Turtle Island is heaving with inequities — which we see played out daily in the news. Nothing is as dangerous and harmful to Indigenous people as the police and justice systems. This is plainly seen in Thunder Bay. What will it take to acknowledge our collective past and possibly move on?

This podcast is a companion to Tanya Talaga’s documentary “Spirit to Soar: Mashkawi-manidoo bimaadiziwin,” available on CBC Gem starting September 24.