https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/unreserved--4985056enEducationCopyright Manu Martinezhttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/05787a58d66564f8d5d20d01ce23b084.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/unreserved--4985056Sun, 18 Sep 2022 17:22:59 +0000Manu MartinezManu Martinezmanuweb2005@gmail.comLastest Stories of Indigenos Peoplecleanepisodichttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/honouring-sto-lo-storyteller-and-matriarch-lee-maracle--47674834
Lee Maracle passed away on Nov. 11 at the age of 71.

This week on Unreserved, we honour the story quilt that Lee Maracle made with an extended conversation (parts never aired before) between Lee and Unreserved host Rosanna Deerchild from 2018 and stories from Indigenous writers who were inspired by the incomparable woman. You'll hear from Métis matriarch Maria Campbell, Métis poet Gregory Scofield, Cree author Tracey Lindberg, and Anishinaabe novelist Waubgeshig Rice.]]>unreserved-53299e55-1e51-4712-8fed-8c25ed68d071Fri, 26 Nov 2021 05:10:00 +0000Manu MartinezLee Maracle wasn't cut from a timid, quiet cloth. With every book the Stó:lō writer published, she set out to rip out the seams of the Canadian literary world and thread new paths for other Indigenous writers. Lee Maracle passed away on Nov. 11 at...
Lee Maracle passed away on Nov. 11 at the age of 71.

This week on Unreserved, we honour the story quilt that Lee Maracle made with an extended conversation (parts never aired before) between Lee and Unreserved host Rosanna Deerchild from 2018 and stories from Indigenous writers who were inspired by the incomparable woman. You'll hear from Métis matriarch Maria Campbell, Métis poet Gregory Scofield, Cree author Tracey Lindberg, and Anishinaabe novelist Waubgeshig Rice.]]>3131cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/reclaiming-culture-through-crafts--47565225
After facing a devastating family loss, Alley Yapput moved to Thunder Bay to be closer to his mom, Madeline . But this Ojibway/Cree Two-Spirit artisan found his newly retired mom wasn’t doing much with her time. So he picked up his needles and beads and ‘passed up’ the traditional craft of beadwork and moccasin making, creating a stronger bond in the process.

Mi’kmaq have been making quill art for generations. This intricate and painstaking process involves softening, dying and weaving porcupine quills onto birchbark. Cheryl Simon and Kay Sark are artists from Epekwitk, also known as Prince Edward Island. Not only has this traditional artform helped them find their way to culture, they also share their knowledge on a podcast. CBC producer Isabelle Gallant shares their story in her documentary "Meet the Quill Sisters".]]>unreserved-883602b4-7266-4719-9c35-c81f7b7b2dfdFri, 19 Nov 2021 05:10:00 +0000Manu MartinezIndigenous people who relearn traditional crafts, like beadwork or making mitts and moccasins, are sewing pieces of their culture back together, one stitch, one bead and one quill at a time. After facing a devastating family loss, Alley Yapput moved...
After facing a devastating family loss, Alley Yapput moved to Thunder Bay to be closer to his mom, Madeline . But this Ojibway/Cree Two-Spirit artisan found his newly retired mom wasn’t doing much with her time. So he picked up his needles and beads and ‘passed up’ the traditional craft of beadwork and moccasin making, creating a stronger bond in the process.

Mi’kmaq have been making quill art for generations. This intricate and painstaking process involves softening, dying and weaving porcupine quills onto birchbark. Cheryl Simon and Kay Sark are artists from Epekwitk, also known as Prince Edward Island. Not only has this traditional artform helped them find their way to culture, they also share their knowledge on a podcast. CBC producer Isabelle Gallant shares their story in her documentary "Meet the Quill Sisters".]]>2908cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/master-storyteller-tomson-highway-celebrates-his-parents-beautiful-love-in-permanent-astonishment--47447183unreserved-2b6ec1b6-672c-4704-a909-1790820b420dFri, 12 Nov 2021 08:10:00 +0000Manu MartinezHost Rosanna Deerchild speaks with Tomson Highway, a world-renowned Cree playwright, novelist, and concert pianist, about his new memoir Permanent Astonishment, which just won the 2021 Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction worth $60,000.3224cleanfull