistant at the IIO.
Jason Quinn is a 1L student and is of Métis and Ukrainian heritage from Winnipeg, Manitoba (Treaty 1).
Music by: Jordan Jamieson, Tyrell King, Mark Green, and Kathy Jamieson. Song mixed by Conlin Delbaere-Sawchuk.
Artwork: Miigwetch to the late Jay Bell Redbird for his painting, A Meeting Place for All Our Relations, and to Adam Kouri for assistance with the artwork for 28.
Admin: Julie Ann Shepard and Terry Gardiner
Producer/editor: Elizabeth Hicks