Sophia Sidarous: Protect and Defend | Warrior Up! Episode 109 | APTN

Sophia Sidarous, 20, is a first-year law student passionately protecting Indigenous causes and Mi’kmaq land.
At 20, Sophia Sidarous is already a veteran land defender and water protector who has led many actions and protests. Now she’s safeguarding Mi’kmaq land from encroachment and traveling back to her community in New Brunswick for a traditional powwow. Host Joshua Odjick joins first-year law student Sophia in her home community of Metepenagiag, New Brunswick as she shows her friend Liam a sacred pipestone area he will help safeguard from mining encroachment. Then Joshua joins Sophia and Liam as they prepare for a traditional powwow: the two will be leading a group of kids participating in their first children’s drumming group and she will also dance Women’s Traditional. The drumming group gives a powerful performance, we meet Sophia’s uncle, George Paul, who founded the powwow, and the day turns into a special event for Joshua when Sophia encourages him to dance for the first time.
Warrior Up! is a 13 x 22-minute youth documentary series that follows inspiring Indigenous youth making positive change in their communities! Whether it’s defending the land, learning nearly lost Indigenous hunting and building techniques, feeding unsheltered relatives or helping decolonize the fashion industry, the young changemakers featured in this series are making an impact. Warrior Up! shares their inspiring journeys of activism in engaging, entertaining ways as our three hosts take turns travelling Turtle Island, jumping in to lend a hand alongside these young warriors. Inuk actor Anna Lambe, 22, from Iqaluit, Nunavut, Anishinaabe actor Joshua Odjick, 21, from the Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg First Nation, and actor Joel Oulette, 20, with ties to the Cumberland House Cree and Red River Métis Nation, find themselves shooting arrows from horseback, improvising a rap, walking the runway, building a pit house and packing blessing bags, learning just what it means to be a warrior.
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Warrior Up! was financed with help from the Shaw Rocket Fund and the Canada Media Fund (CMF) and produced by Picture This Productions in collaboration with APTN.
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