#WetsuwetenStrong w/ Karla Tait

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Society & Culture, History

4.8 • 943 Ratings

🗓️ 15 February 2020

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Karla Tait is a member of the Gilseyhu Clan of the Wet’suwet’en First Nation and a trained psychologist who specializes in decolonizing healing. In this interview, she gives a historical and cultural context to the mass Indigenous uprising #WetsuwetenStrong that is rocking so-called Canada. She was arrested alongside other Indigenous matriarchs protecting Wet'suwet'en territory after police violently raided Unist’ot’en Camp this month.

Photo by Amanda Follett Hosgood

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0:15.0	Red Nation podcast.
0:17.0	Greatieset. No.
0:18.0	Nothing has changed since the decade since the last time we've talked. Well I'll just jump right into the interview if that's okay.
0:28.0	Yeah it's funny how you're saying that I actually was just thinking about
0:32.0	USDA. saying that I actually was just thinking about USDA the trouble we used to get up to there and
0:38.0	how much hasn't changed really.
0:41.0	Although the tiny battles we had there pretty much just a bit large now with some of the work we're doing.
0:49.0	Yeah, you're just like right now you've just leveled up, you're like, I'm leading, I'm single-handedly
0:54.1	leading a revolution in so called Canada right now.
0:57.0	Not single-handedly with my nation, but yes. I know I know I know I'm kind of a big deal they're going to put that in the
1:07.3	U.S.D alumni book I think they might put it on the blacklist but we'll see how much things have changed.
1:17.0	Cool.
1:20.0	Well, thank you so much, Carla, for taking the time to talk with us.
1:27.0	Can you just start by introducing yourself?
1:32.0	Sure. Are we into long form or short form here?
1:38.0	Long form. We have lots of time. And So, Don't count on. Don't count on. Howdy, Denise, Dark Isayze it's kaize it's Sydney.
2:26.0	Witzatwakkhetis said.
2:28.0	Gilzéh Abatassus day.
2:30.0	Yachau kas wakhetiset.
2:32.0	So Denise it unestatin, Yatsauwahas, what kiddiset.
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