The LHF is pleased to announce the release of our first episode in an 8-part series on the Federal Indian Day School System with Dr. Jackson Pind. Dr. Pind is a mixed-settler Anishinaabe scholar and assistant professor of Indigenous methodologies at Trent University. Dr. Pind is a leading historian on the Day School System (DSS) and sits down with host Gordon to provide an overview of the DSS in Canada, his involvement in a digital mapping project, and the legacy of his late friend, Elder Dr. Raymond Mason.

Interview transcript

Show Notes

• Nogojiwanong: Traditional Area
• Alderville First Nation
• Curve Lake First Nation
• Chief Moses Marsden
• Kevin Lamoureux TED Talk
• Elder Raymond Mason 
• Elsie Knott
• Murray Sinclair
• Maurice Switzer - We Are All Treaty People 
• Spirit of the Grassroots People
• Day Schools Map
• Indian Act 
• Indian Trust Fund
• Williams Treaties 
• NCTR - Reports
• MMIWG Final Report
• Nunavik Dog Slaughter
• Drinking Water Litigation
• McLean Legacy Fund
• Innu Day Schools - OKT
• CBC - Beyond94

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​New Series Coming Soon!

The Roots and Hoots Podcast is excited to announce the release of a special project we've been working on. With funding support from the Indigenous Screen Office, Roots and Hoots will be releasing a new series starting next week. Classrooms of Injustice features eight episodes with Survivors and Indigenous scholars who shed light on the Federal Day School System. Join us in learning about the often overlooked stories and impacts of the Federal Day School System.

To learn more about the LHF, please visit: legacyofhope.ca  

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On this week’s episode of Roots and Hoots, our host is joined by Anita Cardinal - a proud Nêhiyaw (Cree) lawyer and runner. Anita shares how her discipline and healing practice of running helped her to achieve her dream of becoming a lawyer. Anita helps listeners understand the difference between Aboriginal law and Indigenous law, and reflects on wisdom her mother passed down to her after attending a national gathering for the Survivors Circle for Reproductive Justice.

Show Notes 

• Woodland Cree First Nation
• Treaty 8 
• Treaty Day
• Dene
• Sixties Scoop
• Sterilization of Indigenous women in Canada
• Forced Sterilization Act in Alberta
• The Survivors Circle for Reproductive Justice
• Bill C-92
• Legal Representation for Children and Youth
• Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada
• Indigenousrunner.com 

Suggested:

• First Nations Child & Family Caring Society
• Empowering Indigenous Youth in Care
• Indigenous Watchdog: TRC Calls to Action Status
• Alberta Native News: How Anita Cardinal Learned to Breathe
• Impact Magazine: The Trail Blazer and Advocate

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In the spirit of National Indigenous History Month, the Roots and Hoots Podcast is proud to celebrate some of the powerful voices and messages shared over the past five years. Born out of a commitment to community and connection, the Podcast is a labour of love that amplifies and uplifts Indigenous Peoples' voices, histories, and strength.

Order of guest clips:

• Episode 57 with Sean Carleton
• Episode 1 with Teresa Edwards
• Episode 26 with Verna Kirkness
• Episode 33 with Jennifer Wood
• Episode 63 with Gabrielle Fayant
• Episode 13 with Manitok Thompson 
• Episode 52 with Shelley Niro
• Episode 34 with Jim Compton
• Episode 17 with Christian Spence
• Episode 21 with Dr. Donna May Kimmaliardjuk
• Episode 16 with Anna Lambe

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On this week’s episode of Roots and Hoots, our host is joined by beader Charlene Raven Tolley, owner of Raven’s Nest Arts and Crafts. For Charlene, beading is more than a craft – it is a healing and meditative practice rooted in a family tradition that spans four generations of women beaders. In this episode, Charlene shares her love of beading and how it is tied to well-being. 

Show Notes:

• Raven’s Nest KZ (Facebook page)
• Cass’s Native Beadwork (Facebook page)
• Tribal Spirit website
• Grand River Artisan Market
• APTN
• Nishnawbe Aski Nation
• Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler
• Mike Downie
• Gord Downie

Suggested:

• APTN’s Sasakwe: Origins of the healing Jingle Dress
• NWAC’s ‘ What Their Stories Tell us: Research findings from the Sisters In Spirit initiative
• Destination Indigenous’ list of Powwows across Canada 2025
• The Gord Downie and Chanie Wenjack Fund
• The Tragically Hip

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On this week’s episode of Roots and Hoots, our host is joined by Marty Wildman. Marty is an accomplished rodeo judge, rodeo cowboy, actor, stuntman, musician, President of the Alberta Treaty Hockey Association, co-founder of Stunt Nations, and co-owner of Lone Eagle Ventures. Above all, he is a devoted family man who loves horses and sharing his skills and vast knowledge to help others on their healing journeys. 

Show Notes:

• Mini Thni (formerly Morley First Nation) 
• Kainai Nation (Blood Tribe)
• Siksika Nation
• Stoney-Nakoda
• Alberta Treaty Hockey Association 
• The Calgary Stampede
• Stunt Nations 
• Lone Eagle Ventures
• Outlander (TV Series)
• North of 60
• The Ecstasy of Rita Joe
• Tina Keeper
• Tom Jackson
• Michelle Thrush
• Erroll Kinistino
• Country Singer Armond Duck Chief
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On this week’s episode of Roots and Hoots, our host is joined by local grassroots activist and community leader Gabrielle Fayant. Gabrielle is a proud Métis woman from the Fishing Lake Métis Settlement in Alberta. She is a co-founder of ​the Assembly of Seven Generations (A7G) and co-manager of Adaawewigamig, a social enterprise in Ottawa’s Byward Market​. Gabrielle shares her deep love for her family and her commitment to strengthening community ​and cultural connections for Indigenous youth in Ottawa.

Show Notes:

• Métis Settlements of Alberta
• Fishing Lake Métis Settlement 
• Frog Lake First Nation
• Onion Lake Cree Nation
• Elizabeth Métis Settlement
• Métis Betterment Act (1938)
• Land Back 
• Moosehide Tanning
• Aboriginal Healing Foundation (this URL includes free online access to their past publications) 
• Intergenerational Trauma and Residential Schools

• The Métis jig 
• The Métis fiddle
• Blake Desjarlais 
• A7G
• Adaawewigamig
• Idle No More
  
  
• First Nations Child & Family Caring Society
• The Honourable Murray Sinclair
• Indigenous youth advisors CIRNAC, Minister Carolyn Bennett
• Call to Action # 66
• Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada

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On this week’s episode of Roots and Hoots, we are pleased to be joined by Elder Thomas R. Louttit. Elder Thomas is a respected leader in his community, living a life in service to others. Originally from Moose Factory, he shares stories about his early days of living off the land, experiences in the Residential School System and the foster care system, to life today, including his role as a keeper of the Miitig Healing Lodge and the ways he continues to live a traditional and cultural lifestyle.

Show Notes:

• Moose Factory
• Cree Nation of Waskaganish
• Georgian Bay
• Polar Bear Express
• St. Anne’s (Fort Albany) Residential School 
• Bishop Hordon Hall (Moose Factory) Residential School
• Overrepresentation of Indigenous People in the Canadian Criminal Justice System
• Miitig Healing Lodge 
• The Seven Stages of Life
• Medicine Wheel
• Indigenous Protocol Guidebook (from Trent University)

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On this week’s episode of Roots and Hoots, our host is pleased to be joined by a woman he both admires and calls a friend, Elder Belinda Vandenbroeck. Gordon and Elder Belinda both attended the Mackay Residential School in Dauphin, Manitoba and discuss their experiences in Northern Manitoba, their connections to the Ukrainian community there and the important role that culture plays in reminding them of who they are.

Show Notes:

• MacKay (Dauphin) Residential School
• Indian Hospitals in Canada
• Traditional Indigenous smudging
• Nechi Institute
• Wahbung Abinoonjiiag
• Winnipeg Regional Health Authority
• Addictions Foundations of Manitoba
• Eric Robinson
• Oscar Lathlin
• George Hickes
• Elder Mae-Louise Campbell 
• CBC article on Clan Mother’s Healing Village
• Functions of the pineal gland

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On this week’s episode of Roots and Hoots, host Gordon Spence is pleased to be joined by two outstanding staff members at the Legacy of Hope Foundation, Tara Devlin and Hannah Vicaire. Tara and Hannah are the Indigenous Community Engagement Officers at LHF and through their work and life experiences, provide impactful workshops to Indigenous communities across Canada. Tara and Hannah share many great stories and lessons learned from their travels, along with what they are looking forward to in 2025. Both are humble role models to their families and communities, carrying with them a notion which guides their work to ‘be who you needed’.

If you are interested in learning more about their workshop offerings, please contact [email protected] .

Show Notes:

• Chapleau Cree First Nation 
• Listuguj Mi’gmaq First Nation
• Intergenerational Trauma and Residential Schools
• Sixties Scoop
• LHF Shopify page
• Sugarcane Documentary Film
• LHF’s Survivors Portal: Interweaving Our Communities

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