on today's episode of heart of the Earth, we talk about the documentary film Sugarcane , which has been nominated for an Academy award. It tells the story of many generations of a family who is at Indian boarding school in British Columbia. We also discuss Nemomye nenquimo's book We will not be Saved A Memoir of Hope and resistance in the Amazon rainforest, we also talk about a native Alaskan who was only 17 years old and committed suicide in the very northern part of Alaska near the Arctic Circle in the town of what is what was known as Barrow. the police put his body on a sled and drove it through town.
Leonard one year after his release. Taino culture is alive and well. Sterilization of Native Women. One year after the murder of Emily Pike.
Remembering the Wounded Knee Massacre of 1890 and words from Russel Means and Dennis Banks.
The Choctaw Nation and the Irish. The forced sterilization of Native Women. Bios of Ada Deer and Agnes Ross.