Fantastic interview. What an inspiring young man. I am impressed with his intellect, determination, and positive outlook. Aaron's thoughts on controversial topics are informed and well reasoned.
Very welcome to hear that there is openness to discussion of the book Grave Error and towards excavations and a fact based end to this story. [People like Sean Carleton of U of Manitoba continue to muddy the water and refuse to acknowledge that the “mass grave” mythology has origins in the Kamloops band leadership, and not just the media.]The shift from “mass graves” to “suspected ground anomalies” is progress of a sort. But all Canadians need real closure; and those who have driven the false narratives need to be called out. Well done Aaron Pete, a very brave leader with an excellent forward looking approach.
This is awesome, Tara. I hadn’t heard/heard of Aaron before, and he is exactly the kind of voice Canadians need to be hearing: an educated Indigenous leader thinking/speaking critically about issues that are stuck in the rut of the mainstream narrative. A man who recognizes the trials of his youth and heritage, yet isn’t victimized by them; indeed is empowered by them. The ‘genocide’ narrative is begging to be scraped at, especially by Indigenous people, as corruption in the councils looks to be the source of it. I try to make a point of listening to Indigenous voices, but it’s a tough go. I had high hopes for ‘Unreconciled’ after reading a blurb in the paper, but the hypocrisy drips from every page. And then you’ve got writers like Asha Frost, who spout the word GENOCIDE every other sentence.
Stay with the Canadian issues, Tara! Start digging into the trials around the Trucker Protest, both the Lich/Barber trial and the Coutts boys; tons of nasty underbelly there for you to dig into. The ongoing struggles of Covid jab-injured people would be a good one to shine some light on as well, although you jabbed journalists prefer to stay away from that stuff, looks like.
Thank you very much for having me as a guest! You're a tremendous host, and I'm very grateful for the opportunity.
Fantastic interview. What an inspiring young man. I am impressed with his intellect, determination, and positive outlook. Aaron's thoughts on controversial topics are informed and well reasoned.
Aaron, thank you for being willing to talk about corruption in indigenous governence. For bands to move forward this has to be addressed
Very welcome to hear that there is openness to discussion of the book Grave Error and towards excavations and a fact based end to this story. [People like Sean Carleton of U of Manitoba continue to muddy the water and refuse to acknowledge that the “mass grave” mythology has origins in the Kamloops band leadership, and not just the media.]The shift from “mass graves” to “suspected ground anomalies” is progress of a sort. But all Canadians need real closure; and those who have driven the false narratives need to be called out. Well done Aaron Pete, a very brave leader with an excellent forward looking approach.
A level-headed fellow! let's hope he doesn't get sucked into a vast bureaucracy...
Aaron Pete @ Tara Henley, yay! (Commenting before I even listen :)
This is awesome, Tara. I hadn’t heard/heard of Aaron before, and he is exactly the kind of voice Canadians need to be hearing: an educated Indigenous leader thinking/speaking critically about issues that are stuck in the rut of the mainstream narrative. A man who recognizes the trials of his youth and heritage, yet isn’t victimized by them; indeed is empowered by them. The ‘genocide’ narrative is begging to be scraped at, especially by Indigenous people, as corruption in the councils looks to be the source of it. I try to make a point of listening to Indigenous voices, but it’s a tough go. I had high hopes for ‘Unreconciled’ after reading a blurb in the paper, but the hypocrisy drips from every page. And then you’ve got writers like Asha Frost, who spout the word GENOCIDE every other sentence.
Stay with the Canadian issues, Tara! Start digging into the trials around the Trucker Protest, both the Lich/Barber trial and the Coutts boys; tons of nasty underbelly there for you to dig into. The ongoing struggles of Covid jab-injured people would be a good one to shine some light on as well, although you jabbed journalists prefer to stay away from that stuff, looks like.