Decolonizing from the Ground Up with Nikki Sanchez

Nikki Sanchez joins PWB to as we discuss what exactly is decolonization, why do we need it, and how can we all be part of the process of decolonization on this episode of Storytelling for Change.

Nikki Sanchez is a Pipil/Maya and Irish/Scottish academic, Indigenous media maker, and environmental educator and is presently completing a Ph.D. with a research focus on emerging visual media technology as it relates to Indigenous ontology. Nikki designed and  directed the first-ever Indigenous Storyteller edition with Telus STORYHIVE. For the past two years, Nikki has been the David Suzuki Foundation’s "Queen of Green," she produced the 8-part documentary VICELAND series “RISE” focused on global Indigenous  resurgence, which debuted at Sundance in February 2017 and has received global critical acclaim and won "best documentary" at the Canadian screen awards. She has been a wilderness guide and  environmental educator in the Nuu-chah-nulth territory of Clayoquot Sound for over 10 years, where she  was mentored by Nuu-chah-nulth elders Tsahsiits and Qaamina Sam, and has just published a book anthology of the Salish Sea Resident Orca whales. Nikki has a TEDx talk entitled “Decolonization is for Everyone," and she is also the creator and director of  "Decolonize Together" a collective of Indigenous women who offer decolonial and inclusivity workshops  and curriculum creation.

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