New CBC British Columbia podcast uncovers land theft in Canada

Episode 1: The Eviction

Is evicting settlers what we mean when Indigenous people say "land back"? Gitxsan podcast host Angela Sterritt meets the leaders who fought Canada in the historic Delgamuukw case regarding Aboriginal title, and learns why that battle continues today.

Episode 2: War Zone

A day in the life of Sleydo' a devoted mom who faces down police raids on the frontlines of the conflict between the Coastal Gaslink pipeline and Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs.

Episode 3: The Dream

Angela visits the Unist'ot'en resistance camp in Wet'suwet'en territory and meets three generations of women committed to this vision. Along the way, she is forced to face the complexities of reclaiming land in the midst of colonization.

Episode 4: The Bridge

Near the ruins of a residential school, three Sto:lo nations reclaim 60 hectares of Crown land in the Fraser Valley. Angela meets with a survivor and hears about the connection between residential schools and land theft.

Episode 5: A Village Burned

In 1913, the Squamish village of Senw is burned and residents are barged away to make room for the developing city of Vancouver. Now, a slice of that land is reclaimed. Angela investigates what "land back" means in the heart of Squamish, and why it's making some white people upset.

Episode 6: The Crown

In the final episode, Angela puts questions from Indigenous land defenders to Canada's Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Marc Miller, and asks why governments talk about reconciliation but still fight First Nations in court.