Poet Calls Out Justin Trudeau on Indigenous Rights

Writer Helen Knott has a call out to Justin Trudeau to protect the rights of Canada s Indigenous population. Subscribe to CBC Arts to watch more videos: You may have heard of Helen Knott she s a driven poet and strong activist who s used her words to focus attention on Indigenous land and water rights and violence against the land and Indigenous women. If you haven t heard of Knott, you won t soon forget her after this video directed by filmmaker Coty Savard. Standing proudly in the vast Peace River landscape, Knott is directly addressing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau: challenging him to remember his promises and pay attention to the Indigenous population, their land, their water, their history and the number of times they have seen promises broken. Find us at CBC Arts on Facebook: CBC Arts on Twitter: CBC Arts on Instagram: bit. l