Idle No More is a grassroots movement that brings together environmental justice and indigenous rights. Spreading across Canada, the organization was founded in 2012 by four women—three First Nations Women and a Non-Native ally. Their original goal was to push back against a sweeping federal bill called C-45 that weakened environmental protections and threatened native rights. Since then, thousands of people have joined in their protests.

Reporter George Lavender of Making Contact radio talked with on of Idle No More’s co-founders Sylvia McAdam. In this interview, she talks about how indigenous rights and environmental protection are intrinsically inter-linked.

Hear more of this interview from Making Contact: http://www.radioproject.org/

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