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Today we're bringing you an excerpt from a panel of speakers recorded at the World Social Forum in Montreal in early August. It was called "Indigenous Peoples' Struggles and Resistance: Building Solidarity for Land, Self Determination and Justice." What you'll hear is a variety of perspectives on one common theme: the need to protect the earth from the ravages of corporate greed and environmental devastation, and the right of Indigenous people to control their lands, their territories and their way of life. Speakers (in order they appear in the podcast):   Tom Goldtooth -   Environmental, climate, and economic justice activist, speaker, film producer, and Indigenous rights leader from Minnesota. Joseph Wawatie, a traditional Algonquin from Barriere Lake in western Quebec. In 2012, he was arrested for protesting logging on his traditional territory -- land which remains unceded territory. He speaks of his traditional life in the bush, and the challenges his nation faces. Jacob Wawatie, Algonquin elder and nat