"It's important that we look at our own issues while still supporting the Black Lives Matter movement," she said. Martell is from Blues Mills, N.S., just a few minutes away from We'koqma'q First Nation in Cape Breton. She decided to rewrite the Billy Joel song We Didn't Start The Fire, changing the lyrics to focus on issues affecting Indigenous people like the Sixties Scoop, MMIWG and other deaths of Indigenous people. When Martell first thought about using her YouTube platform to contribute to the conversation around racism, she considered just covering the song, because it was already political. She said she's "overwhelmed" by the response, getting messages from people who were relatives or friends of the people included in her song.

Source: CBC News June 14, 2020 18:00 UTC