Episode 625: In The Seats With...Saxon de Cocq, Erin Goodpipe and 'Treaty Road'

It's so vital that we educate ourselves....On this special episode, we dive into some of the issues surrounding our First Nations peoples.  It's time to take a walk down 'Treaty Road'.While exploring his Métis ancestry, writer/director Saxon de Cocq discovered that his great grandfather (x4) was the Honorable James McKay, a prominent Métis from the Red River area. McKay was involved in many of the Numbered Treaty negotiations, eventually becoming a Treaty Commissioner. With mixed feelings, Saxon is driven to learn more... what was McKay’s involvement, his motivations for playing a pivotal role in this part of history? Saxon enlists the help of his friend Erin Goodpipe, a community educator and researcher who has devoted years in building her knowledge around Aboriginal and Treaty Rights. A complex but truly important thing for anyone to see as it opens audiences to the treaties and how they've been used to exploit our First Nations peoples....and still are....We had the pleasure to sit down with Saxon and Erin to discuss the origins of the series, the why behind wanting to tell this story and so very much more.