Native Currents

Native Currents

The biggest stories in Indian Country - a critical look.

  • 18 minutes 48 seconds
    Episode 123
    On this week's show, Glenn looks at the internal turmoil of the Indigenous Peoples Assembly of Canada (formerly the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples), which may lead to the ousting of National Chief Dwight Dorey.
    7 September 2016, 8:42 pm
  • 29 minutes 38 seconds
    Episode 122
    On this week's show, Steve and Glenn chat with Jarret Leaman, former executive director of the Aboriginal Professional Association of Canada, about the challenges of achieving professional success and maintaining authenticity as an Indigenous and Two-Spirited man.
    19 July 2016, 4:27 pm
  • 17 minutes 27 seconds
    Episode 121
    This week, Steve and Glenn chat with Julie Bull, who is of Inuit descent (NunatuKavut) from Labrador and a scholar in the ethics and governance of research involving Indigenous peoples, which is exploding in the "Reconciliation" era.
    10 July 2016, 8:08 pm
  • 23 minutes 55 seconds
    Episode 120
    Edward Cornwallis is known by most people in Nova Scotia as the founder of Halifax. But for Mi'kmaq people, he is a figure of violence and genocide. Among other things, Cornwallis issued a scalping proclamation and offered a bounty for every Mi'kmaq scalp delivered. Glenn Wheeler talks to freelance journalist and historian Jon Tattrie about Cornwallis and the campaign to have his name removed from buildings and other public assets.
    30 June 2016, 5:12 pm
  • 16 minutes 8 seconds
    Episode 119
    On this week's episode we put our regular co-host, Steven Vanloffeld in the hot seat as he discusses why he is seeking to become Chief of his home community - Saugeen First Nation. We discuss the challenges and the opportunities from a local and national perspective.
    20 June 2016, 7:10 pm
  • 15 minutes 53 seconds
    Episode 118
    On this week's show, Kinder Morgan pipeline play latest test of Trudeau's commitment to respect Indigenous rights, and Native Currents co-host runs for chief of Saugeen First Nation.
    14 June 2016, 7:28 pm
  • 23 minutes 4 seconds
    Native Currents: Episode 117
    On this week's show, on the 140th anniversary of the introduction of the racist Indian Act, a suicide crisis in Attawapiskat and an emergency debate in the House of Commons, and what could be a game-changer from the Supreme Court of Canada, confirmation that Metis and non-status Indians are entitled to constitutional protection.
    18 April 2016, 3:47 pm
  • 27 minutes 31 seconds
    Native Currents: Episode 116
    On this week's show we look at the need for Elder services among the prison inmate population; the invitation to the Pope to visit First Nations and formally apologize for Residential School abuses; the push on attracting tourism dollars to First Nation communities; and the controversy over the Cleveland "Caucasians" t-shirt.
    12 April 2016, 12:40 am
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