The Politics of Ice Hockey: Indigenous Advocacy, BLM and Queer Hockey Fanfic (Summer Special)

 On this Summer Special, Freedom of Species presenters Claire and Nick talk hockey and social justice. We cover: how we got into ice hockey; Indigenous advocacy in hockey including calls for the Chicago team to change their name and logo; the Black Lives Matter movement; and police and military involvement in hockey.  Nick and Claire continue this discussion on hockey and politics, as well as bringing in activism in other sports like cricket and Australian Rules Football, on Progressive Podcast Australia: https://progressivepodcastaustralia.com/2023/12/24/298/  Additional links: Chicago team https://www.teenvogue.com/story/native-youth-need-safe-spaces  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Blackhawks_name_and_logo_controversy  https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/07/sports/hockey/chicago-blackhawks-stand-by-logo.html  https://arts.unimelb.edu.au/australiancentre/critical-public-conversations/undoing-australia-2022/settler-memory-and-the-pitfalls-and-possibilities-of-a-third-reconstruction  Goalie mask controversy ‘Wild’s Marc-Andre Fleury dons Native American Heritage mask’ – article by Greg Wyshynski: https://www.espn.com.au/nhl/story/_/id/38970420/nhl-nixes-marc-andre-fleury-mask-honoring-native-americans https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/marc-andre-fleurys-mask-featuring-native-art-raises-35000-at-auction/  https://www.thestar.com/sports/hockey/they-re-being-racist-marc-andre-fleury-mask-designer-says-nhl-ban-ignores-indigenous-peoples/article_704413d9-4926-5315-8e6d-6a90fead7368.html  https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/kraken/kraken-jerseys-for-indigenous-peoples-night-seek-to-shed-light-on-a-dark-history/  https://twitter.com/HKYIndigenous/status/1734384218380066881  BLM activism in the NHL https://www.nhl.com/news/jt-brown-reflection-on-raising-fist-2017-317734028  https://medium.com/@kchance52387/your-performative-activism-is-not-enough-how-the-nhls-shift-in-support-for-black-lives-matter-89f1f808f01a  https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2020/08/27/nhl-black-lives-matter-protests-critics/  https://theleafsnation.com/news/the-nhl-and-black-lives-matter-a-year-later  https://ftw.usatoday.com/2020/08/tyler-seguin-ryan-reaves-matt-dumba-nhl-players-tell-why-they-protested-during-the-anthem  Shane Pinto https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/explainer-the-shane-pinto-suspension-and-the-nhls-uneasy-connection-to-gambling  Bearhead Sisters https://ca.news.yahoo.com/bearhead-sisters-palestine-edmonton-oilers-195908316.html#:~:text=The%20Bearhead%20Sisters%2C%20who%20performed,during%20the%20one%2Dminute%20performance  https://www.facebook.com/100044570703399/posts/880436370118712  https://twitter.com/EdmontonOilers/status/1724254088215605701  https://www.oilersdaily.com/This-post-caused-the-Edmonton-Oilers-some-controversy-regarding-the-latest-geopolitical-conflict-287720   Books Settler Memory: The Disavowal of Indigeneity and the Politics of Race in the United States by Kevin Bruyneel https://uncpress.org/book/9781469665238/settler-memory/ Chapter 5 – The Free Pass: The Racial Politics of Indian Team Names and Mascots (111-135)  Call Me Indian by Fred Sasakamoose Life in Two Worlds by Ted Nolan  Willie: The Game-Changing Story of the NHL’s First Black Player by Willie O’Ree All Roads Home: A Life On and Off the Ice by Bryan Trottier  Music: Seattle Kraken 2023 Goal Horn featuring Nirvana ‘Lithium’: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVyjvsxLWrw ipetitions.com/petition/rivertonrifle by John K Samson. Dear Coach’s Corner by Propagandhi: https://propagandhi.com/music/supporting-caste Mandaree Special (Chaske Fox Memorial) by The Bearhead Sisters: https://open.spotify.com/track/3tW627WWvKLyrCF4f7hask?si=c5cb4ba09304413d  A reminder about our Summer Programming Schedule: 31 December: Freedom of Species replay on animal rights in Palestine. 7 January: Freedom of Species replay on the documentary Stray. 14 January: Summer Special on anti-capitalist alternatives. We return to regular Freedom of Species programming on January 21.

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