Why some Indigenous people relate to endangered orcas

Charlene Aleck, a former councillor with Tsleil-Waututh Nation, shares her deeply personal connection with killer whales, and how it informs her activism against the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. Find out more about the future of the southern resident killer whales in a new CBC British Columbia podcast, Killer: J Pod on the Brink. You can subscribe now wherever you get your podcasts. www.cbc.ca/radio/podcasts/kil...
Correction: An earlier version identified Charlene Aleck as a councillor with the Tsleil-Waututh Nation. In fact, she is a former councillor.
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