Interview with Tia Taurere-Clearsky, founder of Whaea Productions.

Tia Taurere-Clearsky of Whaea Productions is Indigenous from the Ngāpuhi/Te Aupōuri Nations of Aotearoa (New Zealand), lives on Coast Salish Territory of Turtle Island (North America/Canada) and was born in the Koolin Nations (Melbourne Australia).

Tia immigrated to Coast Salish Territory Turtle Island to be with her husband Curtis Clearsky, who is of First Nations Blackfoot/Anishinaabe Nations.

One of her passions is striving to create International Solidarity by building synergies between Indigenous, Activists and Creative communities. She believes in working towards Tino Rangatiratanga, Self Determination for all peoples, through Creative Resistance, Creative Communications. She has skills in multimedia production, critical analysis of the world we live in today and a deep respect for our Earth Mother Papatūānuku .

Tia’s production company Whaea Productions is named after the Māori word Whāea is pronounced like “Fire”, our ‘wh’ is an ‘f’ in english. Whāea is a mother, an aunty, a teacher, an older woman who is nurturing, caring, a knowledge keeper and a leader in the community.

https://www.whaeaproductions.com

Music featured on this episode is by Tia’s husband Curtis Clearsky and the Constellationz:

Indigifunk
Broken Treaties

This episode first aired May 24, 2021 for Broken Boxes on Radio Coyote, a project initiated by Raven Chacon and CCA Wattis Institute, on the occasion of Chacon's 2020-21 Capp Street Artist-in-Residency. Radio Coyote is currently produced by Atomic Culture and will transition to new programming on July 16, 2021. www.radiocoyote.org