Cash Back is about the value of Indigenous lands. Picking up from Land Back, the first Red Paper by Yellowhead about the project of land reclamation, Cash Back looks at how the dispossession of Indigenous lands nearly destroyed Indigenous economic livelihoods. Cash Back is about restitution from the perspective of stolen wealth.
January 14, 2022 | Virtual | Noon - 1:00 pm
Speaker:
Robert Houle, Writer/Yellowhead Research Fellow/Political Advisor/Policy Analyst, Wapsewsipi (Swan River) First Nation, Treaty 8
Rob maintains close relationships in Treaty No. 6 and 8. He has also married into the Stoney and Blackfoot Nations in Treaty No. 7. He continues to write and research the aspects of Treaty, relationships, and obligations of all parties. He enjoys archival research and the information contained in centuries-old documents. He has been actively outspoken regarding Indigenous Rights, traditions, and their relationship with Policing bodies.