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Updated 21/06/2024
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21/06/2024

Bonus: How to celebrate National Indigenous People’s Day all summer long

Today we have a special bonus episode for you from our sibling show Unreserved, a fearless space for Indigenous voices. Host Rosanna Deerchild is ready to Indigenize your summer with a tastemaker’s guide to the best books, movies, podcasts and more. More episodes of Unreserved are available at: https://link.chtbl.com/CfNRPC2Z

21/06/2024

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52 min
TRAILER

Introducing: The Urbariginal

Join Rudy Kelly, Tsimshian author, and entertainer, on a deeply personal journey to reconcile the legend of his father, a powerful chief, with the man he knew - who drove him away from his community and culture. The Urbariginal goes beyond Rudy’s own experiences, to show how colonization affected Indigenous people, by hearing from those who lived it. All six episodes will be released on Wednesday, May 31, 2023.

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2 min
31/05/2023

Episode 6: The All Native

Rudy brings us to the one place where he feels kinship with his people and connection to his culture: a basketball tournament where hope and victory, halibut and clam fritters, drumming and dance, help him feel truly All Native.

31/05/2023

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30 min
10/11/2025

Lost Stories and Found Voices: Honouring Indigenous Soldiers

An old cigar box full of memories helps Maidy Keir learn about her uncle Welby who died in World War II. Now some of these treasures are on display in the Netherlands in an exhibit honouring the Indigenous soldiers who helped liberate the country eighty years ago. Rosanna hears stories that honour our veterans and those who continue to serve today.

10/11/2025

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51 min
31/05/2023

Episode 5: People of the Salmon

Rudy returns to his father’s village Lax Kw’alaams and finds himself in the middle of a community torn apart by a global industrial project that could bring with it wealth, or the destruction of the resource they are sworn to protect: the salmon.

31/05/2023

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33 min
23/02/2022

ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖅ 13: ᖂᔫ ᐅᑦᑐᕿ Episode 13: Kooyou Ootokie

ᖂᔫ ᐅᑦᑐᕿ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᕐᓂᑯ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᓯᐅᑎᐅᒍᓯᕕᓂᖏᓐᓂᑦ, ᑐᓴᕐᓂᖅᑑᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᒥᐊᕆ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓲᓯ ᓇᑲᓱᓗ ᐅᖃᖃᑎᒌᓚᐅᕐᑑ ᑕᒪᑐᒪᐅ ᒥᑦᓵᓄᑦ. ᑐᓴᕆᐊᒃᑲᓐᓂᓚᐅᕐᐳᖅ ᒥᐊᕆ ᖂᔫ ᐃᖑᑕᖓᓂ, ᐃᖑᑕᖓᓗ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᕆᕗᖅ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖑᔪᑦ ᑐᓵᔭᐅᒃᑲᓐᓂᕆᐊᖃᕐᑑᔮᕐᑐ ᐅᓪᓗᒥ. Kooyou Ootokie tells a story about Inuit traditional medicine which interests Mary and fellow archivist Susie Nakashuk. When Mary calls Kooyou’s granddaughter she learns just how powerful it can be to hear these stories again.

23/02/2022

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24 min
10/08/2021

S2 E1: From yearning to learning

Jeremy’s identity journey evolves from one journey to an exchange of journeys through a discussion with a listener who reached out after season one. Their conversation centres around the question “what does it mean to be Métis?

10/08/2021

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28 min
05/12/2025

Welcoming Home the Salmon

Forget the birthday candles, some celebrations call for dynamite! Salmon are returning to river systems all along the Pacific coast where they are the lifeblood of communities. Along the Klamath River, one salmon warrior fulfilled a lifelong dream to blow up one of the dams that had blocked salmon for decades. Rosanna hears how efforts around destruction and restoration are bringing the salmon home.

05/12/2025

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50 min
31/05/2023

Episode 3: It takes a village

Rudy uncovers shocking truths about his father's past and seeks answers from his parents' closest friends to understand the struggles of Indigenous peoples in the face of cultural upheaval.

31/05/2023

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32 min
07/07/2021

ᐅᓂᒃᑳ 6 - ᖓᓃᑐᑉ ᓄᑖᖑᒋᐊᕐᓯᒪᔪ: ᑯᓄ ᐃᐱᖅ Episode 6 Update: Koonoo Ipirq

ᒥᐊᕆ ᐅᖃᖃᑎᖃᕈᓪᓇᓚᐅᕐᑐ ᐸᓂᒋᔭᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᒡᓗᑯᓗᐊᓂ ᑯᓄ ᐃᐱᐅᑉ ᒥᒃᓵᓄ. ᐅᓂᒃᑳ 6 −ᖓᓃᑑᑉ ᐊᑎᖓ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᐅᓚᐅᖏᓐᓂᖓᓄ ᖃᓪᓗᐱᓪᓘᑉ ᒥᕐᓵᓂ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᕐᑎᓗᒍ. ᓂᐱᖓ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑭᓇᐅᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᐃᓕᓴᕆᔭᐅᓚᐅᕐᑐ ᐃᓚᓐᓇᕆᔭᖓᓄ. ᑯᓅᑉ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖓ ᑐᓴᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᓇᒥᑐᐃᓇᖅ ᑐᕈᓯᓄᓗ ᑐᕌᖓᑎᑕᐅᓚᐅᕐᓯᒪᔪ. Mary connects with the daughter and cousin of the late Koonoo Ipirq. Koonoo was the unknown storyteller in episode 6 talking about the Qallupilluk. Thanks to a family friend who recognized her voice, Mary was able to learn more about Koonoo’s story and the impact it had on the kids she told it too.

07/07/2021

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17 min

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