masinahikan iskwêwak – Book Women Podcast

This week, the aunties hang out with Métis scholar and Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Alberta Dr. Kisha Supernant. We talk: maps, emotional labour, archeology, anthropology, cousins, and more!

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Gather around as we share some food for thought with chef Shane Chartrand, author of the book Tawâw: Progressive Indigenous Cuisine. We talk about cooking, being on tv, writing, and learning about and from the land. Also some of our “favorite” foods that we love to get tired of eating.

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We take a break from whatever is happening to talk to the Folk Lordz - an improv/digital comedy duo from Edmonton. We chat about cultural protocols, what makes Indigenous storytelling and using real live (but dead) Octopus as puppets.

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This week we are chatting about all things music with our friend and colleague Wyatt Schiefelbein, who plays the Métis fiddle! We discuss all things musically inclined, community building and the childhood trauma we still have from horrible piano teachers.

Links to Stuff Mentioned:

House of Hush Burlesque: https://www.houseofhushburlesque.com/

RuPaul’s Drag Race: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1353056/

Devil at the Crossroads - documentary about Robert Johnson: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9046574/

Liz Caroll: https://www.lizcarroll.com/

The Fiddlers of James Bay: https://www.nfb.ca/film/fiddlers_of_james_bay/

Orkney Fiddle Festival: https://www.orkneyfolkfestival.com/

Saltfishforty: http://saltfishforty.co.uk/

John Arcand Fiddle Festival: https://johnarcandfiddlefest.com/

The Fox Chase by Finbar and Eddie Furey: https://youtu.be/JMWXXfDgHLw

Wyatt’s email address: [email protected], and Twitter @WyGuymYgUY: https://twitter.com/WyGuymYgUY

Just the three of us chatting about Indigenous data sovereignty and what that actually means. Naturally this leads to conversation about Traditional Knowledge, the Open Access movement and salty divorce memoirs.

Links to stuff mentioned:

An overview of Open Access: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=676JM1M_gFg&ab_channel=SHBOnline

Mukurtu: https://mukurtu.org/

Interview with Amanda Boyden: https://nationalpost.com/news/rape-infidelity-and-the-detonation-of-a-marriage-novelist-amanda-boydens-tumultuous-life-has-led-to-new-memoir

Amanda Boyden: I got the dog https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781944884833

For this episode, we sip tea with Anishinaabe playwright, theatre artist, improvisor, and educator Josh Languedoc. We chat about connecting to our Indigenous roots, decolonizing screenplays, and Sailor Moon!

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Gather around as we chat with Adrienne Larocque, the owner and creator of Kihew and Rose; contemporary Indigenous beadwork jewelry. We chat about reclaiming culture, figuring out how to run a business, and fashion school.

Links to Stuff Mentioned:

Kihew and Rose website: https://kihewandrose.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kihewandrose/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Kihewandrose/

Hillberg and Berk Blog: https://hillbergandberk.com/blogs/know-her/beading-her-way-back-adrienne-larocque-on-her-jewellery-brand-kihew-and-rose-and-how-she-s-reclaiming-indigenous-identity-through-beadwork

Chatelaine magazine article featuring Kihew and Rose: https://www.chatelaine.com/holiday/made-in-canada-holiday-gift-ideas/?fbclid=IwAR2R-T1TumB16QhVxbCc6g34FgHXY3IYymbzW0HR8w1Yz_Ad5fgU1rpQEdU

Beazu Wholesale Beads: https://beazu.com/

The Bear Paw Trading Post: https://bearpawtradingpost.ca/

Country Beads: https://www.countrybeads.com/

Music Credit: Broke for Free - "Something Elated"

Join us as we speak with Josh Morin, the Director of Operations at the Michif Cultural Connections in St. Albert, Alberta. We talk about the importance of family history, honoring our Metis veterans and being modern-day bannock snobs.

Links to Stuff Mentioned:

Michif Cultural Connections: http://michifconnections.ca/ and their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/michifcultural

To take Michif language classes please see: https://www.stalbertfurthered.com/

Josh's Twitter: https://twitter.com/MistahiSakhikan

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/liimichifniiya/

This week we join Skye Durocher, author of Spirits of the Northern Lights, to talk about grief, canceling our uncles, and Indigenous memes.

Links to Stuff Mentioned:

Skye's Author Page on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Skyeduro/?__xts__[0]=68.

Spirits of the Northern Lights website: https://spiritsofthenorthernlights.com/

To purchase through Friesen  Press: https://books.friesenpress.com/store/title/119734000055944232/Skye-Durocher-Spirits-of-the-Northern-Lights

The Mamawi Project: https://business.facebook.com/themamawiproject/

Skye's Twitter profile: https://twitter.com/skyeapeetogosan

Skye's Instagram: https://instagram.com/skye.apeetogosan?igshid=1xhmoq5gkwom8

Cree Language Challenge Instagram: https://instagram.com/cree.language.challenge?igshid=mx3hjhzhaz9h

We're back! A lot has happened to us (and everyone else) in 2020. Catch up with us as we discuss what each of us has been up to; where we are all living and working right now, and all things going forward. Recorded on September 13, 2020 we discuss Dan Levy and the Indigenous Canada MOOC, books we've been reading, our pets and what we've been up to in COVID times.

Links to stuff mentioned:

Indigenous Canada MOOC: https://www.ualberta.ca/admissions-programs/online-courses/indigenous-canada/index.html

Sheila Laroque's review of Billy-Ray Belcourt's book: https://rabble.ca/books/reviews/2020/09/history-my-brief-body-queer-love-and-life-prairies

Billy-Ray Belcourt A History of My Brief Body: https://billy-raybelcourt.com/a-history-of-my-brief-body

Sex Criminals Graphic Novel: https://imagecomics.com/comics/series/sex-criminals

Sunstone Graphic Novel: https://imagecomics.com/comics/series/sunstone

Ratched: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7423538/

The Haunting of Hill House: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6763664/

Robin Wall Kimmerer, author of Braiding Sweetgrass and Gathering Moss: https://www.robinwallkimmerer.com/books

Moonshot: The Indigenous Comics Collection: https://inhabiteducation.com/2020/05/19/moonshot-the-indigenous-comics-collection/

This Place: 150 Years Retold: https://www.portageandmainpress.com/product/this-place/

Glow-Up: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9680524/

Fresh Off the Boat: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3551096/

Schitt's Creek: https://www.cbc.ca/schittscreek/