Special Episode: Averie Allard, Métis Volleyball Player Walking for Indigenous Justice

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4.5 • 729 Ratings

🗓️ 4 July 2021

⏱️ 35 minutes

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*Content Warning: Indigenous genocide and intergenerational trauma* In this episode, Shireen Ahmed interviews Averie Allard, a Métis woman from Treaty 1 Territory and volleyball setter of the University of Saskatchewan. They talk about how Averie has used sport for healing and to advocate for justice for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Girls and Two-Spirit People (MMIWG2S) in Canada and the US. Most recently, Averie began walking 1 km for each child found in unmarked mass graves on the grounds of residential schools in Canada. Her walking, which she is doing with her dog Rory, is also raising money for the Legacy of Hope Foundation which works to educate people about the lasting impacts of residential schools. She also works with Waanishka, an organization that creates safe spaces for Indigenous youth. To donate to Averie's walk, visit her GoFundMe: Averie and Rory's Walk for Legacy Hope. This episode was produced by Tressa Versteeg. Shelby Weldon is our social media and website specialist. Burn It All Down is part of the Blue Wire podcast network. For show notes, transcripts, and more info about BIAD, check out our website: www.burnitalldownpod.com To help support the Burn It All Down podcast, please consider becoming a patron: www.patreon.com/burnitalldown For BIAD merchandise: https://www.bonfire.com/store/burn-it-all-down/ Find us on Twitter: twitter.com/BurnItDownPod; Facebook: www.facebook.com/BurnItAllDownPod/; and Instagram: www.instagram.com/burnitalldownpod/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, Flamethrowers, Shireen here.
0:02.0	I would like to offer a content warning for the interview you are about to hear with Avery Allard.
0:08.0	We will be discussing indigenous genocide and intergenerational trauma.
0:13.0	Hello, Flamethrowers, it's Shireen here. I am so excited and honored to be sharing this space with Avery Allard. Hello, Avery.
0:32.3	Hi. If you don't know about Avery, and you should, Avery is a Métis woman for Treaty One
0:40.4	territory who found her voice through sport. A fourth year university of Saskatchewan Huskies
0:46.2	volleyball player, she began advocating for indigenous justice by raising awareness for the MMIWG2S epidemic that is plaguing Canada.
0:57.6	And for those that don't know, that acronym is for missing and murdered indigenous women,
1:02.8	girl, and two-spirited people.
1:05.8	Avery is an education student through the Suntap program, which has only fed the flame of her passion for
1:12.6	indigenous justice and anti-oppressive education. In her free time, she's one of the three directors
1:18.6	for the nonprofit, Wanishka, a group that inspires to create space for indigenous youth. Most recently,
1:26.6	Avery has committed to walk with her dog, Rory, and whoever else is
1:31.1	willing to join them in support of the students that have been found on the grounds of residential
1:35.3	schools. She has committed to walk one kilometer for every child found and has already raised
1:40.8	over $900 and hopes to continue her fundraising through this summer.
1:45.6	Okay, so let's start by also offering this space to recognize what an incredibly difficult month this has been,
1:56.0	not just only because of the recently, more recently found bodies that have been unearthed in Saskatchewan where you are,
2:02.3	and not very far from where you are, from what I understand, but also the 250 that were found in Camlips just the beginning of the month.
2:11.4	So when you decided to walk Rory, did you know that this would just be the beginning?
2:17.8	I wasn't sure, because when the first group of children were found, it wasn't really a Canada-wide
2:24.8	search. From what I understand, it wasn't, okay, we're going to search this residential school
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