53. A documentary on the Secwépemc nation

Free City Radio

Listen to the 53rd edition of Free City Radio. This is a documentary that I produced in 2002 about the Secwépemc nation. Specifically this radio documentary, my first one ever, produced for broadcast on @radiockut at 90.3fm in Montréal, is focused on the Skwelkwek'welt Protection Centre, which was an anti-colonial action of Secwépemc people to protest the expansion of the Sunpeaks Ski report on to their traditional lands without their free, prior and informed consent. Indigenous land defenders held down the Skwelkwek'welt Protection Centre for a number of years. I share this documentary because of the perspectives on Indigenous sovereignty expressed, which remain essential to listen to and act in solidarity with, but also because the Secwépemc nation has been at the heart of the discussions surrounding the Kamloops residential school, which directly impacted many Secwépemc people. During my visit to the Secwépemc nation in 2002 I was driven to the residential school location and elders expressed memories about the mass graves on location at the time, also expressing the fact that authorities weren't willing to address their repeated insistence of the presence of graves on location. This documentary is produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and broadcast on CKUT 90.3fm.