Summary: Today on the Idle No More Indigenous Report will be part two of the Human Trafficking of Native American/First Nations women, children and young males. The guests include Christine Stark, Chong Kim and Christi Belcourt and the continuation of the dialogue of Human Trafficking in the United States and Canada.Christine Stark who is an award-winning writer, public speaker, and visual artist of Anishinaabe/Cherokee heritage. Her essays and poetry have appeared in numerous anthologies and periodicals, including University of Pennsylvania Law Review; Prostitution, Trafficking, and Trauma; and The Chalk Circle: Prize-Winning Intercultural Essays. Her poem, “Momma's Song”, was recorded by Fred Ho and the Afro Asian Music Ensemble and released as a manga CD. She co-edited Not for Sale, an international anthology on sexual violence and she coauthored “Garden of Truth: The Prostitution and Trafficking of Native Women in Minnesota”. She was a 2011 Loft Mentor Series winner in creative non-fiction and she has won awards for her writing and art, including two McKnight Awards and a Pushcart Prize nomination. Her first novel, Nickels: A Tale of Dissociation, was a 2011 Lambda Literary finalist. Currently, she is an MSW student at UMD Duluth where she is coordinating a research project called “Gathering Our Stories: The Prostitution and Trafficking of Native Women on the Duluth Ships.” She teaches writing at a community college.Chong Kim was born in South Korea but moved to the U.S. when she was a toddler and grew up in Oklahoma and Texas. As a teenager and young adult, Chong was a victim of domestic human trafficking. She spent several years in captivity before eventually gaining back her freedom. Since 2001, Chong has been volunteering her time as a legal advocate around the country promoting human and civil rights. She travels extensively to promote awareness and speak publicly on the topic of human trafficking. Chong uses her personal story to enlighten NGOs and political officials with the goal of strengthening the advocacy for trafficking victims. In 2006, she received an award from the National Campaign for Tolerance. Her name was placed on the Wall of Tolerance, which honors people who take a public stand against hate, injustice and intolerance. Chong also contributed her story to the book Not in My Town: Exposing and Ending Human Trafficking and Modern Day Slavery. She is currently writing her memoir and lives in North Texas. Chong Kim co-wrote the movie "Eden"http://www.edenthefilm.com/story.html.In addition, Christi Bellecourt will join this show to discuss "Walking With Our Sisters" A Commemorative Art Installation for the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women of Canada and the United States.Although statistics in the U.S. are not available at present, In Canada, it is estimated that 600+ native women have gone missing or have been murdered in the last 20 years. Many have vanished without a trace with little to no concern paid by the media, the general public or politicians. This is a travesty of justice.1,600+ moccasin tops have been created by just over 1,200 caring and concerned people to create one large collaborative art piece that will be installed for the public in various galleries and sites. They will be installed in a winding path of beaded vamps on cloth over a gallery floor. Viewers will need to remove their shoes to walk over the cloth and walk along the path.The exhibit is currently booked to tour across Canada and into the United States. (see "Exhibit Schedule" under the 'file tab').This project is about these women, paying respect to their lives and existence on this earth. They are not forgotten. They are sisters, mothers, daughters, cousins, grandmothers. They have been cared for, loved, and they are missing.Idle No More Indigenous Report airs on Wednesday evenings at 6:00 Eastern time @prn.fmlive.If you like the Idle No More Indigenous Reports upcoming shows o
