Season 3 - Standing in Our Strength: Recent Episodes
Stó:lō Xwexwilmexw Treaty Association
We Believe in Stó:lō – together we will engage in all things related to our journey towards Self Government. The Stó:lō Signal Podcast is the audio component to the Stó:lō Xwexwilmexw Treaty Association’s independent newsletter by the same name.
Our hosts are Theresa Warbus, SXTA Multimedia Coordinator, and Sharon Desnomie, who is covering for Theresa during her maternity leave in 2020.
S03 EP05 Xwelmexw: People of Life The Webs that Connect Us Guest: Dr. Keith Carlson In this far-ranging conversation, Dr. Keith Carlson and podcast host Á’a:líya Warbus discuss his long-time work as a historian for the Stó:lō people and some of the projects he’s been involved since first arriving in Chilliwack in 1992. Everything from … Continue reading "S03EP05 Xwelmexw: People of Life"
Episode 4 – Xólhmet te mekw’stám ít kwelát: We have to take care of everything that belongs to us Guest: Maex̱’eyétel Jason Thompson, Leq’á:mel Many young people can’t wait to put distance between themselves and the place they grew up in. The answers are out there, rather than at home among the people we’ve known … Continue reading "S03EP04 Xólhmet te mekw’stám ít kwelát: We have to take care of everything that belongs to us"
Episode 3 – Never forget your roots – A Stó:lō police officer’s story Guest: Angie Kermer, Leq’á:mel Leq’á:mel’s Angie Kermer talks with host A’a:liya Warbus about her 30-year career as an RCMP officer, Indigenous policing in other jurisdictions, Stó:lō justice pre-contact and more. Kermer is Haida, Stó:lō, Squamish and Nooksack through her immediate family connections, … Continue reading "S03EP03 Never forget Your Kmémkwémlexw (roots) – A Leq’á:mel Police Officer’s Story"
Episode 2 – We are the People of the River: Post-Contact Fishing in Context Guests: Xwelíqweltel, Grand Chief Steven Point When the Europeans arrived in the 1800s, they considered the People of the River as the owners of the land and the fish in the river. The Stó:lō traded with those who first arrived … Continue reading "S03EP02 We are the People of the River"
Guests: * Satsan, Herb George, Hereditary Chief of the Frog Clan of the Wet’suwet’en Nation * Xwelíqweltel, Grand Chief Steven Point
“People take off their Indian Act hat and it's quite dynamic and amazing to observe and be a part of. And then they put on their inherent right blanket, their robe of power. And then they start talking about, okay, now this is what we need to do together,” says Satsan in this far-reaching conversation with Grand Chief Steven Point. The pair spoke during our Light the Fire video series in April 2022 and we’ve condensed the talk a bit, but this podcast still covers so much including, our inherent right to self-government, the impact of the Indian Act, the push to revise the Canadian Constitution to recognize Aboriginal and Treaty Rights, Indigenous Rights Court Cases and more.
S03 EP01 Podcast Notes