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A fearless space for Indigenous voices. Join Rosanna Deerchild every Friday for vibrant conversations with our cousins, aunties, elders, and heroes. Rosanna guides us on the path to better understanding our shared story. Together, we learn and unlearn, laugh and become gentler in all our relations.&...
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26 episode
Global Indigenous Solidarity with Palestine
‘All our relations’ is a saying often heard in the Indigenous community. Many from Turtle Island feel a responsibility to care for relations across th...
Remembering Graham Greene
From the silver screen to theatre stages and televisions across the world, Graham Greene was a trailblazing actor and legend. He brought nuance, humou...
A Call for Justice
94 calls – but who’s answering? Jolene Ashini is – she is the first lawyer to emerge from her community and is determined to change the system from th...
The rise of Indigenous cinema
Tired of the “leather and feather roles” of Hollywood, Eva Thomas headed home to Canada where she saw investment in films made for, and by, Indigenous...
How to be a good ancestor
Stephanie Sinclair thought it was a parenting win when she explained residential schools to her kindergartener. When it didn't go quite as planned, sh...
Introducing Brian Anderson and the wild world of wrongful convictions
In 2023, Brian Anderson was exonerated -- 50 years after he was convicted of a murder he did not commit. Rosanna sits down for the first of this seaso...
Lessons on resilience at the Winnipeg Folk Festival
Anindilyakwa is one of approximately 800 dialects spoken by Indigenous people in Australia and it’s one of the ways singer-songwriter Emily Wurramara...
A conversation with the creators of North of North
Canada’s Arctic was the only place the series North of North could be shot – because there’s no other way to capture the humour, culture and modernity...
BONUS | How do you remain authentic as an Indigenous podcaster?
In a compelling panel discussion, Falen Johnson sits down with Karyn Pugliese (CBC, APTN, Canadaland), January Rogers (2 Ro Media, Ojistoh Publishing)...
Unmapped: St. John’s
In a vault below a museum in St. John’s sit the remains of a Beothuk woman named Demasduit. Rosanna travels to Newfoundland and Labrador to hear her s...
The strength of Inuit drum dancing
The Kilaut, or Inuit drum, is bigger than many hand drums – but small enough to be wielded by its drum dancers. Rosanna heads to St. John’s Newfoundla...
How Indigenous practices use fire for good
As wildfires devastate communities, it can be hard to see fire as a tool for good. Guided by Indigenous stewards, fire can also be a force for renewal...
Celebrating Difference: Indigenous Perspectives in Health
Cree teachings tell us that difference is not a deficit – and autistic children are a gift. This week Rosanna sits down with Indigenous healthcare pro...
Sacred Seven: The Wolf Carries Humility
The Tuscarora are in a race against time to save the red wolves which once numbered in the thousands.
Only a handful remain due to highway fatal...
Walk the Red Carpet at the East Coast Music Awards
Canada's first Inuk professional classical singer quit her beloved job as a teacher to pursue music fulltime. Now she's raking in the awards — includi...
The evolution of hoop dancing
When Theland Kicknosway was seven years old he had a dream of hoop dancing in the rainbow. A few years later that dream became a reality when he disco...
The power of a 70-year-old friendship centre movement
Every week a group of elders gather at a Friendship Centre in St. John’s. They first came here several decades ago looking for connection – and they c...
David A. Robertson on living with mental health's little monsters
For David A. Robertson, anxiety and depression are some of the little monsters he’s learning to live with. He sits down with Rosanna to share how his...
Canada Votes: How Indigenous people are finding power in the process
Andrea Landry says she’s Anishinaabe, not Canadian, and that’s why she won’t be voting in the Canadian election. Today Rosanna sits down with three ac...
Sacred Seven: The Bear and its lessons on Courage
The Great Bear Rainforest is the only place you’ll find the Spirit Bear – a courageous protector of that land. Rosanna hears from a “Spirit Bear Whisp...
Springtime traditions and teachings, from the land
Spring is here and the warmer weather welcomes us out to the land to learn and pass along traditions from tanning hides in Whitehorse to harvesting ma...
Three Juno nominees on the role of family in their music
A recording of her mother’s ECG heartbeat leads Kym Gouchie’s song “Heartbeat” off her Juno nominated children’s album. It’s a nod to her Secwépemc an...
Changing the conversation around menstruation
From berry fasts to the Flower Dance, Indigenous communities are returning to ceremony and teachings that honour a menstruator’s Moon Time. Rosanna he...
Shrinking sea ice and the Inuit response to a climate crisis
Along the northern coast of Labrador there are holes in the ice where Inuit could once travel freely and access the things they need to survive. A war...
Creating safe spaces in unexpected places
Whether it’s inside a mall in downtown Winnipeg or on a farm beneath Toronto’s hydro lines, Indigenous helpers are creating safe community spaces that...
Balancing our lives with Indigenous wellness practices
Indigenous wellness experts are changing the way we think about health and beauty, challenging us to look beyond ourselves and ditch the shame. Try ad...