Bonus: How to celebrate National Indigenous People’s Day all summer long
Today we have a special bonus episode for you from our sibling show Unreserved, a fearless space for Indigenous voices. Host Rosanna Deerchild is ready to Indigenize your summer with a tastemaker’s guide to the best books, movies, podcasts and more. More episodes of Unreserved are available at: https://link.chtbl.com/CfNRPC2Z
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Episode 6: The All Native
Rudy brings us to the one place where he feels kinship with his people and connection to his culture: a basketball tournament where hope and victory, halibut and clam fritters, drumming and dance, help him feel truly All Native.
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Episode 5: People of the Salmon
Rudy returns to his father’s village Lax Kw’alaams and finds himself in the middle of a community torn apart by a global industrial project that could bring with it wealth, or the destruction of the resource they are sworn to protect: the salmon.
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Episode 4: The Old Rugged Cross
Rudy struggles with the death of his father and his Christian burial because of the role the church played in attempting to suppress and eradicate Indigenous culture, and discovers how the people he is close to are learning to heal.
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Episode 3: It takes a village
Rudy uncovers shocking truths about his father's past and seeks answers from his parents' closest friends to understand the struggles of Indigenous peoples in the face of cultural upheaval.
Rudy Kelly’s dad was a great chief of the Tsimshian Nation - a champion of the language, culture, and community. Everyone loved him. But did Rudy? As a kid, he looked up to him. Idolized him. But also feared him. And even hated him. He told Rudy that to succeed, he would have to leave everything behind: his family, friends, and culture. In this six-part series, Rudy's journey brings him back in time, to learn how colonization impacted Indigenous people, from those who lived it. To find out who and what his dad really was, and to discover more about himself - the Urbariginal