Women Warriors

For years there has been controversy over the development of BC Hydro's Site C hydroelectric dam on the traditional lands of Treaty 8 First Nations. Helen Knott shares her fight to save her traditional territory against the Site C development in the Peace River Region surrounding Fort St. John, British Columbia. She connects violence against the land and violence directed at Indigenous women in her poignant spoken word poetry, writing, and activism. On today's episode Helen shares her journey to becoming a writer and poet, how she became an activist, how it changed her, her political trips to Ottawa to advocate against Site C, her struggle with addiction starting at age 13 and how she healed with ceremony and traditional treatment. "With my words I try to be able to come full circle. If I'm talking about a specific issue I want to make sure it has some element of healing to give back to the listeners." Helen Knott Today on the Women Warriors Podcast Her role as a family navigator & connection to communit