Greg Wycliffe - February 28, 2022


＂LISTEN to the PEOPLE＂ First Nations Chief Supports the Truckers


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Chief J.D. Anderson from the Rupert's Land First Nation Nation joins me to talk about the Indigenous protest in support of the truckers and their efforts to have their voices heard in order to have a voice heard.

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00:00:00.000 I am here with Chief J.D. Anderson from Rupert's Land and the center of the country, Winnipeg,
00:00:12.400 Manitoba. And what brings you out to this protest this weekend? The first thing is we want the rest
00:00:18.940 of the candidates to know you're all being treated like First Nations people prior to the 1960s.
00:00:26.420 When we didn't have a right to vote or leave the reserves. And this is what it's all about.
00:00:34.040 They're taking those rights away and trying to impose those privileged sanctions upon people
00:00:43.360 as tribal nations within a nation to forcefully confine them.
00:00:49.380 So this is nothing new to you and your people?
00:00:51.520 Not at all. So we say, anybody that's out there that's standing up, you're standing up as a tribe
00:00:58.680 that are saying no more. Enough is enough.
00:01:03.620 Enough is enough. And we have to fight the division and how they try to divide us, right?
00:01:09.060 Do you have any advice on that?
00:01:11.560 No more segregation. No more division.
00:01:14.720 The whole process was here. And if you look at some of the people that started and brought
00:01:23.280 the truckers in, they're all saying we have to support the First Nations people and the efforts
00:01:31.400 because otherwise the rest of the country is going to follow suit the way Trudeau's father
00:01:37.640 had done with the White Papers and the Red Papers.
00:01:41.280 That's right.
00:01:42.060 And change has to occur from the people.
00:01:45.100 So we say we unite the people through love and peace.
00:01:49.240 That's right. United we stand or divided we fall. It's that simple.
00:01:53.740 And a country that does not pray together will not stay together. We come together in ceremony
00:02:00.320 and peace through our traditional ways of life.
00:02:04.340 That's right. And what do we really need from our politicians or from Trudeau?
00:02:09.080 What we need is for the Prime Minister to step forward and resign or listen to the people.
00:02:18.600 Listen to the people. This is a democracy. We're coming out in numbers to have our voices heard, right?
00:02:25.540 That is true. Very, very true.
00:02:28.200 And what are you personally willing to give up to end these mandates?
00:02:33.260 As you can see, we've given up enough. A lot of people are leaving to come here
00:02:40.260 and sacrificing some of their employment and their ways of life.
00:02:45.880 And the truck drivers are an example.
00:02:49.960 And do you watch CBC?
00:02:53.560 I used to.
00:02:58.200 And then what happens?
00:03:01.220 When you realize the twist that they can procure upon the messages that we're inducing upon the people
00:03:09.180 and needing to carry forward? Not true.
00:03:12.460 Not true. You're not true, CBC. Sorry.
00:03:15.880 That's right.
00:03:17.120 So, we say, ho-ho to the people because you're the most important thing here.
00:03:23.080 You're the reason why we're out here.
00:03:26.340 And what we're trying to bring across in that point of view is we need the people more than anything else.
00:03:33.760 They're the blood and the bones behind our whole nation as a united front.
00:03:39.240 That is a nation, a nation of people.
00:03:42.140 And Chieftain, how many... Is it Chief or Chieftain? Do I say that?
00:03:45.440 Chief.
00:03:45.840 Chief.
00:03:46.440 How many racists and terrorists have you seen here today? Have you seen any?
00:03:50.600 Not any.
00:03:51.700 We're about peace and love, and that's what we said, and that's what they're doing.
00:03:57.600 We're demonstrating it by doing it.
00:03:59.740 I have to ask before you go.
00:04:03.060 Residential schools has been a very, very hot topic over the past year.
00:04:07.620 And, you know, the media has been covering it a certain way.
00:04:10.180 Do you think the media has been doing a good job of that?
00:04:12.340 Or do you think... What are your thoughts on that?
00:04:14.620 They've ran and they've hidden.
00:04:16.460 And it's a sad state.
00:04:18.520 We know for a fact the harms that we've been through.
00:04:21.440 I, as a residential school survivor, and many others.
00:04:24.820 And as every child matters, we're here for the children in the next seven generations.
00:04:30.480 We have to.
00:04:32.120 To make this a better nation, we have to always keep that in mind.
00:04:36.520 I've been talking to a lot of people who were on the convoy,
00:04:39.700 and they saw the people on the overpasses, strangers, right?
00:04:43.320 Strange Canadians, just cheering them on, giving them food. 1.00
00:04:45.880 And they were saying how they felt this Canadian pride that they hadn't felt in a long time.
00:04:50.700 Now, you're First Nations, correct?
00:04:52.860 So what does Canadian pride mean to you?
00:04:56.740 Does that mean anything to you, or what is that like for you?
00:05:00.720 I can't say it enough.
00:05:02.740 You feel it from inside your heart and to your mind.
00:05:06.120 And when we end up in places like this with people,
00:05:12.560 and you find that love and that peace that encompasses our whole body and our whole presence.
00:05:23.080 We've been swimming in it for three days now.
00:05:25.860 It feels great, doesn't it?
00:05:27.400 It does.
00:05:28.020 You know, you couldn't ask for any more than to feel this whole thing.
00:05:34.480 Love and peace.
00:05:35.360 Love and peace.
00:05:36.240 Any last words for people listening or things to get people more vocal about what's happening?
00:05:42.360 Say the Lord's Prayer a few times, and then put it into your own words of prayer.
00:05:47.580 We were brought up on it.
00:05:49.560 We know it inside and out, and it must be continued.
00:05:53.760 Thanks so much for your time, sir.
00:05:55.200 Okay.
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00:06:12.260 Greatly appreciate it.
00:06:13.400 We're going to talk to you soon.
00:06:14.620 Thanks for watching.
00:06:15.860 Do you watch CBC?
00:06:17.780 I used to.
00:06:18.840 Yeah.