MEDIA INDIGENA
@mediaindigena.bsky.social
Indigenous current affairs podcast connecting the colonial dots since 2016 (on brief hiatus). Host/producer @rickharp.bsky.social
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As I've said in interviews, I don't know King's work. I didn't take notice of him until I heard back channel accounts that he was not actually Cherokee. This audio has a clip of King's CBC Massey Lecture. He sounds like AI, elegant but vacuous. Like AI, he wasn't speaking from lived experience.
Jesse Wente on Thomas King and finding hope in a hard moment | CBC Arts
The Anishinaabe author works through his complicated feelings after finding out that King isn’t Indigenous.
www.cbc.ca
November 29, 2025 at 9:25 PM
As I've said in interviews, I don't know King's work. I didn't take notice of him until I heard back channel accounts that he was not actually Cherokee. This audio has a clip of King's CBC Massey Lecture. He sounds like AI, elegant but vacuous. Like AI, he wasn't speaking from lived experience.
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The problem with fetishizing the rule of law is that people have to break the law to resist fascism, state violence, and oppression. This has always been true, and is very much the case RIGHT NOW.
November 29, 2025 at 1:44 AM
The problem with fetishizing the rule of law is that people have to break the law to resist fascism, state violence, and oppression. This has always been true, and is very much the case RIGHT NOW.
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Water reserves drying up in face of climate change.
Our latest article, out now:
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Revealed: Europe’s water reserves drying up due to climate breakdown
Exclusive: UCL scientists find large swathes of southern Europe are drying up, with ‘far-reaching’ implications
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November 29, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Water reserves drying up in face of climate change.
Our latest article, out now:
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Further court action by First Nations could be coming as they grow impatient with the federal government over safe water legislation. Indigenous Services Canada has promised to reintroduce it in the fall session which ends in less than two weeks.
www.aptnnews.ca?p=280372
www.aptnnews.ca?p=280372
First Nations considering court action to get feds to move on clean water
A lawyer in a 2019 lawsuit against Ottawa says his clients are considering legal action to force it to get moving on cleaning drinking water.
www.aptnnews.ca
November 27, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Further court action by First Nations could be coming as they grow impatient with the federal government over safe water legislation. Indigenous Services Canada has promised to reintroduce it in the fall session which ends in less than two weeks.
www.aptnnews.ca?p=280372
www.aptnnews.ca?p=280372
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This path-to-a-pipeline MOU between Alberta and the federal government just keeps getting worse.
Luckily @karlamarx1917.bsky.social and @emilylowan.bsky.social joined me for a much-needed palate cleanser!
Here’s a taste:
Luckily @karlamarx1917.bsky.social and @emilylowan.bsky.social joined me for a much-needed palate cleanser!
Here’s a taste:
November 28, 2025 at 11:04 PM
This path-to-a-pipeline MOU between Alberta and the federal government just keeps getting worse.
Luckily @karlamarx1917.bsky.social and @emilylowan.bsky.social joined me for a much-needed palate cleanser!
Here’s a taste:
Luckily @karlamarx1917.bsky.social and @emilylowan.bsky.social joined me for a much-needed palate cleanser!
Here’s a taste:
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Canada’s top political leaders are climate deniers. There’s no such thing as “decarbonized” oil and no environmentally conscious way to increase fossil fuel production.
Mark Carney and his government are sacrificing the climate and baking in worse natural disasters in the hope of short-term profit.
Mark Carney and his government are sacrificing the climate and baking in worse natural disasters in the hope of short-term profit.
People who care about climate change are “dreaming nostalgically about the past.” - Minister Hodgson
Gotcha. That explains a lot.
Gotcha. That explains a lot.
November 28, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Canada’s top political leaders are climate deniers. There’s no such thing as “decarbonized” oil and no environmentally conscious way to increase fossil fuel production.
Mark Carney and his government are sacrificing the climate and baking in worse natural disasters in the hope of short-term profit.
Mark Carney and his government are sacrificing the climate and baking in worse natural disasters in the hope of short-term profit.
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“[The Kinew] government’s law threatens to undo decades of hard-fought Indigenous policy work that envisioned justice beyond punishment. It collapses the distinction between reconciliation and recarceration, and signals to young people that politics will always choose control over kinship.”
“[Manitoba premier Wab] Kinew has failed to represent Indigenous peoples, their voices, or their political will by framing incarceration as therapeutic and protective.”
✍🏽 'Governing Harm: Policing Indigenous Presence in Manitoba' by the Deadly Collective
deadlycollective.com/2025/11/12/g...
✍🏽 'Governing Harm: Policing Indigenous Presence in Manitoba' by the Deadly Collective
deadlycollective.com/2025/11/12/g...
Governing Harm: Policing Indigenous Presence in Manitoba
In Manitoba, Wab Kinew’s NDP government passed Bill 48 strengthening policies to incarcerate houseless peoples. The Protective Detention and Care of Intoxicated Persons Act came as no surprise for …
deadlycollective.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:30 PM
“[The Kinew] government’s law threatens to undo decades of hard-fought Indigenous policy work that envisioned justice beyond punishment. It collapses the distinction between reconciliation and recarceration, and signals to young people that politics will always choose control over kinship.”
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"This isn’t nation-building—it’s nation betraying: A betrayal of our children’s future, a betrayal of Indigenous Peoples, and a betrayal of Canadians who overwhelmingly continue to support climate action"
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41 civil society organizations oppose northwest coast oil pipeline and tankers | West Coast Environmental Law
Joint declaration by civil society organizations working to secure a safe climate system, protect marine and freshwater and uphold Indigenous rights and sovereignty
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November 28, 2025 at 2:43 AM
"This isn’t nation-building—it’s nation betraying: A betrayal of our children’s future, a betrayal of Indigenous Peoples, and a betrayal of Canadians who overwhelmingly continue to support climate action"
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If you expect Mark Carney won't take pipeline blame whether it's built or not, I have bad news for you: opposition parties aren't going to be charitable in their framing and voters aren't always charitable, or consistent, themselves.
Carney will be seen as Captain Pipeline.
Carney will be seen as Captain Pipeline.
November 28, 2025 at 4:06 PM
If you expect Mark Carney won't take pipeline blame whether it's built or not, I have bad news for you: opposition parties aren't going to be charitable in their framing and voters aren't always charitable, or consistent, themselves.
Carney will be seen as Captain Pipeline.
Carney will be seen as Captain Pipeline.
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With an MOU on a proposed tar-sands-to-B.C. pipeline now signed, some slam the conditions of the agreement.
Hear more on APTN News Brief:
Hear more on APTN News Brief:
APTN News Brief: November 28, 2025—Criticism of federal/AB MOU signing on proposed bitumen pipeline to BC
Our lead story: with a MOU on a new proposed tar-sands-to-B.C. pipeline now signed, some slam the conditions of the federal/Alberta memorandum of understanding as excessive, while others claim ther...
pod.fo
November 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM
With an MOU on a proposed tar-sands-to-B.C. pipeline now signed, some slam the conditions of the agreement.
Hear more on APTN News Brief:
Hear more on APTN News Brief:
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Who gets status? Lawyer and professor Pam Palmater joins InFocus to unpack the fact and fiction around the second-generation cut-off and share what’s at stake.
Listen: pod.fo/e/35bf65
Listen: pod.fo/e/35bf65
InFocus: Who gets status? Inside the fight over the second-generation cut off
On this edition of APTN News InFocus, host Cierra Bettens looks at the debate over the second-generation cut-off in the Indian Act. The Senate's Indigenous Affairs committee is reviewing Bill S-2, ...
pod.fo
November 28, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Who gets status? Lawyer and professor Pam Palmater joins InFocus to unpack the fact and fiction around the second-generation cut-off and share what’s at stake.
Listen: pod.fo/e/35bf65
Listen: pod.fo/e/35bf65
“[Manitoba premier Wab] Kinew has failed to represent Indigenous peoples, their voices, or their political will by framing incarceration as therapeutic and protective.”
✍🏽 'Governing Harm: Policing Indigenous Presence in Manitoba' by the Deadly Collective
deadlycollective.com/2025/11/12/g...
✍🏽 'Governing Harm: Policing Indigenous Presence in Manitoba' by the Deadly Collective
deadlycollective.com/2025/11/12/g...
Governing Harm: Policing Indigenous Presence in Manitoba
In Manitoba, Wab Kinew’s NDP government passed Bill 48 strengthening policies to incarcerate houseless peoples. The Protective Detention and Care of Intoxicated Persons Act came as no surprise for …
deadlycollective.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:27 PM
“[Manitoba premier Wab] Kinew has failed to represent Indigenous peoples, their voices, or their political will by framing incarceration as therapeutic and protective.”
✍🏽 'Governing Harm: Policing Indigenous Presence in Manitoba' by the Deadly Collective
deadlycollective.com/2025/11/12/g...
✍🏽 'Governing Harm: Policing Indigenous Presence in Manitoba' by the Deadly Collective
deadlycollective.com/2025/11/12/g...
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Yesterday I was up on that pipeline route and a First Nation land guardian was explaining to me the riskiness of shipping oil on those waterways and I kept thinking: how f-ing broke is Canada that it’s thinking of doing this? This is ‘selling your kidney’ level of desperation.
Lets face it, this is a good day for oil companies, businesses, and those in the oil sector. Its a bad day for the environment and for reconciliation with Indigenous nations whose lands this thing will go over. As Blanchet stated, this is the official end of Canada's climate commitments.
Ottawa-Alberta agreement clears federal hurdles for west coast pipeline, suspends clean energy regulations
Federal government won’t implement its oil and gas emissions cap, and both sides will consult with B.C. on project, MOU says
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Yesterday I was up on that pipeline route and a First Nation land guardian was explaining to me the riskiness of shipping oil on those waterways and I kept thinking: how f-ing broke is Canada that it’s thinking of doing this? This is ‘selling your kidney’ level of desperation.
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"Miles said her son and uncle were both detained by ICE agents who initially did not accept their tribal IDs before they were eventually let go."
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:03 PM
"Miles said her son and uncle were both detained by ICE agents who initially did not accept their tribal IDs before they were eventually let go."
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To be super duper clear, Carney is preparing a counter-insurgency campaign backed by the American Empire. The US aren't playing around, they really do need these resources if they want to keep playing the imperial game. This was just a warm up: ricochet.media/justice/poli...
Playbook for RCMP’s Wet’suwet’en raids provided by former U.S. commander in Iraq and Afghanistan
Presentation highlights darker truths behind violence and intimidation against Indigenous land defenders resisting resource extraction
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November 27, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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Thanksgiving Day is framed as a time to connect with family, yet the roots of the holiday come from the massacres of Indigenous people in the U.S.
A few years back, Wanbli Máyašleča (Francis Yellow), an artist, healer, teacher, and Native American elder shared his perspectives on Thanksgiving.
A few years back, Wanbli Máyašleča (Francis Yellow), an artist, healer, teacher, and Native American elder shared his perspectives on Thanksgiving.
November 27, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Thanksgiving Day is framed as a time to connect with family, yet the roots of the holiday come from the massacres of Indigenous people in the U.S.
A few years back, Wanbli Máyašleča (Francis Yellow), an artist, healer, teacher, and Native American elder shared his perspectives on Thanksgiving.
A few years back, Wanbli Máyašleča (Francis Yellow), an artist, healer, teacher, and Native American elder shared his perspectives on Thanksgiving.
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We've fallen into an anti-immigration, anti-climate, short-sighted economic doofus era, brought to you by the guy who we thought was a smart policy wonk.
Mark Carney drops Trudeau-era climate measures in energy deal with Alberta
Mark Carney drops Trudeau-era climate measures in energy deal with Alberta
rime Minister Mark Carney's Liberal government is scrapping plans for a major national climate policy and immediately suspending another in Alberta alone, as part of a wide-ranging accord that softens
www.thestar.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:36 PM
We've fallen into an anti-immigration, anti-climate, short-sighted economic doofus era, brought to you by the guy who we thought was a smart policy wonk.
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Memorandum of understanding regarding a proposed pipeline from Alberta sparks concerns from both British Columbia and First Nations.
Hear more on APTN News Brief:
Hear more on APTN News Brief:
APTN News Brief: November 27, 2025—Talk of proposed tar sands pipeline to BC criticized by some First Nations
Our lead story: an anticipated federal/Alberta memorandum of understanding regarding a proposed pipeline from the tar sands to the west coast sparks concerns from both British Columbia and First Na...
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November 27, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Memorandum of understanding regarding a proposed pipeline from Alberta sparks concerns from both British Columbia and First Nations.
Hear more on APTN News Brief:
Hear more on APTN News Brief:
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The MOU states a new “bitumen pipeline to Asian markets” is a priority for Canada, and that if a new pipeline is ultimately approved under the Building Canada Act, the federal government will exempt it from the oil tanker moratorium.
BREAKING: Alberta gets its way in deal with Ottawa
A newly signed memorandum of understanding gives Alberta almost its entire list of demands, from the removal of regulations to the fast-tracking of a pipeline.
www.nationalobserver.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:42 PM
The MOU states a new “bitumen pipeline to Asian markets” is a priority for Canada, and that if a new pipeline is ultimately approved under the Building Canada Act, the federal government will exempt it from the oil tanker moratorium.
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Against Settler Colonialism: A Reading List
Against Settler Colonialism: A Reading List
From Turtle Island to Palestine, Indigenous people across the world continue to resist settler-colonial domination, extraction, and exploitation of their land and communities.
We center these tradi...
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November 26, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Against Settler Colonialism: A Reading List
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New substack post out today. The myth of Thanksgiving is as American as it is wrong. Every year, we tell the mythical story of the first Thanksgiving so we can ignore the obvious truth that this land was taken not by friendship, but by violence. Read here:
The myth of Thanksgiving is as American as it is wrong
Every year, we tell the mythical story of the first Thanksgiving so we can ignore the obvious truth that this land was taken not by friendship, but by violence.
open.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:00 PM
New substack post out today. The myth of Thanksgiving is as American as it is wrong. Every year, we tell the mythical story of the first Thanksgiving so we can ignore the obvious truth that this land was taken not by friendship, but by violence. Read here:
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The Pathways project is a major part of the new pipeline deal between Carney and Smith, appearing 17 times in the memo's text.
But much like the pipeline itself, First Nations in its path don't want the megaproject.
But much like the pipeline itself, First Nations in its path don't want the megaproject.
Carney-Smith deal will bring carbon capture to Cold Lake. They don't want it
Alberta First Nations are being shut out of a sprawling carbon capture and storage project on their traditional territories that is a key part of Thursday's Alberta-Ottawa pipeline deal, chiefs say.
www.nationalobserver.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:49 PM
The Pathways project is a major part of the new pipeline deal between Carney and Smith, appearing 17 times in the memo's text.
But much like the pipeline itself, First Nations in its path don't want the megaproject.
But much like the pipeline itself, First Nations in its path don't want the megaproject.
We've discussed pretendians ad nauseam on the podcast, with each new exposé much like the last. That said, as we heard from @kimtallbear.bsky.social
in 2024, once we get beyond the tabloidy and tawdry, there is a bigger picture at play
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/m...
in 2024, once we get beyond the tabloidy and tawdry, there is a bigger picture at play
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/m...
A Plethora of Pretendianism: Pt. 1
Podcast Episode · MEDIA INDIGENA : Indigenous current affairs · 2024-03-24 · 56m
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November 27, 2025 at 6:46 AM
We've discussed pretendians ad nauseam on the podcast, with each new exposé much like the last. That said, as we heard from @kimtallbear.bsky.social
in 2024, once we get beyond the tabloidy and tawdry, there is a bigger picture at play
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/m...
in 2024, once we get beyond the tabloidy and tawdry, there is a bigger picture at play
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/m...
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B.C. Coastal First Nations vow oil pipeline to north coast 'will never happen' (BC)
B.C. Coastal First Nations vow oil pipeline to north coast 'will never happen' - BC News
The president of the Coastal First Nations in British Columbia said Wednesday an oil pipeline to the province's north coast "will never happen" and slammed Ottawa for negotiating with Alberta on a possible pipeline deal without involving First Nations.
www.castanet.net
November 26, 2025 at 7:12 PM
B.C. Coastal First Nations vow oil pipeline to north coast 'will never happen' (BC)
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A forensic auditor says band members shouldn't have to go to court to see their community's financial records.
www.aptnnews.ca?p=280307
www.aptnnews.ca?p=280307
Forensic auditor hails Frog Lake First Nation man after court win
Hans McCarthy from Frog Lake First Nation in Alberta has won a landmark court ruling that reaffirms the right of individual band members to see financial records.
www.aptnnews.ca
November 26, 2025 at 8:05 PM
A forensic auditor says band members shouldn't have to go to court to see their community's financial records.
www.aptnnews.ca?p=280307
www.aptnnews.ca?p=280307