The Legacy of Hope Foundation Presents: Indigenous Roots and Hoots

Episode 53 - Roots and Hoots with Johnny Flaherty

On this week’s episode of Roots and Hoots, host Gordon Spence is joined by Inuk hunter, community and family man, Johnny Flaherty. The two discuss life up in Canada’s Northern Arctic and Johnny shares stories of his many polar bear hunts and travels with his dog sled team. 

 

Show Notes 

• Nanook of the North (1922)
• Filmmaker Robert J. Flaherty
• Inuit High Arctic Relocation Program
• Inuktitut
• Swarovski Binoculars
• Yamaha VK540 Snowmobile
• Inuit Sled Dogs
• Qamutiik
• Sea Ice
• Arctic Animals
• Arctic Hare
• Map of Nunavut

 

Recommended

• Martha of the North (2008)
• What I Remember, What I Know: The Life of a High Arctic Exile by Larry Audlaluk
• Episode 25 - Roots and Hoots Interview with Larry Audlaluk
• Polar Knowledge Canada
• Arctic Circle
• Inuit Nunangat
• Nunavut Hunting Regulations 2023-2024
• Declining Caribou Population

 

Ayaya is a proud sponsor of the Roots and Hoots podcast and you can visit their website at ayaya.ca

For more information about the Legacy of Hope Foundation, please visit legacyofhope.ca

Episode 52 - Roots and Hoots Interview with Shelley Niro

On this week’s episode of Roots and Hoots, host Gordon Spence is thrilled to be joined by artist and filmmaker Shelley Niro. Shelley is a member of the Six Nations Reserve, Turtle Clan, of the Bay of Quinte Mohawk. In this interview, Shelley and Gordon discuss the evolution of Shelley’s artistic process and her recent film Café Daughter.

Show Notes 

• Six Nations of the Grand River 
• Silent Speakers 
• Voices from the Land: Indigenous Peoples Talk Language Revitalization (podcast)
• Ontario College of Art (now Ontario College of Art and Design University)
• Film, Café Daughter
• Dr. Lillian Eva Quan Dyck, OC
• Filmmaker Anna Gronau
• Playwright Kenneth T. Williams
• Play, Café Daughter
• imagineNative Film + Media Arts Festival
• Shelley Niro: 500 Year Itch 

Recommended:

• Shelley Niro website
• Documentary: Reel Injun

 

Ayaya is a proud sponsor of the Roots and Hoots podcast and you can visit their website at ayaya.ca

For more information about the Legacy of Hope Foundation, please visit legacyofhope.ca

Episode 51 - Roots and Hoots with Apooyak’ii/Dr. Tiffany Hind Bull-Prete

On this week’s episode of Roots and Hoots, host Gordon Spence sits down with Apooyak’ii/Dr. Tiffany Hind Bull-Prete. Tiffany is a member of the Kainai (Blood Tribe) of the Siksikasitapi (Blackfoot Confederacy). She is an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Lethbridge. Tiffany recently curated the 'Stolen Kainai Children: Stories of Survival' exhibit, showcased at the Galt Museum & Archives in Lethbridge, Alberta. In an interview with Gordon, they delve into the evolution of the Residential School System, Tiffany's aspirations to take the exhibit international, and the importance of access to and awareness of the histories and policies behind the Residential School System, for the healing journeys of Survivors and intergenerational Survivors.

 

Show Notes:

• Chief Mountain 
  
  
• Siksikaitsitapi (Blackfoot Confederacy)
  • Siksika Nation (Blackfoot)
  • Piikani Nation (Peigan)
  • Kainai (Blood Tribe)
  • Amskapi Piikani (Blackfeet Nation) 

• Souta Calling Last’s ‘Blackfoot Place Map’ 
  
  
• The Residential School System
  
  
• Indian Day Schools
  
  
• Industrial Schools
  
  
• Beadworking as an Indigenous Research Paradigm
  
  
• The Indian Act (overview)
  
  
• The Indian Act (document)
  
  
• Repatriation of Indigenous artifacts  
  
  
• Canadian Museums and Reconciliation
  
  
• Stolen Kainai Children: Stories of Survival
  
  
• Galt Museum & Archives
  
  
• Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Calls to Action
  
  
• European Funding of Residential Schools on the Blood Reserve

 

Ayaya is a proud sponsor of the Roots and Hoots podcast and you can visit their website at ayaya.ca

 

For more information about the Legacy of Hope Foundation, please visit legacyofhope.ca

Episode 50 - Roots and Hoots with Natasha Fisher

On this week’s episode of Roots and Hoots, host Gordon sits down with Natasha Fisher, an Ojibwe and Finnish singer, songwriter, and producer from Long Lake #58 First Nation. Natasha’s wisdom coupled with a delightful sense of joy and down-to-earth personality shines throughout the interview as she and Gordon discuss her community, her music and upcoming projects and the experiences that have helped shape her into the woman she is today.

Show Notes:

• Ernest Monias 
• Lie to me by Natasha Fisher featuring Nimkii 
• NIMKII & THE NINIIS
• The Reach for Life Tour 
  • Stallone Quequish aka The Sunsetting Kid
  • Classic Roots 
  • Drezus
  • Jay Mak
  • Natasha Fisher 
• Indigenous_baddie - Michelle Chubb
• Notorious Cree 
• Lily Gladstone 
• Scott George and the Osage Singers’ performance at Oscars 2024
• Discovery of unmarked graves at former Residential School sites across Canada

Communities mentioned: 

• Long Lake # 58 First Nation
• Round Lake First Nation
• Cree Nation of Wemindji

Additional resources:

• Seven Fallen Feathers by Tanya Talaga
• Spirit to Soar, Mashkawi-manidoo bimaadiziwin by Makwa Creative

 

Ayaya is a proud sponsor of the Roots and Hoots podcast and you can visit their website at ayaya.ca

 

For more information about the Legacy of Hope Foundation, please visit legacyofhope.ca

 

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Episode 49 - Roots and Hoots with Errol "C-Weed" Ranville

On this week’s episode of Roots and Hoots, host Gordon Spence sits down with one of his favorite musical talents, Errol “C-Weed” Ranville of the band C-Weed. The two Manitoba boys discuss all things music. From Errol’s early days of growing up in a musical family, including Errol’s road to success. He has received some big lessons in life, and his gifts of writing and music have guided him through many important chapters.

 

Show Notes:

• C-Weed Band
• Bill C-31
• The Shawshank Redemption
• Run As One: My Story by Errol Ranville
• Spirit Rising (upcoming C-Weed Band album)
• Manito Ahbee Festival 

People

• Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson
• Premier Wab Kinew
• Merle Haggard
• Robbie Robertson
• Eric Robinson
• Murray Sinclair

 

Ayaya is a proud sponsor of the Roots and Hoots podcast and you can visit their website at ayaya.ca

For more information about the Legacy of Hope Foundation, please visit legacyofhope.ca

Episode 48 - Roots and Hoots Interview with His Excellency Whit Fraser, C.C.

On this week’s episode of Roots and Hoots, host Gordon Spence is thrilled to be joined by His Excellency Whit Fraser, C.C. With an illustrious communications career in Canada’s Arctic, Mr.Fraser takes listeners on a journey that includes key events and figures that have shaped today’s Arctic. His coverage with CBC included the First Minister’s Constitutional amendments that enshrined Indigenous rights in the Constitution of Canada, Inuit land claim agreements, the Berger Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry and the creation of the Nunavut Territory. This episode is filled with historical relevance and captivating details that make up a career well served and a life well lived.

 

Show Notes:

• Inuit Tapirit Kanatami (ITK)
• Berger Inquiry
• The White Paper, 1969
• Constitution Act, 1982 Section 35
• Polar Knowledge Canada
• Inuit High Arctic Relocation
• Shadow of Nanook

Books 

• True North Rising by Whit Fraser
• Stories Told: Stories and Images of the Berger Inquiry by Patrick Scott
• Stoneface: Memoir of a Defiant Dene by Stephen Kakfwi
• Cold Edge of Heaven by Whit Fraser
• What I Remember, What I Know: The Life of a High Arctic Exile by Larry Audlaluk

People

• Governor General Mary Simon
• Tagak Curley
• Jonah Kelly
• Abe Okpik
• John Amagoalik

 

Ayaya is a proud sponsor of the Roots and Hoots podcast and you can visit their website at ayaya.ca

The Snow Goose Gallery is a proud sponsor of the Roots and Hoots podcast and you can visit their website at snowgoose.ca 

For more information about the Legacy of Hope Foundation, please visit legacyofhope.ca

Episode 47 - Roots and Hoots Interview with Peter Ittinuar Freuchen

On this week’s episode of Roots and Hoots, host Gordon Spence is joined by Peter Ittinuar Freuchen. They discuss his journey to Ottawa, government processes and goes into detail about the process leading up to the enshrinement of Section 35 into the Canadian Constitution. As the first Inuk Member of Parliament, Peter shares about his journey to Ottawa and his work in the protection of and access to, inherent Indigenous rights.

 

Show Notes:

• All the Way: My Life on Ice by Jordin Tootoo with Stephen Brunt
  
  
• The Experimental Eskimos
  
  
• 'Crossing the Floor'
  
  
• Teach an Eskimo How to Read: Conversations with Peter Freuchen Ittinuar. Edited by: Thierry Rodon

Ayaya is a proud sponsor of the Roots and Hoots podcast and you can visit their website at ayaya.ca

For more information about the Legacy of Hope Foundation, please visit legacyofhope.ca

Knockabout Media and the LHF Present: Among Equals: Episode 1 - New Ways of Seeing

In this special collaboration episode with Knockabout Media, host Soleil Launière interviews a variety of guests to discuss the Professional Native Indian Artists Incorporation (PNIAI).

 

Fifty years ago the Professional Native Indian Artists Incorporation (PNIAI) transformed the art world forever. As part of Indigenous activism happening across the Americas in the 1970s, the “Indian Group of 7” (as they were dubbed by the press at the time) asserted First Nations artistic expressions and self-determination in the face of forced assimilation policies. Their goals: encourage other First Nations artists to paint, create space in national and commercial galleries for First Nations art, and inspire youth. From Expo 67 to their groundbreaking exhibition at the Winnipeg Art Gallery and beyond, learn more about the lives and artistic practices of the PNIAI and its members, and the Group's on-going influence, today.

 

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Hosted by Soleil Launière
Produced by Ryan Barnett, Maia Foster-Sanchez and Nahka Bertrand
Artwork by Caleb Ellison-Dysart
Theme by Justin Delorme
This series features interviews with Bonnie Devine, Greg A. Hill, Michelle Lavallee, Carmen Robertson, Pauline Beardy, Philip Gevik, Corey Dingle, Donna Feledichuk and Joseph M. Sanchez.
A Knockabout Media Production | Funded by the Government of Canada

Knockabout Media and the LHF Present: Roots and Hoots Interview with Eric Burant and Garrison Garrow

In this special Roots and Hoots collaboration episode with Knockabout Media, host Gordon Spence is pleased to be joined by Eric Burant and Garrison Garrow of the Indigenous Art Centre (IAC). Eric Burant is an Archivist of mixed Anishinaabe and settler ancestry and Garrison Garrow is the Manager of Programs and Collections and is a Kanien'kehá:ka artist from Akwesasne. The two speak with Gordon about the history of the Indigenous Art Centre, their shared passion for Indigenous art and the intention of their work. 

Since its inception in 1965, the IAC holds one of the largest collections of contemporary Indigenous art. The vast collection includes sculptures, carvings, mittens, moccasins and paintings that are hand crafted and created by Indigenous artists across Canada. Eric and Garrison speak with Gordon about the necessity of showcasing, preserving and protecting Indigenous art.  Pieces in the collection travel all over the world. To find out if any pieces are featured in a gallery near you, please contact: art@rcaanc-cirnac.gc.ca.

 

Links from discussion

• Main website for Indigenous Art Centre

• Saint Kateri Tekakwitha

• Royal Canadian Mint - Fancy Dance Coin
  
  
• Radical Stitch Travelling Exhibition

For more information on Knockabout Media, please visit: knockaboutmedia.com

Snow Goose Gallery is a proud sponsor of the Roots and Hoots podcast and you can visit their website at snowgoose.ca

For more information about the Legacy of Hope Foundation, please visit legacyofhope.ca

Episode 45 - Roots and Hoots Interview with Kelly Saxberg

We're back! On this week’s episode of Roots and Hoots, host Gordon Spence is pleased to be joined by Kelly Saxberg. Kelly is an Indigenous ally of European descent. With over 100 film credits, Kelly uses her creative platform to amplify Indigenous voices and raise awareness for Indigenous causes. Gordon Spence discusses with Kelly Saxberg her journey into filmmaking and some of the important projects she has worked on that have allowed her to represent her allyship by increasing appreciation and understanding of the Indigenous communities she has worked with.

Links to works discussed

• Daughters of the Country series
  Part 1 Ikwe 
  Part 2 Mistress Madelaine
  Part 3 Places Not Our Own
  Part 4 The Wake

• My Children are my Reward:The Life of Elsie Spence by Alix Harpelle

• Journey to Our Homeland 

• Guardians of Eternity

• Seeking Bimaadiziiwin 

• Sharing Tebwewin 

• Rosies of the North

Snow Goose Gallery is a proud sponsor of the Roots and Hoots podcast and you can visit their website at snowgoose.ca

For more information about the Legacy of Hope Foundation, please visit legacyofhope.ca