When Canada’s Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Marc Miller says “it’s time to give land back”, what does he really mean? In this episode, Angela puts questions from Indigenous land defenders to the Minister and asks why governments talk abou

E5: A Village Burned

Dec 5th, 2022 39m 1s

In 1913, the Squamish village of Sen̓áḵw is burned and residents are barged away to make room for the developing city of Vancouver. Eventually, a slice of that land is reclaimed, and now, the Squamish Nation is developing a mega-project. Angela

E4: The Bridge

Nov 29th, 2022 34m 20s

Near the ruins of a residential school, three Sto:lo nations reclaim 60 hectares of Crown land in the Fraser Valley. Angela walks with a survivor on the concrete slabs of the former institution, learns about taking this land back, and hears abo

E3: The Dream

Nov 28th, 2022 32m 49s

Healing on the land is a dream for many Indigenous people, and it’s the goal of the Unist'ot'en resistance camp in Wet’suwet’en territory. Angela visits the camp and meets three generations of women committed to this vision. But she encounters

E2: War Zone

Nov 22nd, 2022 39m 41s

Sleydo’ faces down police raids on the frontlines of the conflict between the Coastal Gaslink pipeline and Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs. But she’s also a mom hustling between birthday parties, building a life on the land, and reclaiming her c

E1: The Eviction

Nov 15th, 2022 49m 4s

Is evicting settlers what we mean when Indigenous people say “land back”? In 1991, a Gitxsan clan serves eviction notice to a white couple building a house on their territory. They’ve become stuck in the middle of a monumental Aboriginal rights

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Introducing Land Back

Nov 1st, 2022 1m 37s

Gitxsan Host and investigative journalist Angela Sterritt takes listeners inside the blockades, court cases, and elder's kitchens in this six-part series, Land Back to hear what the political slogan actually means, launching November 15th.