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Reserve is a piece of land
that was given to us
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by the government.
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Just for Native people.
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There was this thing that
I was told by my father,
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it was called
the 500 Year War,
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ever since the
settlers came in the 1400's.
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They would come and
just tell us that,
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"You live in this part
of this land now and
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we own the rest of this."
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And that's when the war
started between the
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settlers and the Native people.
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And we're still in it.
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Yeah, that's right,
I am the best. I am the best!
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What the fuck is going on?
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Canada, a country best known
internationally for vast
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unpopulated landscapes,
overly polite citizens,
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and the rapper Drake.
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Less known is the
contentious relationship
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between the Indigenous
First Nations and the
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colonial forces of the
Canadian government.
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Beginning with the
Indian Act of 1876,
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First Nations were forced
off of their traditional
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territories and onto
the reserve system.
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These are small and often
isolated parcels of land
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still owned by
the government.
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Decades later and the
system is still in place,
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with nearly half of Canada's
First Nations population
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living on reserves.
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Conditions on reserves
remain so difficult that a
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UN Indigenous rights
investigator officially
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described a state
of crisis due to,
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among many factors,
a lack of infrastructure,
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including drinking water
and access to
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education and healthcare.
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You might be wondering
what any of this
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has to do with pro wrestling...
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A few years ago,
I saw footage of the
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Canadian Wrestling Federation's
Ice Road Wrestling Tour.
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CWF is an independent
promotion headed by
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Frank Rickman,
known by the ring name,
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Kryss Thorn.
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The company has carved out
a niche in the business by
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visiting the most remote
Indigenous communities
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in northern Quebec.
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For reservations that are
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isolated from outside
entertainment,
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the CWF is literally the
only show in town.
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I'm joining their summer
tour to see firsthand
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why this band of road warriors
are continuously welcomed by
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the communities they visit,
and learn more about the
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connection between wrestling
in the Cree and Inuit
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communities of the
James Bay region.
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We travel on the road, sometimes
for 30 hours straight...
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Show up at a show,
there is no time to sleep.
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We're setting the ring up,
doing the show,
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tearing down, and we're leaving
for the next community.
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We are the biggest
traveling company in Canada;
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nobody does more
shows than us.
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Last year we did 97 shows.
I want to beat it this year.
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People sometimes
look at you, "Oh, he's loaded.
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He's making a
fortune off this."
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And you're not.
You really aren't.
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I make a living.
I'm far from being rich.
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I think a real
businessman would say,
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"Screw this shit,"
and call it quits.
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But me, it's like this is
part of me and I'm gonna
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continue to do what
I do, regardless.
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Maybe it's not the smartest
business decisions in the world,
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but, you know,
this is what I do.
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First stop, Waskaganish.
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Waskaganish is a Cree
community of over 2,200 people
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on the southeast
shore of James Bay in the
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Istchee Territory
in northern Quebec, Canada.
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The community has only
had road access since 2001,
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and is over 14 hours
by truck from Montreal.
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- Hey, man.
- Where's this guy going?
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Ow!
Oh, Jesus!
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Ah! Ah!
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Do it, do it.
Ah!
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The CWF crew
doesn't waste any time.
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Moments after
arriving in town,
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Frank has them loading
into the hockey rink
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to set up the ring.
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Everybody that comes out,
I watch them,
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I look at them
and I judge them;
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they have to go by my rules.
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Everybody helps
put up the ring.
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Look at this guy.
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Only on camera.
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You know, no drugs,
no alcohol,
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no hooking up with any of
the girls in the community.
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I've had guys come out on
a tour and they've lasted
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three days and
flew themselves home.
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Was it, like, custom built for
you guys, because...?
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Yeah. This was custom-built
like 20-something years ago.
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Okay.
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The first day is
always the hardest.
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It gets boring just setting
up the thing over and over.
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Shadow Xtreme is a
Cree wrestler from the
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First Nation community
of Pukatawagan.
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He spent years training
mainly in Winnipeg when
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Frank and the CWF crew rolled
through his community.
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After an audition
and a debut match,
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Frank quickly signed him and
gave him a seat in the van.
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He's a crowd favourite
in these communities.
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Tony Caribou is an
amateur stuntman,
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a break dancer,
and a parkour practitioner
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now turned wrestler.
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Also from Pukatawagan,
he was first introduced to
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the sport and the
CWF by his uncle, Shadow,
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and the pair now form the
tag team Cree Xtreme.
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Their inclusion is critical,
as Cree Xtreme are not only
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babyfaces -
wrestling speak for heroes -
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but also the only
First Nations wrestlers
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taking part in the tour.
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For their young audiences,
it's a much needed opportunity
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to see legit First Nations
representation in the ring.
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CWF's top babyface
is Jesse Bieber.
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He literally grew
up on the road,
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cutting his teeth as a
referee before becoming a
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wrestler and CWF's
current champion.
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While he's Frank's son,
no amount of nepotism can
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account for his popularity
with these crowds.
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So, you've been a
wrestling fan pretty much
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your whole life, right?
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Yeah, like, ah...
I was born in '84.
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- Wrestle Mania started in '84.
- Yeah.
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You know, like, it's...
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Something that was, like -
that I just loved.
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Tim '2oolman' Hill is one
third of the award-winning
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and unapologetically
political group,
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A Tribe Called Red.
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He's also a close friend
and fellow life-long
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wrestling fanatic.
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When I told him I was
traveling to Waskaganish to
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witness Cree Xtreme wrestle,
he jumped in a truck and
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drove 22 hours to
hang out with us.
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Tim grew up in Canada's
reserve system in
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Six Nations of the Grand River,
and knows firsthand the
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effects it can have on
the confidence
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of First Nations youth.
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Growing up on the res,
you get a sense of like
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your education isn't
that great, you know.
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That's what they --
that's what they say.
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And, like, it usually comes
even from our own people.
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A lot of people like kind of
like hold us down and
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we get the sense that, you know,
that not only that
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we can't succeed out
there, but we can't...
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We don't belong out there.
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I grew up not really having
much representation in media,
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being, you know,
Indigenous in this world.
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Like, for wrestling
though it was...
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always The Ultimate Warrior
for me. Love the warrior.
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I, I, I... I knew he wasn't...
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- Yeah.
- Like, Native.
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Indigenous or
anything, but...
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The fact that he was a warrior,
and what he stood for,
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it just like connected
with me and like...
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It's all like Native
people who have like
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this connection with wrestling.
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It's something
that's universal.
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We went with the boys
to cut promos
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at the local radio station.
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Native run radio stations
serve an important role on
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reservations by providing
a powerful local voice.
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And, for CWF, it's one of
the most reliable ways
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to get the word out
about the shows.
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Ladies and gentleman,
boys and girls,
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this is a show not to miss.
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You come out,
you see wrestling's
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greatest pop star, Jesse Bieber.
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I am your CWF
Heavyweight Champion.
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No clue on wrestling yet,
but I can tell you it's going
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to be one hell of a show and
I'm gonna make sure
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you have one hell of a time.
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I'm Shadow Xtreme, all the
way from northern Manitoba.
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Also with me is my tag team
partner and relative,
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Tony Caribou.
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Yay.
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Hello, Waskaganish.
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I am the high flying spectacular
First Nation sensation, Tony.
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I will be... wrestling tonight.
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- In action.
- In action.
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I will be in action. Hi-ya!
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And I want to thank you.
What is your name, by the way?
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Greta.
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Greta, are you
gonna be there?
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- I don't know.
- She doesn't know!
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So, ladies and gentlemen,
come down at 7 pm,
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to the Sports Complex.
$2 for kids. $5 for adults.
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And I guarantee you, you're
gonna have a great time.
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Hey!
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What is it about
wrestling that,
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that we connected with so much?
I don't understand.
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Grappling was a thing
with our people back then.
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There's always been a
practice of this grappling
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and pinning each
other down to the ground.
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Yeah, for sure. I mean,
there's leg wrestling up north.
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- Yeah.
- You know?
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- Yeah.
- There's even the... the hook.
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The hook! I was
gonna say the hook,
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where they wrap
each other's arms around and
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they grab each other's
cheek and then --
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- And then pull.
- Pull, pull.
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And whoever taps
first is like, you lost.
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And that's a wrestling move.
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That's been, like, brought into
wrestling, too, right, the hook?
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Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
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We're really big on the
competition and pain.
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I guess, how much
you can endure.
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Long before the
CWF began touring,
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wrestling was visiting First
Nations communities in Canada.
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Starting in the 1980's,
Tony Condello,
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a promoter based
out of Winnipeg,
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started running tours on
reservations across the north.
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Now the wrestlers of CWF
continue that tradition by
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making sure wrestling
remains active and present
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on reserves for a new generation
of First Nations youth.
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- Woo!
Ah!
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This rumble is for the title.
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So, we got Tim 2oolman,
from Tribe Called Red.
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He's gonna be
special guest referee.
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Now, Tim, there are no
major rules to this,
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both their little feet
touch the ground...?
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- They're out.
- They're out.
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It's super hectic right now.
We got four guys in the ring.
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He's out.
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He's out!
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He's out!
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Shadow is my
actual birth name.
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It was given to me because
my dad had a rock band
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called The Shadows.
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When I was a child,
I did the crazy stuff.
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I was always doing something
to surprise or give a
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little bit of a shock
factor to people.
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I used to just jump off a
tree onto like a bunch of bushes
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and just get scrapes and cuts,
and get hurt.
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That all led to
being very fearless.
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I'm not like a psycho, or
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mentally challenged or anything.
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I just don't
like being bored.
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There's not much to
do on the res.
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I wanted to
become a wrestler.
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I was obsessed
about wrestling.
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I even had dreams about
being inside a wrestling ring.
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I knew there was
wrestling school somewhere,
247
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and... I found it.
It was quite a distance.
248
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I had to take an
eight-hour train ride.
249
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And I jump on a
Greyhound bus to Winnipeg,
250
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was another ten hours.
251
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The next day I had to
take the train back to Puk.
252
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And I did that once a month
for a whole year and a half.
253
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That's a...
254
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Every kid that I talked to,
talked about how
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amazing it was to see
you in there. You know?
256
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Thank you.
257
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I want to inspire.
258
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You know, I'm Native and
I'm wrestling among
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my other Native people, so...
260
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The thing was, you know,
the government just,
261
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"Here, here's some land.
262
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Okay, do what you
want over there.
263
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Just don't
bother us," basically,
264
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so we're just in our own
little cooped up area,
265
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area, and we just...
266
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I don't know,
live life with our own.
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And you know, things happen,
good and bad.
268
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And...
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since the like, I was
saying like we're an angry,
270
00:15:34,324 --> 00:15:39,594
like angry people now
because of what happened to us.
271
00:15:39,634 --> 00:15:45,814
So, a lot of people like
to go towards alcoholism.
272
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It's very depressing.
273
00:16:00,307 --> 00:16:01,827
- Can you borrow a quarter?
- Yeah, I'll give it back.
274
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- You're not gonna pay it back.
- Yeah, I will.
275
00:16:03,310 --> 00:16:05,010
- No, you're not.
- I always pay back.
276
00:16:05,051 --> 00:16:06,311
When?
277
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With my land.
278
00:16:09,577 --> 00:16:11,187
I guess I consider
him like family.
279
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So, he comes, stays at our house
and trains at our school.
280
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He's just, he's the
great person, you know,
281
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to have around and
I guess we kind of
282
00:16:19,108 --> 00:16:20,978
took him under our wing, and...
283
00:16:21,023 --> 00:16:23,243
Tony's now here,
Shadow's nephew.
284
00:16:23,286 --> 00:16:25,766
They're a tag
team and I think...
285
00:16:25,810 --> 00:16:28,030
they could go places.
286
00:16:28,074 --> 00:16:29,904
Whapmagoostui and
Kuujjuaraapik are the
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northernmost Cree and the
southernmost Inuit village
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in Quebec.
289
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The community is only
accessible by air and for
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a few weeks in
the late summer, by boat.
291
00:16:47,136 --> 00:16:50,486
Me and Tony,
we're both from Pukatawagan,
292
00:16:50,531 --> 00:16:53,531
and I trained a lot of the
kids and the teens that
293
00:16:53,577 --> 00:16:57,147
were interested in wrestling.
294
00:16:57,190 --> 00:16:58,630
When I purchased
my wrestling ring,
295
00:16:58,669 --> 00:17:00,849
Tony was the first person
to come over and help
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00:17:00,889 --> 00:17:03,369
set up the
wrestling ring.
297
00:17:03,413 --> 00:17:05,813
Something in his life
happened and he was
298
00:17:05,850 --> 00:17:07,850
going down a dark
path for a while.
299
00:17:07,896 --> 00:17:11,246
So, when CWF came to
Puk and scooped him up,
300
00:17:11,291 --> 00:17:12,811
that was it.
301
00:17:12,857 --> 00:17:16,377
He just needed to get out of
there before it got any worse.
302
00:17:16,426 --> 00:17:18,426
Okay, so now you know
what you got to do?
303
00:17:18,472 --> 00:17:22,692
I gotta tuck... go faster.
304
00:17:22,737 --> 00:17:24,257
Okay.
305
00:17:27,785 --> 00:17:30,435
Shadow's trying to get
his flips back right now.
306
00:17:30,484 --> 00:17:33,104
He's had to let a lot of
that flip that he used to be
307
00:17:33,139 --> 00:17:35,579
able to do go, so Tony's
taking him through and
308
00:17:35,619 --> 00:17:37,139
helping him get
his flip back.
309
00:17:37,186 --> 00:17:39,616
He's learning, you know.
I'm helping him break it down.
310
00:17:39,667 --> 00:17:44,107
I could do this too, but I don't
want to show off for everyone.
311
00:17:44,150 --> 00:17:46,630
- Ah!
- Oh!
312
00:17:46,674 --> 00:17:48,684
- Ah!
- Just about!
313
00:17:48,719 --> 00:17:50,289
- Better though.
- You need to stick it.
314
00:17:51,896 --> 00:17:54,766
Ah!
315
00:17:54,812 --> 00:17:57,992
That was awesome though.
You were so high!
316
00:18:12,134 --> 00:18:14,354
Just seems like parkour and
wrestling are such a natural
317
00:18:14,397 --> 00:18:17,267
mix together, you know,
they just go so well.
318
00:18:17,313 --> 00:18:19,583
What do you feel
wrestling has given you?
319
00:18:19,620 --> 00:18:21,140
It gave me confidence.
320
00:18:21,187 --> 00:18:24,097
I gave up hope for a bit
'cause I didn't have
321
00:18:24,146 --> 00:18:25,886
nothing to do at Puk.
322
00:18:25,930 --> 00:18:29,020
Like, I'm trying to give
them something to do and
323
00:18:29,064 --> 00:18:30,544
something fun.
324
00:18:30,587 --> 00:18:32,367
Well, you're saving them
from making an 18-hour journey,
325
00:18:32,415 --> 00:18:33,625
like you had to do
to go to wrestling school.
326
00:18:33,677 --> 00:18:35,587
Oh, yes. And that's
one of the goals
327
00:18:35,636 --> 00:18:37,896
I wanted to do when I
became a wrestler.
328
00:18:37,942 --> 00:18:39,212
You're straight edge,
you know?
329
00:18:39,248 --> 00:18:40,508
Straight edge, yes.
330
00:18:40,554 --> 00:18:43,304
Was it hard,
growing up, avoiding...
331
00:18:43,339 --> 00:18:45,689
Not even necessarily,
you know,
332
00:18:45,733 --> 00:18:47,173
alcohol and drugs
and things like that,
333
00:18:47,213 --> 00:18:49,303
but even just the conflict
that brings from
334
00:18:49,345 --> 00:18:51,605
people around you using
drugs and alcohol?
335
00:18:51,652 --> 00:18:52,962
I just somehow just
stayed away from it.
336
00:18:53,001 --> 00:18:54,571
I don't know how I
stayed away from it.
337
00:18:54,611 --> 00:18:57,611
I just stayed away.
338
00:18:57,658 --> 00:19:00,098
- You are strong.
- I don't know, I just...
339
00:19:00,139 --> 00:19:03,619
I don't know, for some
people that drink, it's normal.
340
00:19:03,664 --> 00:19:05,494
It's just normal for me to
like not drink and
341
00:19:05,535 --> 00:19:08,795
not smoke or do drugs.
342
00:19:08,843 --> 00:19:10,243
Can you grab my jacket?
I'm getting cold now.
343
00:19:10,279 --> 00:19:12,539
I was gonna say,
you must be fucking freezing.
344
00:19:12,586 --> 00:19:14,536
Do you want my jacket? Do you
want me to just warm you up?
345
00:19:14,588 --> 00:19:15,758
I've got my own jacket.
346
00:19:15,806 --> 00:19:17,806
You gotta,
you gotta keep him warm.
347
00:19:17,852 --> 00:19:19,252
Oh, yeah.
348
00:19:19,288 --> 00:19:21,198
I could feel my
nipples getting hard, so...
349
00:19:37,350 --> 00:19:40,000
As well as wrestling shows,
Frank and the CWF crew
350
00:19:40,048 --> 00:19:43,358
also offer training
camps for local kids.
351
00:19:43,399 --> 00:19:45,969
Kayla is one of their
most devoted students.
352
00:19:46,010 --> 00:19:47,450
She'll wait months
between lessons,
353
00:19:47,490 --> 00:19:49,360
as the guys only come
through her town
354
00:19:49,405 --> 00:19:51,055
three or four times a year.
355
00:19:51,102 --> 00:19:52,672
You gonna do some stuff...
some stuff?
356
00:19:52,713 --> 00:19:55,023
Lock up with Jesse.
Come on.
357
00:19:55,063 --> 00:19:57,463
Ah... ugh!
358
00:19:57,500 --> 00:19:59,590
- Good girl, yep, there you go.
- So this foot. There you go.
359
00:19:59,633 --> 00:20:01,243
This is strong, too. I like it.
360
00:20:01,287 --> 00:20:03,157
Loosen up a little.
361
00:20:03,202 --> 00:20:04,812
You should be able to
move around a little bit.
362
00:20:06,596 --> 00:20:07,946
Cool, ready?
363
00:20:07,989 --> 00:20:11,469
I was really interested
about doing the things
364
00:20:11,514 --> 00:20:12,824
that they were doing.
365
00:20:12,863 --> 00:20:15,303
Ya... Yeah!
366
00:20:15,344 --> 00:20:16,874
So, I decided to see
how it feels like
367
00:20:16,911 --> 00:20:19,041
to be an actual wrestler.
368
00:20:21,524 --> 00:20:23,704
- No.
- No?
369
00:20:23,744 --> 00:20:28,054
I have like a long term
and a short term memory loss.
370
00:20:28,096 --> 00:20:31,226
I got that from my father,
biological father.
371
00:20:31,273 --> 00:20:34,103
Watch. So I break in, okay.
372
00:20:34,145 --> 00:20:37,495
I'm gonna hook his hand,
step through about here.
373
00:20:37,540 --> 00:20:42,070
Gonna hook, step, place.
Okay?
374
00:20:42,110 --> 00:20:44,550
I always wanted to get
the community involved
375
00:20:44,591 --> 00:20:45,851
in what we're doing.
376
00:20:45,896 --> 00:20:47,196
Like, every community we
go to now there's a
377
00:20:47,246 --> 00:20:50,116
community member that's
training with us.
378
00:20:50,161 --> 00:20:52,341
I want to make that
person's dream come true.
379
00:20:52,381 --> 00:20:54,211
You're gonna fall
down on your face, Kayla.
380
00:20:54,253 --> 00:20:56,653
Just fall on your face,
drop both.
381
00:20:56,690 --> 00:20:57,870
Ready?
382
00:20:57,908 --> 00:20:59,818
Put your hands out,
hands out, hands out.
383
00:20:59,867 --> 00:21:02,167
Fall down...
Good girl.
384
00:21:02,217 --> 00:21:04,737
Kayla's one of the girls
from a community that's a
385
00:21:04,785 --> 00:21:07,265
fly-in community,
troubled background.
386
00:21:07,309 --> 00:21:09,179
Come on, push up.
Got her head.
387
00:21:09,224 --> 00:21:10,834
And, she's an amazing kid.
388
00:21:10,878 --> 00:21:13,358
Good girl. Nice.
389
00:21:13,402 --> 00:21:15,582
We run different programs
and she's been
390
00:21:15,622 --> 00:21:17,322
involved with all of them.
391
00:21:17,363 --> 00:21:19,103
She really, really
took to the wrestling,
392
00:21:19,147 --> 00:21:21,847
which I was shocked
'cause a lot of girls
393
00:21:21,889 --> 00:21:23,239
don't really take to it.
394
00:21:23,282 --> 00:21:24,502
You want to try
and stop the pain, right.
395
00:21:24,544 --> 00:21:26,374
So the way to do that...
396
00:21:26,415 --> 00:21:29,715
is to try and come
this way, right.
397
00:21:29,766 --> 00:21:31,506
I got adopted
at eight months.
398
00:21:31,551 --> 00:21:35,991
My parents couldn't be
able to take care of me.
399
00:21:36,033 --> 00:21:38,253
Oh, oh! Oh!
400
00:21:38,297 --> 00:21:40,857
Whoa!
401
00:21:40,908 --> 00:21:46,518
They're still alcoholics,
drug addicts.
402
00:21:46,566 --> 00:21:48,306
They told me...
403
00:21:48,350 --> 00:21:52,090
I won't be able to live with
them until I'm 18 again,
404
00:21:52,136 --> 00:21:55,136
so it's kind of hard...
405
00:21:55,183 --> 00:21:58,753
Seeing them
drinking or doing drugs.
406
00:22:03,800 --> 00:22:07,850
I don't mainly
go out anymore.
407
00:22:07,891 --> 00:22:10,371
After my Grandpa passed,
408
00:22:10,416 --> 00:22:15,456
I started not going
out after that.
409
00:22:15,508 --> 00:22:20,948
My Grandfather was
like a father to me.
410
00:22:20,991 --> 00:22:25,041
Here, if I wanted to,
I could break off...
411
00:22:25,082 --> 00:22:26,912
and flip you.
412
00:22:28,999 --> 00:22:31,959
The training
camp was amazing.
413
00:22:32,002 --> 00:22:36,752
I had an opportunity to be
able to go back outside and
414
00:22:36,790 --> 00:22:38,920
see the world again,
415
00:22:38,966 --> 00:22:43,876
and to be able to be
connected to new people.
416
00:22:43,927 --> 00:22:46,317
Oh!
417
00:22:46,365 --> 00:22:48,185
You're doing awesome.
418
00:22:48,236 --> 00:22:53,016
It felt like I was
myself in that ring.
419
00:22:53,067 --> 00:22:57,027
Like I can do anything.
420
00:22:57,071 --> 00:23:01,211
Letting out all the
stress inside me.
421
00:23:01,249 --> 00:23:04,769
And the depression.
422
00:23:04,818 --> 00:23:09,428
I feel blessed in that ring.
423
00:23:09,475 --> 00:23:11,425
So tell me about
your first match.
424
00:23:11,477 --> 00:23:15,517
I actually won the
Royal Rumble last year.
425
00:23:15,568 --> 00:23:16,658
- Yeah?
- Yes.
426
00:23:16,699 --> 00:23:18,089
That's awesome.
427
00:23:18,135 --> 00:23:20,305
A lot of kids wanted my
signature for some reason.
428
00:23:20,355 --> 00:23:21,835
How does that make you feel?
429
00:23:21,878 --> 00:23:24,578
Like you're like a
wrestling star.
430
00:23:24,620 --> 00:23:30,320
Well, first of all,
it's amazing that kids can like
431
00:23:30,365 --> 00:23:34,975
look up to me after doing
good things in life and
432
00:23:35,022 --> 00:23:41,252
to be able to see how
it feels to be like...
433
00:23:41,289 --> 00:23:45,819
a kid that is, that is very
known well in this community.
434
00:23:45,859 --> 00:23:49,119
And also, you're a
really positive role model, too,
435
00:23:49,166 --> 00:23:50,726
because of your stance on
drugs and alcohol.
436
00:23:50,777 --> 00:23:53,167
- Yes.
- So, you're set.
437
00:23:53,214 --> 00:23:54,484
You're like the
next John Cena.
438
00:23:54,520 --> 00:23:57,170
Yeah.
439
00:23:57,218 --> 00:24:02,478
Shadow! Shadow!
440
00:24:04,921 --> 00:24:10,621
Shadow! Shadow!
441
00:24:10,666 --> 00:24:16,276
Shadow, I think
he's a role model.
442
00:24:16,324 --> 00:24:20,154
He avoided all the things
that are affecting
443
00:24:20,197 --> 00:24:22,157
kids this generation.
444
00:24:28,075 --> 00:24:29,765
Hearing Kayla's story has
made it clear how
445
00:24:29,816 --> 00:24:32,466
Indigenous wrestlers like Shadow
show kids that there's a
446
00:24:32,514 --> 00:24:35,344
place for them in the world
outside of the reserve.
447
00:24:37,476 --> 00:24:39,126
As Tim pointed out in
the beginning of the tour,
448
00:24:39,173 --> 00:24:42,133
it's not just the geographically
remote nature of the reserves,
449
00:24:42,176 --> 00:24:43,956
but the psychological
isolation that
450
00:24:44,004 --> 00:24:48,184
can make kids feel trapped.
451
00:24:48,225 --> 00:24:49,785
Wow!
452
00:24:49,836 --> 00:24:52,056
The reality is that Aboriginal
youth in Canada face many
453
00:24:52,099 --> 00:24:54,099
challenges that stem from
hundreds of years
454
00:24:54,144 --> 00:24:55,764
of colonialism.
455
00:24:55,798 --> 00:24:58,188
The weight of all of this
can be overwhelming and
456
00:24:58,235 --> 00:25:01,365
manifests itself in
truly abhorrent statistics.
457
00:25:01,412 --> 00:25:04,242
First Nations youth are over
five times more likely to
458
00:25:04,285 --> 00:25:07,285
take their own lives compared
to the Canadian average.
459
00:25:07,331 --> 00:25:09,861
From my perspective, the
simple action of Cree Xtreme
460
00:25:09,899 --> 00:25:12,379
visiting communities
and kids like Kayla,
461
00:25:12,423 --> 00:25:20,953
has the power to
be revolutionary.
462
00:25:20,997 --> 00:25:22,557
I think everyone should
do it before we leave,
463
00:25:22,608 --> 00:25:23,958
all together.
464
00:25:29,615 --> 00:25:32,565
- Take off the pants too.
- Just do it quick, Jess.
465
00:25:32,618 --> 00:25:34,268
Actually, pants might be
better 'cause then
466
00:25:34,315 --> 00:25:36,535
you can put warm back on.
467
00:25:36,578 --> 00:25:37,748
Definitely the socks.
468
00:25:37,797 --> 00:25:39,057
There's no point in
wearing your socks in.
469
00:25:39,102 --> 00:25:40,542
Ah!
470
00:25:40,582 --> 00:25:44,372
Right now we are in some
intense negotiations to see
471
00:25:44,412 --> 00:25:48,422
whether or not Jesse and Rex
will go jump in the
472
00:25:48,459 --> 00:25:51,589
freezing cold water behind me.
473
00:25:51,637 --> 00:25:54,727
Ready? 3, 2, 1, go!
474
00:25:54,770 --> 00:25:57,430
Here we go!
475
00:26:08,828 --> 00:26:10,258
You bailed on me!
476
00:26:12,309 --> 00:26:15,179
Oh God, guys!
477
00:26:15,225 --> 00:26:17,575
- You may as well go back in.
- No, fuck that!
478
00:26:19,969 --> 00:26:22,099
- Oh, Tony's just going in...
- Tony's going in.
479
00:26:22,145 --> 00:26:24,835
- He's just walking...
- Tony just walked in!
480
00:26:24,887 --> 00:26:29,017
Tony! Pukatawagan's over there!
481
00:26:32,939 --> 00:26:35,379
So, you don't do
this in Japan?
482
00:26:35,419 --> 00:26:37,029
- No.
- No?
483
00:26:37,073 --> 00:26:38,553
- Don't.
- No?
484
00:26:38,597 --> 00:26:40,817
Marufuji and you don't go
running into the cold water?
485
00:26:40,860 --> 00:26:42,300
No.
486
00:26:44,298 --> 00:26:46,168
Kaito Kiyomiya
wrestles with NOAH,
487
00:26:46,213 --> 00:26:48,653
a very respected
promotion back in Japan.
488
00:26:48,694 --> 00:26:50,484
At this stage in his career
he's referred to as in the
489
00:26:50,521 --> 00:26:52,261
Japanese system, a young boy.
490
00:26:52,306 --> 00:26:54,396
Basically a rookie.
491
00:26:54,438 --> 00:26:55,738
Of late, he's been training
under the famous
492
00:26:55,788 --> 00:26:57,878
Naomichi Marufuji and
he's well on his way
493
00:26:57,920 --> 00:26:59,400
to having a great career.
494
00:27:02,359 --> 00:27:04,709
But it's standard practice
for promotions to send
495
00:27:04,753 --> 00:27:07,153
their young boys abroad,
gaining experience wrestling
496
00:27:07,190 --> 00:27:10,190
different styles and working
in front of foreign audiences.
497
00:27:16,591 --> 00:27:19,071
The northern tour with CWF
is Kaito's first experience
498
00:27:19,115 --> 00:27:21,985
of Canada, and you have to
note that this experience
499
00:27:22,031 --> 00:27:24,211
couldn't be
further from Tokyo.
500
00:27:28,255 --> 00:27:29,335
One more time.
501
00:27:45,620 --> 00:27:46,840
Good.
502
00:27:51,582 --> 00:27:54,462
Hammer lock.
Underneath...
503
00:27:54,498 --> 00:27:56,018
So here...
So, arms.
504
00:28:04,073 --> 00:28:06,423
-
- What do you say?
505
00:28:06,467 --> 00:28:08,157
- Give up...
- That's it!
506
00:28:15,955 --> 00:28:18,735
Kaito, do cut offs,
like throat, self-throat.
507
00:28:18,784 --> 00:28:20,484
Self-throat.
508
00:28:20,524 --> 00:28:22,354
No, hit hard.
509
00:28:22,396 --> 00:28:23,436
Okay.
510
00:28:23,484 --> 00:28:24,924
-
- There you go, perfect.
511
00:28:24,964 --> 00:28:27,014
- Okay.
- Give stuff like that.
512
00:28:27,053 --> 00:28:28,973
Heads up, thumb.
513
00:28:31,144 --> 00:28:32,414
Heel, very, very heel.
514
00:28:41,241 --> 00:28:43,201
Ah!
515
00:28:43,243 --> 00:28:45,853
Yell at him in Japanese.
Talk in your language.
516
00:28:45,898 --> 00:28:47,768
- Okay.
- Yell at kids.
517
00:28:50,424 --> 00:28:52,084
Know what I mean?
"Go!"
518
00:28:52,121 --> 00:28:53,641
- Go home?
- "Go home." Yeah.
519
00:29:05,482 --> 00:29:06,752
- Go!
-
520
00:29:06,788 --> 00:29:08,488
- Go home!
- Go home!
521
00:29:10,096 --> 00:29:12,096
He's going to be a
bad guy tonight.
522
00:29:12,141 --> 00:29:14,191
Yeah... yeah.
523
00:29:14,230 --> 00:29:16,100
You're going to
beat Jesse Bieber?
524
00:29:16,145 --> 00:29:18,225
- Jesse bad.
- Break him.
525
00:29:18,278 --> 00:29:19,798
Yes, break. I break.
526
00:29:19,845 --> 00:29:21,795
- Break him.
- Broke, broke.
527
00:29:21,847 --> 00:29:24,367
Cut a promo.
Say, "break him".
528
00:29:24,414 --> 00:29:27,294
Jesse Bieber, I broke him!
529
00:29:29,506 --> 00:29:31,246
Kaito's only way of
communicating with the
530
00:29:31,291 --> 00:29:33,471
other wrestlers is some
very basic English and
531
00:29:33,510 --> 00:29:35,030
the language of wrestling.
532
00:29:35,077 --> 00:29:37,907
The rest of his experience
is left to pure observation.
533
00:29:37,950 --> 00:29:40,600
The history and present day
situation these communities face
534
00:29:40,648 --> 00:29:42,348
is little known
within other parts of Canada,
535
00:29:42,389 --> 00:29:43,959
much less in Japan.
536
00:29:43,999 --> 00:29:46,479
So I can't imagine what
he must think of the whole tour.
537
00:30:33,919 --> 00:30:36,489
Jesse! Jesse!
538
00:31:01,816 --> 00:31:04,776
Oh!
539
00:31:10,042 --> 00:31:11,872
1, 2...
540
00:31:30,192 --> 00:31:31,452
Four!
541
00:31:39,288 --> 00:31:40,288
Six!
542
00:32:19,459 --> 00:32:21,719
1, 2, 3!
543
00:32:27,771 --> 00:32:30,301
Eastmain is a Cree community
located on the east coast of
544
00:32:30,339 --> 00:32:32,119
James Bay in
northern Quebec.
545
00:32:32,167 --> 00:32:34,997
Its population
is 767 people,
546
00:32:35,040 --> 00:32:36,740
meaning about half the
community will be
547
00:32:36,780 --> 00:32:38,650
ringside this evening.
548
00:32:43,657 --> 00:32:46,657
Having Jesse on
tour with me, it's amazing.
549
00:32:47,922 --> 00:32:50,142
Jesse Bieber's been
here for 9 years.
550
00:32:50,185 --> 00:32:54,015
These kids have actually
grown up with Jesse.
551
00:32:54,059 --> 00:32:56,889
Every night I get to watch
my kid shine like a star.
552
00:33:02,763 --> 00:33:05,943
He started when he was 14
years old as a referee,
553
00:33:05,984 --> 00:33:07,164
busted his butt.
554
00:33:07,202 --> 00:33:09,552
The old owner
picked on him so much.
555
00:33:09,596 --> 00:33:11,336
One day he just
told me, he's like,
556
00:33:11,380 --> 00:33:12,820
"Dad, I want to wrestle."
557
00:33:12,860 --> 00:33:15,600
Before you know it, Jesse
was thrown into a rumble.
558
00:33:15,645 --> 00:33:17,335
He kind of looked
like Justin Bieber.
559
00:33:17,386 --> 00:33:19,346
All of a sudden people just
started calling him Bieber.
560
00:33:19,388 --> 00:33:21,218
"Bieber, Bieber, Bieber!"
561
00:33:30,747 --> 00:33:33,577
Right now, we are seeing
Jesse Bieber
562
00:33:33,620 --> 00:33:37,970
wrestle a dastardly villain.
563
00:33:38,016 --> 00:33:40,366
Jesse Bieber, of course,
is the hero to this audience.
564
00:33:50,115 --> 00:33:52,025
Back home I'm
actually not a babyface.
565
00:33:52,073 --> 00:33:54,683
I'm actually the heel.
I play more off -
566
00:33:54,728 --> 00:33:57,208
based off the millennial
kind of character.
567
00:33:57,252 --> 00:33:58,782
So, when I get into the
ring I want to do the
568
00:33:58,819 --> 00:34:01,209
high pitched screeches, I want
to do the tantrum so that way
569
00:34:01,256 --> 00:34:03,216
I can get everybody mad
at me so they're like,
570
00:34:03,258 --> 00:34:05,038
"Oh, this guy's a
little spoiled brat."
571
00:34:10,265 --> 00:34:11,655
-
- Hey, hey, hey!
572
00:34:13,529 --> 00:34:14,619
Let me at him!
573
00:34:14,661 --> 00:34:16,451
Here, it's
totally different.
574
00:34:16,489 --> 00:34:19,009
They know me almost as like
a personal level because
575
00:34:19,057 --> 00:34:20,877
I have grown up with them.
576
00:34:20,928 --> 00:34:22,498
He's a cheater!
577
00:34:24,671 --> 00:34:26,151
And the best part is,
I'm just entertaining;
578
00:34:26,194 --> 00:34:27,414
that's all I do.
579
00:34:27,456 --> 00:34:29,106
What are you doing?
580
00:34:29,154 --> 00:34:33,644
I have an idea! Play some music!
581
00:34:36,770 --> 00:34:40,250
So I do a lot of comedy and I do
a lot of interacting with them.
582
00:34:40,295 --> 00:34:42,685
Jesse! Jesse!
583
00:34:42,732 --> 00:34:45,002
As long as they're invested
in my match, I'm happy.
584
00:34:53,787 --> 00:34:55,697
You can tell that the CWF
has been doing this for years
585
00:34:55,745 --> 00:34:59,095
because this card is
perfectly suited for this room.
586
00:35:02,100 --> 00:35:04,490
They're winning them
over with every spot.
587
00:35:21,423 --> 00:35:23,253
Did I always wanted my kids to
follow in my footsteps and
588
00:35:23,295 --> 00:35:25,205
become a wrestler?
589
00:35:25,253 --> 00:35:26,653
I don't think I really
thought of that
590
00:35:26,689 --> 00:35:29,559
when I first started
my wrestling.
591
00:35:29,605 --> 00:35:32,425
I should have expected it
because I would go home and
592
00:35:32,478 --> 00:35:35,658
I'd wrestle with my
kids all the time.
593
00:35:35,698 --> 00:35:37,528
Father versus son.
594
00:35:54,674 --> 00:35:56,204
This is so intense!
595
00:35:56,241 --> 00:35:59,201
Yeah, this is I think the
most intense match between them.
596
00:36:01,594 --> 00:36:02,644
Yay!
597
00:36:02,682 --> 00:36:04,032
- Boo!
- Oh, God.
598
00:36:07,730 --> 00:36:09,690
Ah!
599
00:36:09,732 --> 00:36:11,472
Boo!
600
00:36:11,517 --> 00:36:12,947
There's something especially
vicious about watching
601
00:36:12,996 --> 00:36:15,646
a dad suplex his own son.
602
00:36:15,695 --> 00:36:19,255
We don't walk around
saying Jesse's my son.
603
00:36:19,307 --> 00:36:22,307
Matter of fact, a lot of
people don't know that.
604
00:36:22,354 --> 00:36:24,834
Jesse is
extremely talented...
605
00:36:27,228 --> 00:36:29,488
And, I don't want people
looking down at him because
606
00:36:29,535 --> 00:36:31,445
he's the promoter's kid.
607
00:36:31,493 --> 00:36:34,103
- Don't do it!
- Oh!
608
00:36:34,148 --> 00:36:35,758
Oh my God.
609
00:36:35,802 --> 00:36:38,022
Looks like Jesse got
busted open in the mouth.
610
00:36:43,549 --> 00:36:46,029
- Should we follow?
- Yeah, let's follow.
611
00:36:52,253 --> 00:37:00,653
Jesse! Jesse!
612
00:37:00,696 --> 00:37:02,176
Oh, this is
gonna be awesome.
613
00:37:07,964 --> 00:37:09,884
Okay, that was new.
614
00:37:09,923 --> 00:37:12,973
Wrestling!
615
00:37:33,773 --> 00:37:36,043
Gross. Oh yeah,
my tooth was inside my lip.
616
00:37:37,559 --> 00:37:40,079
I had to like pull
my lip out and up.
617
00:37:51,878 --> 00:37:52,968
- You alright?
- Yeah, yeah.
618
00:37:53,009 --> 00:37:54,319
- Sorry.
- No, don't worry about it.
619
00:37:54,359 --> 00:37:56,059
It's fine. It happens.
620
00:38:09,069 --> 00:38:10,549
Here. You can tape it
back together.
621
00:38:10,592 --> 00:38:12,552
Can I put this
back together again?
622
00:38:12,594 --> 00:38:13,734
Got some glue?
623
00:38:13,769 --> 00:38:15,029
You just cut my hair?
624
00:38:23,344 --> 00:38:25,004
It's Canada birthday today,
and for some,
625
00:38:25,041 --> 00:38:26,571
a pretty
significant one, too.
626
00:38:26,608 --> 00:38:29,128
Canada is 150 years old.
627
00:38:34,094 --> 00:38:36,274
While there is a
barbeque and smiling faces,
628
00:38:36,314 --> 00:38:38,274
it's pretty evident that
this national holiday means
629
00:38:38,316 --> 00:38:41,876
something completely
different in Cree territory.
630
00:38:41,928 --> 00:38:44,148
Beginning as a Hudson
Bay Company trading post,
631
00:38:44,191 --> 00:38:46,151
Eastmain has only been
reserved for the Cree people
632
00:38:46,193 --> 00:38:48,063
since 1962.
633
00:38:48,108 --> 00:38:49,808
But these are traditional
lands going back thousands
634
00:38:49,849 --> 00:38:52,369
of years, so for many,
there's a palpable tension
635
00:38:52,417 --> 00:38:54,547
around the image of a maple
leaf being celebrated
636
00:38:54,593 --> 00:38:56,513
on stolen Native land.
637
00:39:06,561 --> 00:39:08,611
Reality is the best story.
638
00:39:08,650 --> 00:39:11,090
He's coming out,
"I'm Mr. Canada,"
639
00:39:11,131 --> 00:39:13,701
and they're the first
real Canadians.
640
00:39:13,742 --> 00:39:15,832
So, like, when you're
throwing it in their faces,
641
00:39:15,875 --> 00:39:17,435
you know what I mean,
you're obviously getting
642
00:39:17,485 --> 00:39:20,005
an instant reaction of...
643
00:39:20,053 --> 00:39:22,453
"Who the hell is this guy?
Who does he think he is?"
644
00:39:22,490 --> 00:39:24,710
And, instantly,
they hate him.
645
00:39:27,713 --> 00:39:29,373
Sometimes when I come up
with these ideas I'm like,
646
00:39:29,410 --> 00:39:31,330
Oh, I don't know,
pushing the envelope.
647
00:39:39,246 --> 00:39:42,376
You suck! You suck!
648
00:39:47,036 --> 00:39:48,686
Sometimes pushing
the envelope is good.
649
00:40:07,883 --> 00:40:10,843
Here, you got
Mr. Aboriginal himself.
650
00:40:10,886 --> 00:40:12,446
Here he is fighting for us.
651
00:40:12,497 --> 00:40:14,537
Everybody in that audience
wanted to be Shadow.
652
00:40:17,327 --> 00:40:22,637
Shadow! Shadow!
653
00:40:25,335 --> 00:40:26,725
3!
654
00:40:57,280 --> 00:40:59,630
1, 2, 3!
655
00:41:19,259 --> 00:41:20,649
That's a T, that's an O.
656
00:41:20,695 --> 00:41:23,915
There's the N. There's the Y.
657
00:41:32,577 --> 00:41:34,487
I've witnessed wrestling
matches around the world,
658
00:41:34,535 --> 00:41:36,575
but I don't think I've ever
met wrestlers with more of
659
00:41:36,624 --> 00:41:39,634
a direct impact on
their fans than CWF,
660
00:41:39,671 --> 00:41:41,371
especially Tony and Shadow.
661
00:41:41,411 --> 00:41:43,461
Their audiences are
young, impressionable,
662
00:41:43,501 --> 00:41:46,291
and starved for
outside perspectives.
663
00:41:46,329 --> 00:41:47,899
It's telling of the
disconnect between Canada
664
00:41:47,940 --> 00:41:50,680
and the nations I visited
that this band of road warriors
665
00:41:50,725 --> 00:41:52,635
are literally the
only live entertainment that
666
00:41:52,684 --> 00:41:54,734
makes it to
these communities.
667
00:41:54,773 --> 00:41:57,213
Ah!
668
00:41:57,253 --> 00:41:58,863
I don't think the
wrestlers plan on it,
669
00:41:58,907 --> 00:42:00,387
nor are they even
fully aware of it,
670
00:42:00,430 --> 00:42:02,820
but they command
great responsibility.
671
00:42:02,868 --> 00:42:05,038
Matthew the Mountie versus
Cree Xtreme was more than
672
00:42:05,087 --> 00:42:07,567
just a wrestling match;
it represents an ongoing
673
00:42:07,612 --> 00:42:11,092
dialogue around who
or what is Canadian.
674
00:42:11,137 --> 00:42:13,007
And importantly, what
does a Canadian hero
675
00:42:13,052 --> 00:42:15,272
look like by default?
676
00:42:15,315 --> 00:42:18,095
The fact that this is happening
on Canada's 150th birthday
677
00:42:18,144 --> 00:42:20,494
couldn't come
at a more opportune time.
678
00:42:42,472 --> 00:42:44,522
There are few places on the
planet where you can't
679
00:42:44,562 --> 00:42:46,692
tune into some form of
professional wrestling
680
00:42:46,738 --> 00:42:48,648
on a television or the internet.
681
00:42:48,696 --> 00:42:52,176
But to experience it in the
flesh is a different story.
682
00:42:52,221 --> 00:42:55,181
For the remote First Nations
communities of northern Canada,
683
00:42:55,224 --> 00:42:56,574
it'd be all but
impossible if it weren't
684
00:42:56,617 --> 00:43:00,447
for the mettle of the
wrestlers of the CWF.
685
00:43:00,490 --> 00:43:03,280
But the relationship is
reciprocal to say the least.
686
00:43:03,319 --> 00:43:06,059
The history of fandom within
these communities is deep,
687
00:43:06,105 --> 00:43:07,365
and rooted in
something more than
688
00:43:07,410 --> 00:43:08,890
just pure spectacle.
689
00:43:11,980 --> 00:43:14,290
I can't help but think that
tucked far away from the
690
00:43:14,330 --> 00:43:16,120
glitz and glamour
of the main stage,
691
00:43:16,158 --> 00:43:18,898
resides the beating heart of
692
00:43:18,944 --> 00:43:21,824
the audiences of these
small communities...
693
00:43:21,860 --> 00:43:25,910
and the wrestlers willing to
weather the roads to find them.
694
00:43:25,951 --> 00:43:27,471
See you.