In this episode of Radio Free Alcatraz, John Trudell opens by sharing articles from the Native Alliance for Red Power newsletter from Vancouver, British Columbia, to show similarities between Native People in the United States and Canada. The article is entitled, "The art of stealing human rights," taken from a speech given by Gerry Gambill given at a conference on human rights at a Tobique reserve in New Brunswick in August 1968. Trudell then shares NARP's eight-point program for the betterment of Canadian Indians. Trudell concludes this episode expressing United States Indians' support of Canadian Indians and their struggle, and promotes the next Tuesday's program with Canadians Jonny Yesno and Shirley Daniels.
The Art of Stealing Human Rights
Native peoples face similar struggles with the federal governments in the U.S. and in Canada.