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.