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MEDIA INDIGENA 177

ON THIS WEEK’S INDIGENOUS ROUNDTABLE:

Get ready for the not-so-amazing race to form Canada’s next government! That’s right: it’s federal election time from now until October 21. But will Indigenous interest...

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MEDIA INDIGENA 176

ON THIS WEEK'S INDIGENOUS ROUNDTABLE:

From the second it hit social media, the new ad campaign for the House of Dior’s so-called ‘2019-09-08 04:44:34 +0000 UTC View Post

MEDIA INDIGENA 175

☀ THE LAST EPISODE IN OUR SUMMER 2019 SERIES ☀ 

On this week’s collected, connected conversations: the serious business of self-Indigenization. On its face, Indigenous identity would seem simple to understand; if you chose to look past the colonial elephant in the room, that is. ...

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MEDIA INDIGENA 174

THE EIGHTH EPISODE IN OUR SUMMER SERIES:

On this week’s collected, connected conversations: comprehending and  combating climate change. And as our current crisis continues to heat up the planet, it’s also lit a fire under MEDIA INDIGENA. That’s partly  because we know that ...

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MEDIA INDIGENA 173

SHOW 7 IN OUR SUMMER SERIES:

On this week’s collected, connected conversations: the other half of our two-part look at remaking the Indigenous family. Last episode<...

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MEDIA INDIGENA 172

EPISODE 6 IN OUR SUMMER SERIES!

On this episode’s collected, connected conversations: Part One of “Re-making the Indigenous Family.” 

Said to be among society’s most sacrosanct institutions, 'The Family' is a core site and source of social reproduction. But is the Settler...

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MEDIA INDIGENA 171

🌞 EPISODE 5 IN OUR SUMMER SERIES

On this week’s collected, connected conversations: how core concepts of Christianity continue to inspire and infuse the laws, attitudes and  actions of supposedly secular Settler states toward Indigenous peoples. 

Featured voices thi...

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MEDIA INDIGENA 170

🌞 EPISODE 4 IN OUR SUMMER SERIES: 

On this week’s collected, connected conversations: reckoning with Reconciliation. 

But what exactly is 'Reconciliation'? How should it happen? How will we know it's happened? Questions that arise time and time again on our podcast. Q...

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MEDIA INDIGENA 169

🌞 EPISODE 3 IN OUR SUMMER SERIES: 

On this week’s collected, connected conversations, we head to the lab to put Science under the microscope. From archaeology to genetics to the ethics of biological research, Indigenous people are commonly subjects of study. Studies that often g...

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MEDIA INDIGENA 168 🌞

EPISODE 2 OF OUR SUMMER SERIES 🌞

This week’s collected, connected conversations (the second in our series of summertime shows) feature a focus on the media. 

From blatant double-standards, to persistent narratives of First Nations ‘failure,’ to victim-blaming, Canadian...

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MEDIA INDIGENA 167

OUR SUMMER 2019 SERIES BEGINS 🌞 Given how all of our Summer Series shows dig deep into our archives, perhaps it’s only fitting that our first episode of the season explores history and heroes. Although, as you’ll hear, what constitutes the latter is certainly in the eye of the beholder. View Post

MEDIA INDIGENA SHIFTS TO SUMMER

Hello Friends of MEDIA INDIGENA!

With Solstice 2019 come and gone, we've been busy putting the final touches on our second-ever Summer Series. As we do, we wanted to let you know about some changes coming to the show, changes you may not even notice, but which will definitely make a diffe...

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MEDIA INDIGENA 166

ON THIS WEEK'S INDIGENOUS ROUNDTABLE: 

Vetting the V-Word. “Victims” and “victimhood”—it's controversial conceptual territory for many, and depending on your vantage point, distressing for different reasons. In this, our third and final look at reactions stir...

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MEDIA INDIGENA 165

ON THIS WEEK'S INDIGENOUS ROUNDTABLE:

What’s in a word? Well, when that word is "genocide"  and you’re part of Canada’s mostly-white, mostly-male commentariat... nothing, apparently? And if you’re like the Prime Minister, the word supposedly matters much less t...

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MEDIA INDIGENA 164

ON THIS WEEK'S INDIGENOUS ROUNDTABLE: 

This episode, the first of a two-part look at the Final Report of Canada's National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. (Scroll down to lear...

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MEDIA INDIGENA 163

ON THIS WEEK'S INDIGENOUS ROUNDTABLE:

State of Alienation. It was a country that didn’t even exist 120 years ago. Yet, today, authorities in Australia are convinced they’re somehow justified in declaring certain Indigenous people to be 2019-05-29 07:13:22 +0000 UTC View Post

MEDIA INDIGENA 162

ON THIS WEEK'S INDIGENOUS ROUNDTABLE:

Raising (and removing) red flags in Saskatchewan. A small Prairie village suddenly finds itself at the ...

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MEDIA INDIGENA 161

ON THIS WEEK'S INDIGENOUS ROUNDTABLE:

Earth’s bio-diversity death spiral: can we change course? A new United Nations study paints a dark picture of the future, a future pret...

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MEDIA INDIGENA 160

ON THIS WEEK'S INDIGENOUS ROUNDTABLE: 

How a lake in the States lost its Indigenous name, re-gained it, only to potentially lose it again because of a Minnesota court decision. Join us as we dive into the details of the Dakota waters known as 2019-05-06 02:23:40 +0000 UTC View Post

MEDIA INDIGENA 159

ON THIS WEEK'S INDIGENOUS ROUNDTABLE: 

Picking up where last week’s round table left off, this week is the second half of our deep dive into the ...

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MEDIA INDIGENA 158

ON THIS WEEK'S INDIGENOUS ROUNDTABLE: 

The Indigenous 'grief gap' over Notre Dame. We react to the reaction that flooded social m...

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On the next MEDIA INDIGENA: NDF + NDNs

https://www.vox.com/identities/2019/4/17/18412307/notre-dame-native-american-activists-sacred-lands 

On MI 157, we'll discuss Indigenous perspecti...

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MEDIA INDIGENA 157

ON THIS WEEK'S INDIGENOUS ROUNDTABLE:

Sonic sovereignty: With Inuit widely credited as creators of a distinctive form of 2019-04-14 23:35:32 +0000 UTC View Post

MEDIA INDIGENA 156

ON THIS WEEK'S INDIGENOUS ROUNDTABLE: 

Crashing the Liberal party. It was meant to be a  partisan fundraiser in a posh Toronto hotel but it soon became a site of  protest—an activist calling on Canada’s prime minister to do right by 2019-04-08 05:32:10 +0000 UTC View Post

MEDIA INDIGENA 155

ON THIS WEEK'S ROUNDTABLE:

What might a seminar in "Settler Studies" look like? What happens when you reverse the lens and try to unpack what it means to be a Settler? What’s the difference between Settler colonialism and white supremacy—is it one of kind or degree? And...

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MI 154 'Extra' :)

Hey Friends of MEDIA INDIGENA!

This week's conversation ran a little long but we thought, instead of leaving it on the cutting room floor, why not share that extra discussion with you here on Patreon as a patron exclusive?

This can happen from time to time, so if you appreciate such '...

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MEDIA INDIGENA 154

 ON THIS WEEK'S INDIGENOUS ROUNDTABLE:

They’re calling it a reconciliatory move: a new Liberal budget forgiving interest charges on loans taken out by First Nations ...

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MEDIA INDIGENA 153

ON THIS WEEK'S INDIGENOUS ROUNDTABLE:

Three billion dollars, thousands upon thousands of children. These are the stakes of a View Post

MEDIA INDIGENA 152

What's a fair share of 5G for first peoples?

On this week’s Indigenous roundtable: high-tech treaty rights. According to Māori in New Zealand, their View Post

MEDIA INDIGENA 151

ON THIS WEEK'S INDIGENOUS ROUNDTABLE:

A headdress head scratcher. What exactly did the premier of Alberta—a province hell-bent on hydrocarbon 2019-03-03 19:03:39 +0000 UTC View Post