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First Nations children’s rights advocate Dr. Cindy Blackstock returned to Indigenous Waves this week to give us an update on the historic FN children’s welfare Canadian Human Rights Tribunal hearings, which wrapped up on May 30, 2014.
Cindy Blackstock (Gitxsan) is the Executive Director of the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada. She is also an associate professor for the Faculty of Extension at the University of Alberta, and a fierce advocate for the rights of Indigenous children in Canada.
Playlist:
Che Christ – Mother’s Song
Ulali – All My Relations
Leonard Sumner – Best of Me
Black Lodge Singers – Crow Hop
Alo White – Honour Song (via Jack Starr)
Buffy Sainte-Marie – Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
A Tribe Called Red – Red Skin Girl
Originally Aired Monday June 9, 2014
Photo Credit: Cindy Blackstock/First Nations Child and Caring Society of Canada
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