Before the Peace

Jenna and Tre chatted with Waylon Fenton, the son of Fatty Legs authors Christy Jordan-Fenton and Olemaun, his grandmother. Waylon chatted with us briefly about being an Indigenous athlete as a rugby player and powerlifter, as well as growing up around his mother, who is an Indigenous advocate and his grandmother, who was a residential school survivor.

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Jenna and Tre chat with Doig River First Nation Chief Trevor Makadahay about the first nation's growth, the new Urban Reserve being set up in FSJ, a little about Trevor’s past leading up to being chief, Treaty land entitlement, infrastructure improvements and future plans the nation has.

Doig has done a lot in order to make the nation self-sufficient. The nation is one part of the original Fort St. John Beaver Band with Blueberry River First Nation.

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In this episode of Before The Peace, Jenna and Tre chat with Alyssa Currie, Executive Director of the Tse'k'wa Heritage Society, about the University of Northern BC-led dig that took place in May. The episode also includes chats with Dr. Jon Driver and Dick Gilbert during the six-week project.

Dr. Driver was one of the first archaeologists to work on the site in the 80s after being invited by Dr. Knut Fladmark, who first documented the site in 1974. He later returned to the site with Fladmark in 1990 and 1991 for additional excavations.

Gilbert helped Driver and Fladmark and was one of the first archeologists to survey the cave in the 70s.

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This episode is the first of two parts on the Healing The Hoop conference that took place in Fort St. john last month.

The conference was a three-day event focusing on resiliency, personal growth and healing communities and there were several people we spoke to including all the keynote speakers.

Today you will be hearing from Art Napoleon, a former chief of the Saulteau First Nation and the co-host of the popular cooking show, "Moosemeat & Marmalade"; We also chatted with Penny Jones, a Team Leader, specializing in Mental Wellness & Substance Use at Northern Health based in Prince George, and Jocelyn Eisert, a healing the Hoop organizer and CEO of Bizzybody Enterprises.

Personal, powerful conversations that deserve to be listened to.  Before the Peace will take you on a journey with an Indigenous lens on the history of the Peace Region. We touch on the triumphs and trials of some well-known leaders of Treaty 8 Territory, we chat about Indigenous influencers on TikTok, identity, the first settlers of the Peace and so much more. Thank you to our sponsors, Troyer Ventures and Epscan Industries for funding such an important project and CLIC for their support & partnership.

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In this episode,Tre and Jenna had a wonderful conversation with Clarence Apsassin, a blueberry first nations member and a former headman of the Treaty 8 Tribal Association, which he helped form. Apsassin has worn many hats. 

He is active in the energy sector, is a hockey coach of the Weekend Warriors, who recently competed in the Senior Native Provincial Championships, and was also a bull rider, competing across North America. 

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Christy Jordan-Fenton is an author, business owner, and Indigenous advocate who grew up on a farm in Alberta.

In this episode, we delve into Christy’s journey growing up with a Cree-Metis stepfather who went to a residential school and her partnership with her mother-in-law, OleMaun, or Margaret. She was the inspiration behind the books they co-authored together and was also a residential school survivor.

Tre and Jenna also talk with Christy about their struggles with identity, Indigenous content creators on Tik Tok, and what reconciliation means to her.

Christy and Margaret's books Not My Girl, When I Was Eight, A Stranger At Home, and Fatty Legs, can be found at your local book store or online.

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In this episode, we interviewed the Tse’K’wa Heritage Society’s Executive director Alyssa Currie. She was born and raised in Dawson Creek and has spent the last four years as the executive director for the South Peace Regional Archives in Grande Prairie before taking the position with the Society in June of last year.

We talked to Alyssa about her duties as Executive director of the Society and the upcoming community-based field study led by the University of Northern British Columbia taking place in May.

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