I’ve been listening to a lot of Canadaland recently in an attempt to become more Canadian. Often they’ll deal with indigenous issues. While the hosts are not indigenous, they will invite indigenous leaders in media, culture and politics to contribute. They focust mostly on Canadian media and have a series dedicated to Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women. A few of the recent shows are:
http://www.canadalandshow.com/podcast/indigenous-media-roundtable/
http://www.canadalandshow.com/podcast/mmiw-what-justice-means/
I’m looking into how China manages the media to show its own indigenous groups. In particular the Uighur population in west sitting above Tibet. This Muslim, Turkic population is largely ignored in the international media in comparison to their neighbours to the south. One culture source I’ve looked into that provides an indigenous perspective in Canada is:
Recently a friend who is a journalist focusing on Burmese issues shared a video on his Facebook feed. It involves the Shan people who make up a large area of North Eastern Burma/Northern Thailand and Western Laos and their fights against a mega dam led by Australian developers and the government of Burma. The Burmese government is famous for selling off its resources without qualm which reminds me of home.
Drowning A Thousand Islands (English version)
The river represents their culture, history and livelihood. While many of the people have been forcibly removed by military, they would like to have their land to go back to were conditions to change. The group Action for Shan State Rivers, appears to be run by Shan people and the documentary focuses Shan sources and opinions.
The connection I draw to Canada in this is in regard to: https://ricochet.media/en/1420/indigenous-tar-sands-treaty-could-be-trudeaus-worst-nightmare
It appears in Canada that we have more visible indigenous voices. We have treaties and associated land claims. Do they matter in the end? The constant urge of Canada to export energy whether it’s LNG or oil. Generally this destroys the environment of lands that are supposed to belong to indigenous people and be under their control.
http://www.canadalandshow.com/podcast/hat-trick-deceit-first-nations-lng-project/