This is a special repeat presentation of a program that was originally broadcast last year for Canada 150 on CJSW-90.9FM, Calgary’s award-winning campus and community radio station based at the University of Calgary. As part of special programming for the nation’s sesquicentennial, CJSW organized ‘Untold Canada’, a program showcasing little-heard stories from Canadian history.
On this episode, Grace Heavy Runner interviews Michelle Van Beusekom from the National Film Board about AABIZIINGWASHI, a national Indigenous film tour; Catherine features the story of Alexandria Sham and her grandfather who worked on the railroad; Hannah interviews Piikani elder Reg Crowshoe; and Sean Willet interviews professor George Colpitts about the history of bison.
This episode was recorded and aired on the traditional territories of the Blackfoot Confederacy and people of Treaty 7.