Mar 30 2021 35 mins
In our second episode, we talk to Crystal Smith, a member of the Tsimshian and Haisla Nations and a mother, artist, activist, and teacher. She tells us about the time her landlord tried to evict her for smudging in her apartment with her children, and the long road she travelled to fight for her family's cultural rights. Crystal won her case at the BC Human Rights Tribunal in 2020, paving the way for a better future for her kids and many others.
Discussed: children and youth, smudging, human rights, discrimination, cultural rights, colonial legal system, Indigenous laws.
Music: Ross Bugden, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.