In 2006, the Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug (the people of Big Trout Lake First Nation) in northern Ontario, Canada said no to a mining company. For saying no, they were sued for $10 billion and their leaders were sentenced to six months in jail for contempt of court. The KI6, as they became known, have never spoken collectively in public about their experiences in jail; about what got them through the long hours of incarceration and how becoming political prisoners changed them and their community. Producer Jody Porter and organizer David Peerla conducted long form interviews with each of the KI6 to create this documentary highlighting the Indigenous governance structures that guided their resistance then, and now.
Friends, colleagues and people who knew longtime CBC reporter Jody Porter share memories and messages of love, gratitude and admiration. Porter, who died Tuesday at age 50 after living with ovarian cancer for several years, was known for telling Indigenous stories with honesty and compassion.
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