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MEDIA INDIGENA : Indigenous current affairs Rick Harp
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A weekly roundtable about Indigenous issues and events in Canada and beyond. Hosted by Rick Harp.
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Did media really just victim-blame a gunned-down Métis hunter?
This week, it's another 'MINI' INDIGENA, where we pack in sizzling-hot takes on a flurry of items via social audio. Joining host/producer Rick Harp on Friday, May 20 via the Callin app were MI regulars Ken Williams (assistant professor with the University of Albertaâs department of drama) and Trina Roache (Rogers Chair in Journalism at the University of Kingâs College) as they discussed:
⹠Might more and more settlers in Australia be finally taking climate change a tad more seriously now that it's made some of their homes effectively uninsurable?
⹠Did mainstream media really just victim-blame a gunned-down Métis hunter?
âą How a Reuters / Globe and Mail article ("Indigenous Canadians [sic] make a painful plea on eve of British royal visit") triggered many of Trina's pet peeves about reportage on Indigenous peoples;
âą monthly Patreon podcast supporter Courtney asks: "Should local First Nations hold approval/veto power over urban planning and land use decisions on their traditional territories?"
>> CREDITS: 'Blueprint' by Jahzzar (CC BY-SA 4.0);Â âIn Shadowsâ by William Ross Chernoff's Nomads (CC-BY); âFeeling Like A Delicate Cookieâ by Captive Portal (CC BY-SA 4.0) -
The Colonial Complications of Indigenous Reproductive Choice
For our eighth 'MINI' INDIGENA of the season, MI regular Kim TallBear (professor in the Faculty of Native Studies at the University of Alberta) and special guest January Rogers (Mohawk/Tuscarora poet, author, and media producer from Six Nations of the Grand River) join host/producer Rick Harp via the Callin app to discuss:
i) Jacqueline Keelerâs recent piece, âStriking Down Roe v. Wade Leaves Native Women and Girls Even More Vulnerableâ;
ii) why the time may be right for a Mister Indian World competition;
iii) how the pro sports team that brought us the âTomahawk Chopâ took it upon themselves to add their voice to National Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day;
iv) intersections between forced sterilization and criminalizing abortion
>> CREDITS: 'Microship' by CavalloPazzo (CC BY-SA 4.0) -
Looking HBCâs ill-gotten gift horse in the mouth
Gift or grift? When it comes to the spoils of colonialism, perhaps none have been more spoiled than the Hudsonâs Bay Company. A 17th century creature of empire which drove a global fur trade, HBC would go on to make itself synonymous with Canada, blanketed in the countryâs foundational myths. Along the way, exploiting and extracting all it could from Indigenous lands, waters and peoples. These days, such nationalist nostalgia has taken a bit of a hit, it seems; so too, The Bayâs days of department store dominance. Which may help explain the companyâs recent embrace of a novel way to launder its reputation: by handing over one of its most iconic buildings to a First Nations organization. But can this present make up for its past? Will this ultimate fixer-upper help renovate the Relationshipâor just expose the gargantuan cracks in its foundations?
Joining host/producer Rick Harp to construct an answer to these questions and more are roundtable regular Ken Williams, assistant professor with the University of Albertaâs department of drama, along with special guest Adele Perry, Distinguished Professor of History and the Director of the Centre for Human Rights Research at the University of Manitoba.
// CREDITS: Our opening/closing theme is 'nesting' by birocratic. -
How Canada sprinkles 'Reconciliation' on First Nations then tells them it's raining (ep 287)
Another week, another 'MINI' INDIGENA (our seventh of the season), where host/producer Rick Harp is joined by yet another pairing of APTN National News alumni, Trina Roache (Rogers Chair in Journalism, University of Kingâs College) and special guest Tim Fontaine (Editor-in-Grand-Chief of Walking Eagle News) as they all discuss:
i) how a brutal editorial cartoon out of Simcoe County, Ontario about the Popeâs so-called 'apology' regarding residential schools has itself prompted not one but two apologies
ii) whether anyone's got a decent working definition of decolonization
iii) whether 'Reconciliation' is on the brink, if not outright over the edge, of becoming little more than a catch-phrase for Canadians
iv) the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe's use of ancient DNA to try and support its claim for federal recognition by the U.S. government
// CREDITS: 'Make Love' and 'Everything You Ever Dreamed' by Holizna; 'Clouds' by Lucien Kemper x Fachhochschule Dortmund -
Is it time to toss 'Indigenous' categories for mainstream arts awards? (ep 286)
For our sixth-ever 'MINI' INDIGENA, host/producer Rick Harp is joined by roundtable regularsâand fellow APTN National News alumniâKen Williams (assistant professor, University of Albertaâs department of drama) and Trina Roache (Rogers Chair in Journalism, University of Kingâs College) to discuss:
i) how some in Maine fear tribes potentially regaining some measure of sovereignty means they'll âflex their muscleâ on environmental, fish and wildlife, and economic development;
ii) whether the recent haul of hardware by Indigenous creatives at the Canadian Screen Awards means we can now get rid of special âIndigenousâ categories;
iii) how rampant and illegal poaching threatens wild white sage in California;
iv) whether those who toppled the controversial âGassy Jackâ statue in downtown Vancouver were out of line for not first checking with regional Indigenous people
>> CREDITS: 'Blueprint' by Jahzzar (CC BY-SA 4.0);Â âIn Shadowsâ by William Ross Chernoff's Nomads (CC-BY); âFeeling Like A Delicate Cookieâ by Captive Portal (CC BY-SA 4.0) -
Getting Real With Artificial Intelligence
Hardly a day goes by it seems without news of some ârevolutionaryâ A.I.-driven tool ushering in a brave new world. Less said is whoâll be left out or left behind. Which is why, when it comes to Indigenous content, some fear much of artificial intelligence remains superficial ignorance. But can âThe Cloudâ incorporate culture? Can we Indigenize as we digitize? And can the digital be made relational?
Joining host/producer Rick Harp to tangle with these tricky, trippy questions and more are Kim TallBear, professor in the Faculty of Native Studies at the University of Alberta, and Trina Roache, Rogers Chair in Journalism at the University of Kingâs College.
// CREDITS: Our opening/closing theme is 'nesting' by birocratic.
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