Podcasts Culture InFocus Lateral violence a ‘colonial hangover’ we need to heal: prof

Lateral violence a ‘colonial hangover’ we need to heal: prof

Published: Jan. 8, 2020, 7 p.m.

Lateral violence is violence and bullying directed against one’s own people or peer group and is prevalent in First Nation, Inuit and Metis communities. In this episode of APTN InFocus, we discuss why it happens and what we can do to stop it.

In 1939, the Manitoba government and RM burned down the Metis community of Ste. Madeleine to make room for settler’s cattle to graze. In this episode, we meet descendants of this tragic history.