Season 2, Episode 9: “Reclamation & Reconciliation” with Cindy Crowe

Cindy Crowe is Lodge Keeper of Bluesky Community Healing Centre based in Thunder Bay, Ontario.

On this episode, Cindy explains what a teaching lodge is and shares her journey as a Lodge Keeper. 

Listen as we discuss self-reclamation and reconciliation.

Stay connected with Bluesky Community Healing Centre on Facebook & Instagram @BlueSkyCHC

Sign up for cultural workshops & speaker series including the upcoming panel discussion, “Returning Our Children Home”.

http://www.blueskycommunityhealingcentre.ca/caw/

Connect with Niibing Tribal Tours

https://www.niibing.ca

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Check out Zongwe’s new podcast, Nokomis Speaks: Teachings from Grandmother Moon!

Season 2, Episode 8: “Finding Your Voice” with Brenda MacIntyre Medicine Song Woman Brenda MacIntyre Medicine Song Woman is a Toronto-based Juno Award winning First Nations singer who helps woman find their voices. In this episode, she shares her experience with the medicine of grief and speaking your truth. Her 2019 album, Picking up the Pieces, was powered by the grief from losing her son to gun violence in 2016. This album features a blend of funky roots reggae fusion and Indigenous hand drum singing that helps people feel love, connection and joy even alongside grief, pain and trauma. Brenda’s latest single “Together we can stand up”, a 2021 anthem for hope is available now! Find her on FB & Youtube @Brenda MacIntyre Medicine Song Woman, on IG &TW @mswcreations and her website at medicinesongwoman.com ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Under the Same Stars is available on your favourite podcasting platform! Now on Patreon! #underthesamestarspodcast #zongwebinesikwe

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Season 2, Episode 7: “Complex PTSD” with Zongwe Binesikwe As a survivor of childhood emotional, physical and sexual abuse, I am healing through symptoms of complex PTSD. Intergenerational trauma has affected me and my family. I grew up as a Crown ward of the child welfare system. My mother is one of the missing and murdered Indigenous womxn in Canada, presumed to be murdered by Robert Pickton. My brother was murdered in 2017. Join me as I share my experience with complex PTSD symptoms. More information can be found in “Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving” by Pete Walker. Here are some mental health supports: Thunder Bay Crisis Support Line 1-888-269-310 Canada Suicide Prevention Service (833) 456-4566 Text START to 741741 Talk 4 Healing Talk-Text-Chat Line 1-855-554-HEAL Kids Help Phone 1-800-668-6868 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Under the Same Stars is available on your favourite podcasting platform! #underthesamestarspodcast #zongwebinesikwe Now on Patreon at UndertheSameStars!

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Season 2, Episode 6: Kristina Nodin “Nshiimee Voices”

Kristina Nodin joins me as the first the first guest of 2021! 

Kristina Nodin is an Anishinaabe from Kiashkee Zaaging Anishinaabek and Whitesand First Nation and resides in Thunder Bay. In this episode, she speaks about how she stepped out of her comfort zone to create her podcast, Nshiimee Voices. This amazing 12-year old brings you the news in Northwestern Ontario with Journalists for Human Rights' Indigenous Junior Journalists Program. Her podcast episodes include interviews with Indigenous change makers while promoting Anishnaabemowin with a “Word-of-the-Week” segment with Elder Ira Johnson.

Take a listen while Kristina and her mother, Jessica Barry, reflect on this amazing experience!

Find Nshiimee Voices here: https://soundcloud.com/jhrindigenous/sets/nshiime-voices

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Season 2, Episode 4: Kris Tonkens  “Loud Womxn”

Kris Tonkens is the founder of the Loud Women Collective, a Thunder Bay movement promoting equality, inclusivity and body positivity through creative engagement and education. 

She is an avid reader, knitter, self-proclaimed coffee nerd, and singer songwriter who lives in Thunder Bay with her partner and their child. 

In this episode, Kris speaks about being loud, having difficult conversations, her feminist book club and more! 

Connect with Kris Tonkens and The Loud Women Collective on IG & FB! @loudwomencollective 

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Join Zongwe Binesikwe (Crystal “Zee” Hardy) in promoting decolonization and reconciliation as she highlights amazing people working to create positivity and unity in their communities across Turtle Island. Zee also shares her personal healing journey as an Indigenous woman.

Join Zongwe Binesikwe as she opens Season 2 exploring Spirit names and how our names carry more meaning than we might know. 

What does your name mean to you?