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2016-03-25T16:26:44.000Z
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Video Title:
Strong Women/Strong Nations 3: The Hon. Jody Wilson-Raybould
Description:
"Strong Women/Strong Nations: Native American Women & Leadership" is a day-long symposium examining the complex identities of Native women through lively, insightful discussions by elected tribal leaders, activists, artists, and business leaders about the challenges, obstacles, and opportunities confronting women today. In this segment, The Hon. Jody Wilson-Raybould (We Wai Kai Nation), Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, speaks on "Finding Balance." Jody Wilson-Raybould began her legal career in 2000, when she worked as a provincial crown prosecutor in Vancouver. In 2003, she became an advisor at the British Columbia Treaty Commission, a body established to oversee treaty negotiations between First Nations and the Crown. In 2009, Wilson-Raybould was elected as the Regional Chief of the BC Assembly of First Nations where she devoted herself to the advancement of First Nations governance, fair access to land and resources, and to improved education and health care services. On October 19, 2015, she was elected as the federal Member of Parliament for the riding of Vancouver Granville. On November 4, 2015, she was sworn in as the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada. She is a descendant of the Musgamagw Tsawataineuk and Laich-Kwil-Tach peoples and a member of the We Wai Kai Nation. The symposium was webcast and recorded at the Rasmuson Theater of the National Museum of the American Indian on March 18, 2016.
Video Duration:
35 min 20 sec
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Native American Indian Museum Smithsonian "Indigenous Peoples" "Smithsonian Institution" "Smithsonian NMAI" "National Museum of the American Indian"
