Tasenwan

Tasenwan

This episode is recorded only in  Anishinaabemowin.  This week, Jessica and Robyn welcome Albert Owl, a teacher and fluent Anishinaabemowin speaker from Sagamok Anishnawbek. We talk about Tasenwan, and what this day means to all of us. Tasenwan is also known as...
Aaniish Naa, Gimaa Bissaillion?

Aaniish Naa, Gimaa Bissaillion?

Gimaa (Chief)  Brent Bissaillion of Serpent River First Nation joins us as a special guest! Hosted by Jessica and Kerri, Gimaa shares his story, and some philosophy with us.  We talk about what it means to be 2SLGBTQQIA and Anishinaabe in the modern world, leading his...
Think like a Nation, not a Reservation

Think like a Nation, not a Reservation

September 9th of each year, we celebrate the signing of the Robinson Huron Waawiindamaagewin (Treaty). This year, we gather to rekindle our council fire. Signed in 1850, spanning 21 First Nations, and hundreds of kilometres, our treaty is older than Canada itself....