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A fearless space for Indigenous voices. Join Rosanna Deerchild every Friday for vibrant conversations with our cousins, aunties, elders, and heroes. Rosanna guides us on the path to better understanding our shared story. Together, we learn and unlearn, laugh and become gentler in all our relations.&...
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Summer listen: First America
From our friends at Pushkin – this is the untold story of America. This summer the United States celebrated the 250-year anniversary of the signing of...
Returning to the land and seeding cultural connection
Have you ever tried gardening by moonlight? Shirli Ewachuk says that thanks to the moon’s connection to water in the ground, the sky, soil and seasons...
Unreserved LIVE: National Indigenous Peoples Day
As the place where the Assiniboine and Red rivers meet, The Forks marks an important trade route for Indigenous people that pre-dates colonization by...
The return of Woodland style dance
An almost forgotten dance is making a comeback on the powwow trail. This weekend the Great Lakes Woodland style dance is one of many styles you’ll fin...
“Written out of the story of America” – these creatives are writing the Indigenous perspective back in
Did you know the Declaration of Independence contains a racial slur? When Rebecca Nagle learned that “merciless Indian savages” were a main grievance...
A future of stargazing guided by our ancestors
The story of Tshakapesh and his snaring of the sun is another way of explaining the annular eclipse – it’s one of the Innu stories passed down over th...
Striking a chord: Why Indigenous communities picked up country music and made it their own
As early as the 1500s, the fiddle reached some of the most remote and northerly Indigenous communities on Turtle Island. Dave McLeod says that’s part...
Hearing the symphony in Indigenous story
Sharing Chickasaw culture through orchestral composition is Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate's heartwork. He wants his music to empower Indigenous people...
Mother’s day stories of strength and cultural reconnection
For generations, Innu women gave birth in traditional tents surrounded by family. Thea Penashue tells Rosanna how she wanted her second child to be bo...
Modern method? Reviving the “aquaculture” techniques of our ancestors
Scientists started talking about clam gardens in the 90s – but nations along the west coast built and maintained these beaches for thousands of years...
How Indigenous entrepreneurs are creating food security solutions for their communities
Have you ever tried to grow vegetables in the dead of winter? Ben Feagin Jr. had an invention for that. He hopes his greenhouse bubble will help provi...
Reframing history by reconnecting relatives through archival photos
In 2010, a researcher placed an ad in the Lakota Times that read, “Looking for information about mystery woman,” with a 19th century black and white p...
Why A Minor Chorus is a book that builds bridges
Every year Canada Reads chooses one book that everyone should read right now – and it’s a series of great debates that gets us there! In this live rec...
Two poets - rooted in land, language, and memory
The sight of 191 wild horses pinned in mud is hard to picture and so Jake Skeets turned to poetry. As he learned more about the tragic scene, it becam...
Keep saying her name: the search for Kadin Savikataaq
They searched for months until the snow came but could not find her. Now, as the weather warms and the ice melts, the community of Arviat renews its s...
Adam Sturgeon on disconnection, reconnection and finding home
“Boozhoo” means hello in Anishinaabemowin. For Adam Sturgeon, that simple greeting, written in a card he received from his Auntie when he was 10-years...
Sacred Seven: Sabe brings humility, honesty and harmony
Istiyehe, Imoitapi and Sabe are just some of the names Indigenous nations across Turtle Island call Bigfoot or Sasquatch. But who is Sabe really? To s...
Indigenous Juno Nominees on Culture, Community, and the songs that shape them
What do you get when you blend traditional Mi’kmaq songs with Celtic fiddle music? Mi’kmaltic!
Morgan Toney draws inspiration from his Elders, f...
Susan Aglukark on the before and after of childhood trauma
“We need to spend time on beautiful memories” says Inuk musician and humanitarian about her life growing up in the small fly-in community of Arviat, N...
Elders find hope in the next generation of dog mushers
She spent 4 days camped out on the land the last time a litter of puppies were born. That’s the kind of commitment 15 year-old Sophia Johnston has tow...
Connecting community across generations and beyond borders through sport
In Haida Gwaii, Basketball is more than a game – and the Skidegate Saints reign supreme. Their team is a source of pride for players and fans alike. F...
Remembering Ian Ross: How humour and an "everyman" approach changed storytelling on stage
Ojibwe-Métis playwright Ian Ross brought the stage to the rez and put the rez on the stage in his Governor award-winning play FareWel. He harnessed th...
Greenlandic Inuit and their fight for independence
Inuit activists call for an independent Greenland – that means freedom from Denmark and the United States. Amidst the latest threats by the US to acqu...
Teachers and learners who are saving Indigenous languages
A winter count is history in pictures. But a 200 year-old notebook written in the Lakota language shows just how important the written word can also b...
The Art and Heart of Collaboration
It’s a sacred gift to tell the stories that we carry – that’s one of the lessons Tanya Talaga shares with emerging writers. Rosanna speaks with the aw...
Wisdom from Indigenous authors to guiding us into the new year
Reconnecting with language, family and culture is a journey without a map. It's one Melissa Powless Day has been walking through and sharing about in...
Lessons in Giving
Who are the cookie people in your life? They bring light and calm in moments of chaos and darkness, and their gifts – whether they’re delicious treats...
Sacred Seven: Beaver is nurturing, giving, wise
Beaver mimicry is helping scientists on Blackfoot territory keep water on the land and put an end to decades of drought. It’s one of many ways Indigen...
Welcoming Home the Salmon
Forget the birthday candles, some celebrations call for dynamite! Salmon are returning to river systems all along the Pacific coast where they are the...
Healing, self-discovery and love with Eenou trans pop artist Siibii
Siibii means river in Cree – a body of water with no fixed form. That description resonates with the pop singer/songwriter now known as Siibiii. Rosan...
Unapologetically Indigenous
From Kookums on campus to artists with new names, Rosanna explores what it means to know your story, be grounded in yourself and share all the love (e...
Indigenous designers sew stories with every snip and stitch
The dress will never be worn by anyone but the names that adorn it. Hundreds of names of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls line a haute...
Lost Stories and Found Voices: Honouring Indigenous Soldiers
An old cigar box full of memories helps Maidy Keir learn about her uncle Welby who died in World War II. Now some of these treasures are on display in...
Lost Stories and Found Voices: Honouring Indigenous Soldiers
An old cigar box full of memories helps Maidy Keir learn about her uncle Welby who died in World War II. Now some of these treasures are on display in...
A podcast and a film share twisted truths
Legendary Anishinaabe artist Norval Morrisseau is at the centre of what might be the biggest case of art fraud in the world. On the new podcast Forged...
Introducing | Forged: The true story behind the Norval Morrisseau art fraud
Rock star Kevin Hearn of the Barenaked Ladies is doing rock star things — like buying paintings. And what better painting for an iconic Canadian rocke...
The Haunting of Unreserved
In Mi’kmaq Spirit Talker Shawn Leonard’s experience, ghosts and spirits aren’t actually all that scary. As a psychic medium he likes to show people ho...
Global Indigenous Solidarity with Palestine
‘All our relations’ is a saying often heard in the Indigenous community. Many from Turtle Island feel a responsibility to care for relations across th...
Remembering Graham Greene
From the silver screen to theatre stages and televisions across the world, Graham Greene was a trailblazing actor and legend. He brought nuance, humou...
A Call for Justice
94 calls – but who’s answering? Jolene Ashini is – she is the first lawyer to emerge from her community and is determined to change the system from th...