Unreserved: Powwow meets electronic beats, a halfpipe in an art gallery and a Mohawk actor hits TIFF
Host Rosanna Deerchild explores the modern fusion of powwow and electronic music, finds out how one curator is transforming a high-end gallery space by inviting skateboarders in and meets an actor making his feature film debut at TIFF.
On Unreserved this week:
Ray "Coco" Stevenson is a well-known traditional singer and drummer in Winnipeg. He explains the challenge of fusing pow wow with modern rock and electronic music.
Artist Jaimie Isaac has just been appointed the aboriginal curatorial resident at the Winnipeg Art Gallery. She's planning on shaking things up a bit, by bringing a usable halfpipe for skateboarders into Winnipeg's classy gallery.
Andrew Martin will also be making his TIFF debut this weekend. He is a Mohawk actor from Six Nations in Ontario. In the feature film Fire Song, Martin plays Shane, a gay Anishinaabe teenager in Northern Ontario.
We'll take you to Fort Providence, Northwest Territories to find out why K-3 students in the Dene Yati immersion program at Deh Gah School are spending time out on the land.
Hear how the First Nations University of Canada in Regina, Saskatchewan is using an orientation program to prep aboriginal students for their first year on campus.
And host Rosanna Deerchild pays tribute to the late author Basil H. Johnston. Noted Cree playwright Tomson Highway will also offer his thoughts on Johnston's lasting literary legacy.
