Down2Earth

Northern Youth Gathering/Ta'Kaiya Blaney/Kwakwaka'wakw Medicinal Plants (2x2)

Air date: Jan 01, 2013

Journey to Yellowknife to take part in a gathering of Indigenous youth who've come together to talk about the impact of global warming on their territories. Leigh Joseph meets Ta'Kaiya Blaney, an 11-year old environmentalist and singer. Then Leigh travels to the We Wai Kai Nation on Quadra Island in Western Canada where she meets Deb Thomas, a medicine woman who harvests and uses traditional plants.