The So-Called Era Of Reconciliation
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Three generations of Indigenous panelists join us this week on what The Backbench thought was the biggest story of 2021: the unmarked graves on former residential school grounds. We break format to take stock of what has been promised and repromised, the diversity of demands from Indigenous communities, and what a new "interlocutor" position can do to help with healing. Guests: Leena Minifie, Riley Yesno feat. Romeo Saganash Links: Trudeau’s promises to Assembly of First Nations in 2015Globe and Mail piece re: interlocutorCBC's piece re: pending $40-billion settlement See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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