1 00:00:05,240 --> 00:00:07,840 Speaker 1: Hey, this is Annie and Samantha. I'm welcome to stuff 2 00:00:07,840 --> 00:00:18,960 Speaker 1: I've never told you. Production of iHeart Radio. So Annie, 3 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:25,079 Speaker 1: yesterday was a sinco de mayo for May five. Also 4 00:00:25,160 --> 00:00:28,680 Speaker 1: for you, it was Revenge of the Fifth. Did you 5 00:00:28,720 --> 00:00:38,199 Speaker 1: do anything special? Yeah? I put, yeah, I did um. 6 00:00:38,240 --> 00:00:41,680 Speaker 1: I watched the original Star Wars trilogy, which I had 7 00:00:41,720 --> 00:00:44,519 Speaker 1: watched on May the fourth as well. I didn't tell 8 00:00:44,520 --> 00:00:46,120 Speaker 1: you have to tell all of that. I wasn't gonna 9 00:00:46,120 --> 00:00:51,839 Speaker 1: ask you May the fourth, well that's all. Uh? And 10 00:00:51,880 --> 00:00:55,640 Speaker 1: then I yeah, I I drank out of my Star 11 00:00:55,680 --> 00:00:58,120 Speaker 1: Wars cups and I had Star Wars cocktails and I 12 00:00:58,160 --> 00:01:02,000 Speaker 1: made like little glowy lights eavers. I had a vaccinated, 13 00:01:02,040 --> 00:01:05,120 Speaker 1: fully vaccinated friend. I'm not fully vaccinated. We did this 14 00:01:05,959 --> 00:01:09,279 Speaker 1: and we nerded out hardcore. But I was holding back. 15 00:01:09,959 --> 00:01:11,560 Speaker 1: And later I was like, one day, you're gonna have 16 00:01:11,600 --> 00:01:15,360 Speaker 1: to let me just be me and she was like, okay, 17 00:01:15,400 --> 00:01:17,240 Speaker 1: I'm ready, and I said, I don't know that you are, 18 00:01:17,480 --> 00:01:21,160 Speaker 1: but how are you holding back? I just have so much. 19 00:01:21,560 --> 00:01:23,679 Speaker 1: I have so much to say, and I was trying 20 00:01:23,720 --> 00:01:27,240 Speaker 1: not to be overwhelming, you know. And then I did 21 00:01:27,319 --> 00:01:30,039 Speaker 1: read a lot of fan fiction. Once the work day 22 00:01:30,080 --> 00:01:33,000 Speaker 1: was done, because yes, I did work, and then we 23 00:01:33,040 --> 00:01:36,959 Speaker 1: watched some Mandalorian because you've never seen that, and I 24 00:01:37,080 --> 00:01:40,080 Speaker 1: made some really really spicy food, but that was about 25 00:01:40,520 --> 00:01:45,800 Speaker 1: about it. Spicy food. Well, I'm glad to hear I 26 00:01:45,840 --> 00:01:48,360 Speaker 1: did not do all those things. I did think about 27 00:01:48,440 --> 00:01:52,360 Speaker 1: doing at least a margarita or at least ordering from 28 00:01:52,400 --> 00:01:58,000 Speaker 1: a legitimate, authentic Mexican restaurant and a Mexican business, but 29 00:01:58,080 --> 00:02:00,400 Speaker 1: that didn't happen because yes, I got caught and work 30 00:02:00,440 --> 00:02:03,760 Speaker 1: as well. So I guess I'm gonna have to find 31 00:02:03,880 --> 00:02:07,520 Speaker 1: margarite us somewhere soon. I think you can do that. 32 00:02:07,960 --> 00:02:10,480 Speaker 1: I think we can. And as we were writing this 33 00:02:10,800 --> 00:02:14,280 Speaker 1: actual episode of Women Around the World, Welcome to Women 34 00:02:14,320 --> 00:02:17,080 Speaker 1: around the World, it was May five, and for some 35 00:02:17,200 --> 00:02:20,079 Speaker 1: that might have met, Sincoda Mayo, as we said, which 36 00:02:20,120 --> 00:02:22,600 Speaker 1: is actually a celebration, just in case you don't know, 37 00:02:23,080 --> 00:02:25,639 Speaker 1: of Mexico's victory in the Battle of Puebla, in which 38 00:02:25,680 --> 00:02:30,160 Speaker 1: the Mexican army defeated the French. So again not Mexican 39 00:02:30,200 --> 00:02:33,079 Speaker 1: Independence Day. I feel like most of our audience already 40 00:02:33,080 --> 00:02:36,560 Speaker 1: knows this, but just to be stated, but also it 41 00:02:36,840 --> 00:02:39,360 Speaker 1: is the day that has been designated as the National 42 00:02:39,440 --> 00:02:42,320 Speaker 1: Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Native Women and 43 00:02:42,360 --> 00:02:45,840 Speaker 1: Girls and Two Spirited People, and of course because of that, 44 00:02:46,200 --> 00:02:50,240 Speaker 1: and we have actually have had Natalie Evans who came 45 00:02:50,280 --> 00:02:53,680 Speaker 1: on to talk specifically about the missing murdered Indigenous women 46 00:02:53,800 --> 00:02:56,600 Speaker 1: and girls in Two Spirited and she was fantastic. So 47 00:02:56,600 --> 00:02:58,320 Speaker 1: if you want to check out her episode with us, 48 00:02:58,919 --> 00:03:01,360 Speaker 1: you should. She's all so with a podcast called Some 49 00:03:01,480 --> 00:03:04,280 Speaker 1: Kind of Brown, So you definitely should check her out 50 00:03:04,320 --> 00:03:07,520 Speaker 1: if you haven't already. But we wanted to highlight what's 51 00:03:07,520 --> 00:03:09,720 Speaker 1: been going on around the world and some of the 52 00:03:09,720 --> 00:03:13,280 Speaker 1: activists who have been talking, so yeah, yeah, So in 53 00:03:14,040 --> 00:03:16,760 Speaker 1: the National Crime Information Center reported at least five thousand, 54 00:03:16,840 --> 00:03:20,480 Speaker 1: seven hundred cases of missing American, Indian, and Alaska Native 55 00:03:20,560 --> 00:03:24,959 Speaker 1: women and girls. According to statistics, Indigenous women and girls 56 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:28,200 Speaker 1: are ten times more likely to be murdered than other ethnicities. 57 00:03:28,560 --> 00:03:31,560 Speaker 1: Four out of five Indigenous women have experienced some type 58 00:03:31,600 --> 00:03:34,240 Speaker 1: of violence, and over fifty six percent of Indigenous women 59 00:03:34,680 --> 00:03:40,160 Speaker 1: are likely to experience sexual violence. A while back, I 60 00:03:40,200 --> 00:03:44,960 Speaker 1: did a talk with Christine Nobis who is from Seating Sovereignty, 61 00:03:45,160 --> 00:03:49,320 Speaker 1: about this, and she was very very clear to hammer 62 00:03:49,360 --> 00:03:54,600 Speaker 1: home this is probably way underestimated by any data around it. Data. Yes, 63 00:03:54,640 --> 00:03:58,040 Speaker 1: it's difficult to get as these incidents continue to be 64 00:03:58,200 --> 00:04:02,320 Speaker 1: underreported or misclassified altogether. And though this has been happening 65 00:04:02,320 --> 00:04:05,520 Speaker 1: within the Native Indigenous communities, it wasn't until recently they 66 00:04:05,600 --> 00:04:08,960 Speaker 1: started to get attention and any assistance at all. But 67 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:11,480 Speaker 1: that doesn't mean people haven't been speaking out or trying 68 00:04:11,520 --> 00:04:13,960 Speaker 1: to bring justice to their community. And today we wanted 69 00:04:13,960 --> 00:04:16,640 Speaker 1: to focus on one woman who's been working tirelessly to 70 00:04:16,680 --> 00:04:19,240 Speaker 1: fight for justice for the m m I W G 71 00:04:19,680 --> 00:04:24,279 Speaker 1: to s, and we are talking about Gladys Raddick. Gladys 72 00:04:24,360 --> 00:04:27,520 Speaker 1: Raddick is a good Son what so Aton First Nations 73 00:04:27,600 --> 00:04:30,400 Speaker 1: woman and joined the movement in two thousand eight after 74 00:04:30,440 --> 00:04:33,320 Speaker 1: the loss of our niece tomorrow Lynn Chipman, who disappeared 75 00:04:33,360 --> 00:04:36,640 Speaker 1: on a highway near Prince Rupert in Canada, and then 76 00:04:36,720 --> 00:04:40,239 Speaker 1: another young Indigenous girl was later found on the Howay 77 00:04:40,440 --> 00:04:43,200 Speaker 1: near Prince George, which is us along the stretch of 78 00:04:43,200 --> 00:04:46,640 Speaker 1: the highway how he sustained and is now actually referred 79 00:04:46,640 --> 00:04:51,279 Speaker 1: to as the Highway of Tears. Right, so, Raddick started 80 00:04:51,480 --> 00:04:54,880 Speaker 1: the Grasses Movement Walk for Justice with others who had 81 00:04:54,920 --> 00:04:58,200 Speaker 1: been affected. She created the organization to bring awareness to 82 00:04:58,320 --> 00:05:01,920 Speaker 1: the m M I W You two s by walking 83 00:05:02,040 --> 00:05:05,000 Speaker 1: the areas UM. The first one was a four thousand 84 00:05:05,080 --> 00:05:07,680 Speaker 1: kilometer walk from Vancouver to Ottawa in two thousand and eight, 85 00:05:08,600 --> 00:05:11,800 Speaker 1: and UM continue throughout the years to send messages to 86 00:05:11,839 --> 00:05:15,799 Speaker 1: the Parliament and as they continue, more organizations have joined 87 00:05:15,920 --> 00:05:20,120 Speaker 1: to bring awareness and seek justice from leadership. She has 88 00:05:20,160 --> 00:05:22,640 Speaker 1: been a part of many different assemblies and inquiries to 89 00:05:22,800 --> 00:05:26,000 Speaker 1: demand justice from the government. She can be seen in 90 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:28,640 Speaker 1: her quote war Pony as she calls it, which is 91 00:05:28,680 --> 00:05:31,400 Speaker 1: her Toyota hashbag that has covered with the photos of 92 00:05:31,440 --> 00:05:34,680 Speaker 1: the missing and murdered Indigenous people. And she continues to 93 00:05:34,720 --> 00:05:37,800 Speaker 1: work to fight for awareness invisibility for the movement. And 94 00:05:37,800 --> 00:05:40,520 Speaker 1: two thousand nineteen, she went to talk with Prime Minister 95 00:05:40,600 --> 00:05:43,040 Speaker 1: Justin Trudeau trying to advocate for the needs of the 96 00:05:43,040 --> 00:05:45,440 Speaker 1: families of those missing and how there has been little 97 00:05:45,480 --> 00:05:48,680 Speaker 1: to no justice for these victims. And she stayed to 98 00:05:48,760 --> 00:05:52,520 Speaker 1: a reporter quote, my message to Justin Trudeau is honor us. 99 00:05:52,800 --> 00:05:55,760 Speaker 1: The families have real hearts and they love. And she 100 00:05:55,839 --> 00:05:59,040 Speaker 1: has been talking a lot with all of these families, 101 00:05:59,080 --> 00:06:02,120 Speaker 1: going from person to person in different organizations, trying to 102 00:06:02,240 --> 00:06:05,200 Speaker 1: rally and make sure that they are highlighting what needs 103 00:06:05,240 --> 00:06:08,240 Speaker 1: to be done. She has been a fierce advocate for 104 00:06:08,279 --> 00:06:11,280 Speaker 1: the families of the victims, um learning their stories, sharing 105 00:06:11,320 --> 00:06:14,200 Speaker 1: the names of those missing are murdered, and continuing to 106 00:06:14,240 --> 00:06:17,000 Speaker 1: push for legislation and assistance for them. She and her 107 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:20,120 Speaker 1: team from Walk for Justice were able to get their 108 00:06:20,160 --> 00:06:23,640 Speaker 1: recommendations approved for the House of Commons and still continue 109 00:06:23,680 --> 00:06:27,600 Speaker 1: to work more to get the right assistance from leadership 110 00:06:27,920 --> 00:06:30,440 Speaker 1: right and when we say right assistance, there's definitely this 111 00:06:30,560 --> 00:06:33,840 Speaker 1: back and forth about what they're funneling their money into 112 00:06:33,920 --> 00:06:36,120 Speaker 1: and how they're doing it and who they're investing in. 113 00:06:36,320 --> 00:06:38,479 Speaker 1: And I think that's a big conversation is instead of 114 00:06:38,520 --> 00:06:42,360 Speaker 1: actually listening to the grassroos organizations that's been existing, they 115 00:06:42,400 --> 00:06:45,600 Speaker 1: may be creating their own movements, which has not been 116 00:06:45,600 --> 00:06:49,280 Speaker 1: fruitful for the most part, because again, as we talked 117 00:06:49,279 --> 00:06:52,760 Speaker 1: about when we were highlighting now Secretary dev Holland, there's 118 00:06:52,760 --> 00:06:55,880 Speaker 1: not a lot of representatives within governments, especially for the 119 00:06:55,880 --> 00:06:59,040 Speaker 1: indigenous communities, and how are we supposed to know how 120 00:06:59,040 --> 00:07:01,640 Speaker 1: to help them? They're not the ones leading. And I 121 00:07:01,640 --> 00:07:05,080 Speaker 1: think that's been the bigger conversation, not only in Canada, 122 00:07:05,120 --> 00:07:08,600 Speaker 1: but obviously in the US, and again very little has 123 00:07:08,640 --> 00:07:10,760 Speaker 1: really talked about here in the U S as well, 124 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:13,640 Speaker 1: but more advocates have been continuing to ward to get 125 00:07:13,680 --> 00:07:16,320 Speaker 1: justice for the m m i w G two s. 126 00:07:16,680 --> 00:07:20,280 Speaker 1: As of yesterday, Secretary Dev Holland announced the formation of 127 00:07:20,280 --> 00:07:23,080 Speaker 1: the Missing and Murdered Unit, which would focus on analyzing 128 00:07:23,120 --> 00:07:25,080 Speaker 1: and working in the cases of the missing and murdered 129 00:07:25,080 --> 00:07:29,760 Speaker 1: Indigenous peoples. So there is definite stuff happening. But again, 130 00:07:30,120 --> 00:07:32,920 Speaker 1: we're finally getting to the point that their own community 131 00:07:33,160 --> 00:07:36,000 Speaker 1: is able to be the leadership. So having de Hollog, 132 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:39,240 Speaker 1: who has been focusing on these types of issues throughout 133 00:07:39,240 --> 00:07:42,760 Speaker 1: her time in Congress, is now able to actually create 134 00:07:43,200 --> 00:07:46,880 Speaker 1: active units that could actually push for justice. So I 135 00:07:47,120 --> 00:07:50,800 Speaker 1: definitely glad to hear that it's finally happening. I'm just 136 00:07:50,840 --> 00:07:53,680 Speaker 1: so sad that it's taking it this long. And just 137 00:07:53,720 --> 00:07:56,480 Speaker 1: like you said earlier, there's more. There's definitely more. When 138 00:07:56,520 --> 00:07:58,880 Speaker 1: we talk about the amount of people who are not 139 00:07:58,920 --> 00:08:02,720 Speaker 1: being talked about, is really really heartbreaking to know that 140 00:08:02,720 --> 00:08:05,360 Speaker 1: we're ignoring this and when you even hear about these cases, 141 00:08:05,600 --> 00:08:08,760 Speaker 1: much like many marginalized people, instead of finding justice for 142 00:08:08,800 --> 00:08:12,640 Speaker 1: these victims, they start using them and um start putting 143 00:08:12,680 --> 00:08:16,120 Speaker 1: them on trial, almost as if they don't deserve something 144 00:08:16,480 --> 00:08:20,720 Speaker 1: because of whatever life they may have led. And most 145 00:08:20,760 --> 00:08:24,280 Speaker 1: of the times it's not any different from any other community. 146 00:08:24,320 --> 00:08:27,800 Speaker 1: But yet because they are the Indigenous people and because 147 00:08:27,840 --> 00:08:33,160 Speaker 1: they have been steamrolled a majority of history, it continues 148 00:08:33,200 --> 00:08:34,959 Speaker 1: to happen. And UH, I didn't want to also give 149 00:08:35,000 --> 00:08:39,400 Speaker 1: a shout out to another organizer, Marida Growing Thunder, who 150 00:08:39,480 --> 00:08:41,600 Speaker 1: she has also done some of these walks as well 151 00:08:41,960 --> 00:08:44,880 Speaker 1: and has highlighted a lot of the m M I 152 00:08:45,160 --> 00:08:48,480 Speaker 1: w G two s as well. And she actually has 153 00:08:48,520 --> 00:08:51,240 Speaker 1: also has clothing that she started making when she was 154 00:08:51,280 --> 00:08:55,080 Speaker 1: a senior in high school to bring awareness to her programs, 155 00:08:55,120 --> 00:08:56,920 Speaker 1: and I think she started like in two thousand sixteen 156 00:08:57,720 --> 00:09:00,880 Speaker 1: really excited to see how she continues to grow in. 157 00:09:00,920 --> 00:09:05,319 Speaker 1: Our clothing is beautiful representation of the women and girls 158 00:09:05,320 --> 00:09:08,040 Speaker 1: and the two spirited people who have been lost to 159 00:09:08,120 --> 00:09:13,480 Speaker 1: their community. And I think, of course we've had a 160 00:09:13,520 --> 00:09:17,520 Speaker 1: couple of episodes, but not enough, not enough obviously, UH 161 00:09:18,320 --> 00:09:22,600 Speaker 1: to bring justice, to bring in any type of awareness, 162 00:09:23,200 --> 00:09:25,200 Speaker 1: we need to be doing more. They need to be 163 00:09:25,200 --> 00:09:28,280 Speaker 1: doing more. The government should be listening to the people 164 00:09:28,520 --> 00:09:32,600 Speaker 1: and hopefully with people like Secretary Deb Holland that can 165 00:09:32,640 --> 00:09:40,160 Speaker 1: actually happen. Yes, hopefully so, hopefully so. Well, listeners. If 166 00:09:40,200 --> 00:09:43,040 Speaker 1: there are any other women or organizations you would like 167 00:09:43,120 --> 00:09:46,240 Speaker 1: us to shout out in this segment or otherwise that, 168 00:09:46,360 --> 00:09:49,200 Speaker 1: you can email us at Stuff Media, mom Stuff at 169 00:09:49,200 --> 00:09:50,880 Speaker 1: i heeart media dot com. You can find us on 170 00:09:50,880 --> 00:09:53,160 Speaker 1: Twitter at mom Stuff podcast, or on Instagram at stuff 171 00:09:53,200 --> 00:09:55,840 Speaker 1: I Never Told You. 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