Unreserved

Since the first film's release in 1977, the Star Wars series has become a worldwide, pop culture phenomenon. And with The Rise of Skywalker on track to pull in $1 billion worldwide, Unreserved is launching into hyperspace and exploring the Star Wars universe — through an Indigenous lens.

Navigating the health-care system can be challenging, especially when you have to deal with language barriers and cultural differences. In hospitals and nursing stations across the country, many Indigenous people face these challenges daily. This week on Unreserved, how Indigenous people navigate the Canadian health-care system.

Today, there are seven fluent speakers of the Kaska dialect that Linda McDonald speaks. She doesn’t consider herself one of the seven, because she still struggles to put some sentences together.

This past year was a big one for many Indigenous people across Turtle Island — from musicians and politicians, to writers and reality TV stars.

Jeremy Dutcher is a classically trained operatic tenor, and member of the Tobique First Nation in New Brunswick. He won the 2018 Polaris Prize for his album, Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa, which combined his own compositions with archival recordings in his language, Wolastoqey. Today, we're listening to highlights of his recent concert at the Spirit Song Festival in St. John's, Newfoundland.

This Sunday we're featuring a concert by Jeremy Dutcher recorded at the Spirit Song Festival in St. John's. But we had so much music we couldn't fit it all in! So just for you, here's a sneak listen to a bonus track from that show.

The holiday season is here, and it's a great time to curl up with a book. With the year coming to an end, we are taking a look back at some of the best books of 2019 with author Richard Van Camp.

On a special episode of Unreserved this week, we share three documentaries — three personal journeys about family, community and the desire for healing.

This week on Unreserved, how schools and grassroots initiatives are helping First Nations youth transition to life in the city.

For the United Nations' International Year of Indigenous Languages, initiatives to strengthen ties between Indigenous people and their languages are being taken up across the world. This week on Unreserved, stories of reclamation and revitalization of Indigenous languages.