Indigenous

"Oh Kanata!" video a twist on Canadian national anthem

"Oh Kanata! Our Home on Native Land" creators say their new rendition of the song acknowledges that this country was founded on indigenous land.

Four indigenous studies students create new version focussing on aboriginal perspective

Four indigenous studies students at Trent University in Peterborough, ON came up with a new rendition of the national anthem that they say recognizes indigenous rights to the land. (YouTube)

An interesting video came across our desk today. It's called "Oh Kanata! Our Home on Native Land."

We weren't sure who produced it so we put it out on our Facebook page and within a few hours, we heard from one of the creators.  

Lisa Hibberd was studying Indigenous studies at Trent University when she and three classmates made the video last year.

She says, "None of us are native but were trying to find a way of being an ally.. and so we wrote and sang a song that could try to capture what we were thinking about the relationship between Canada and the Indigenous peoples of the land that this country was founded upon."

"Each person we approached and took a picture of, we started a dialogue of the importance of knowing whose land this really is."

What do you think of their version? 

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Connie Walker

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Connie Walker is a reporter in the Investigative Unit at CBC News. Follow her on twitter @connie_walker