Roger Obonsawin on Organizing Against Privatization of Reserve Lands

The Harper government, in line with their neoliberal and colonial fundamentalism, is continuing the latest efforts by the Canadian state to destroy the last remaining indigenous land-base in northern Turtle Island by making moves twoards the privatization of reserve lands. In this audio clip, long-time indigenous activist Roger Obonsawin talks about his involvement in an effort that successfully defeated a similar measure — at that time called The Chartered Lands Act — in the early 1990s.