Celebrating culture at school, on film, in books and with sewing machines
How a broken sewing machine led Karen Wright-Fraser and her husband Roger from Yellowknife to Texas, author Eden Robinson joins the Indigenous Reads Book Club with her latest novel Son of a Trickster, and filmmaker Lisa Jackson talks mentoring new directors.
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Cecil Sveinson shares the significance of his braid.
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This week's Tuesday Teaching video shares the significance and sacredness of our hair.
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Tricksters and teenage angst are the focus of our new Indigenous Reads choice. Son of a Trickster is the latest novel by Eden Robinson. She'll explain how she got inside the minds of teenagers and how the land influences her work.
In our latest Tuesday Teaching series ('cause we post them on Facebook on Tuesdays), cultural educator Cecil Sveinson explains the significance of his braid.
Karen Wright-Fraser and Roger Fraser. (submitted by Karen Wright-Fraser)After her sewing machines kept breaking, Karen Wright-Fraser and her husband Roger Fraser saw a business opportunity. They found a course, in Texas, on how to repair these important tools. The pair went and took the course and have brought their new skills home to Yellowknife.
From hand drums to moccasins, buffalo hides are at the heart of many Indigenous traditions. And a group of students at Regina's Mother Teresa Middle School are learning that first hand. This fall, they worked to flesh and tan their very own buffalo hide, and now they'll learn how to use every inch of it.
Lisa Jackson is an award-winning filmmaker who works in a variety of genres but she is best known as a documentary filmmaker. She's currently mentoring the next crop of Indigenous filmmakers though the Indigidocs program at the National Screen Institute.
This Week's Playlist
William Prince ( Mike Latschislaw) William Prince - You Got Me Indian City - Here and Now Leela Gilday - Cut My Hair A Tribe Called Red - Stadium Pow Wow
