Russ Diabo about the beginning of his activism as an indigenous community leader…

Joseph Russell Diabo, born on December 25th 1955, is a son of a Kahnawake Mohawk Iron Worker, and is a member of the Mohawk Nation at Kahnawake, Quebec, Canada. His work as a First Nations policy analyst focuses on Canada’s colonial history, the history of resistance, and decades of advocacy. Since Russ was a teenager, he has been active in indigenous politics. He was at the 1972 BIA takeover in Washington DC, and the 1973 Wounded Knee stand off.After his experience in Wounded Knee, which he talks about here, his quest for knowledge would lead him to the top Native Studies programs offered in North America. In 1990, he also took part in the so-called ‘Oka Crisis’, near Montreal, Quebec, Canada, one of the more recent armed conflicts between indigenous activists and the authorities. ••• https://www.russdiabo.com/ https://www.russdiabo.com/bio https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kahnawake https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/oka-crisis ••• Interview conducted by Marco Rixecker https://www.amazon.com/author/marcorixecker ••• Radio Aula Mundi, August 2025 https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0J-iNFOJ5e7pEH8ldsVqlM272Ly4wwBQ&si=Db9cnIDPtz9uNC8O ••• At the moment, Radio Aula Mundi is an evolving podcast station where no language and all languages are spoken… It’s a multilingual mix of music, poetry, lectures, languages, interviews, documentaries, recipes, and a lot more, co-produced with the students of the ‘Aula Mundi International Cultural Center’…••• Radio Aula MundiCentro Cultural & Turistico Aula MundiAula Mundi Cultural Travel Centerhttps://linktr.ee/radioaulamundi •••