Celebration, connection and education are just a few ways to counter stereotypes, ignorance and injustice.
Indigenous peoples are doing that by applying old solutions to new technology or rediscovering new ways in old traditions.
Sometimes new understanding happens by simply sitting and talking while creating something beautiful.
Today on Unreserved:
Lee Maracle is a writer, teacher, a life-long political activist and an expert on First Nations culture and history. Find out why she calls her writing a beautiful lie and what her grandfather has to do with her path toward storytelling.
Volunteers at the Prince George Native Friendship Centre are making 1,350 moosehide pouches to hold medals for the Canada Winter Games. There are 1,350 pouches to make and only 50 made so far. Darcy Dennis with the First Nation explains how you can help.
The Juno nominations came out this week and it’s a banner year for the kwe, that means women in Ojibway.
Tanya Tagaq received three nods, while Crystal Shawanda, Leela Gilday and Digging Roots were all nominated in the aboriginal recording of the year category. Rounding out the list is Cree story master Tomson Highway.
But why does aboriginal music have its own category at the Juno Awards and what is aboriginal music anyway?
Unreserved asks aboriginal music shaker-upper Alan Greyeyes, chair of the aboriginal music category, about the need for stage time.
Plus, Sandy Bay First Nation member Kelly Beaulieu is a First Nations food scientist that developed an industry game changer, thanks to ugly vegetables. It’s purée genius.
We’ll hear music from Crystal Shawanda, Digging Roots, Leela Gilday and Tomson Highway.
Tune into CBC Radio One after the 5 p.m. news in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Nunavut, and after the 4 p.m. news in Yukon and the N.W.T. for these stories and more on Unreserved. You can also listen on demand.
