Marc Finnell
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first heard Jun 2026
last heard 28 Jun
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That is a cartel.
And indeed, in 2022, the company was fined almost $2 million for criminal cartel conduct.
Chris, I'll confess that before you and I started talking, I don't think I'd heard this story.
Why don't more people know about this?
Have the Indigenous communities ever been acknowledged or compensated for what they already knew for thousands of years about this plant?
So, so far in this story, we have D-Day, we have a racketeering case, and we have a surprise medicine that may have changed the shape of one of the biggest battles of World War II.
I'd like to talk about you and where you fit within the story, because your job is essentially to kind of go to different communities and say, hey,
I found that something that you have had in your community for thousands of years is actually being used in this way.
I've heard you describe it as rematriation.
Explain that to me if you can.
So, rematriation, when you go back and talk to the Anis and you say, hey, I found this connection between this enormously impactful drug that has saved lives, changed lives, and it links back to you, to your people, to your ancestors.
What kind of reactions do you get from them when you're basically connecting these dots in front of them?
There's two parallel histories here and often they don't touch.
Do you think there is a way to integrate that information that's lived in First Nations communities with the way modern pharmaceuticals works with big corporations and patents and things like that?
Is there a way for those things to ever properly work together?
Chris, thank you so much for talking to me.
No worries.
Thank you so much.
Dr Chris Cavillan, an expert in the protection of Indigenous medical knowledge.
And this episode was produced by Zoe Ferguson and Rebecca Metcalf.
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