Music/Sound featured in this episode:
- Intro “R U Well†by Best Fern (https://bestfern.bandcamp.com/track/r-u-well)
- We also used some tape from The Kitigan Zibi Traditional Pow Wow — you can find a list of drummers that were there this year on their website, http://www.kzpowwow.ca/
- Various Freesound elements: Dr_skitz’s Yay. Shady Dave’s Mystical glades piano loop.mp3; Lemoncreme’s Ambient Piano Music #5; Shady Dave’s feelings of twilight loop; Ispeakwaves’ Soft Piano Loop #2 and Wonderful — Calm Beautiful — (thanks for making your sounds free for non-commercial projects like ours!)
About the community Kigitan Zibin Anishinabeg (KZ)
KZ is a community part of the Algonquin First Nation. To learn more about the community click here. To learn more about the Algonquin First Nation click here.
People interviewed
https://carleton.ca/cu75/profile/gilbert-w-whiteduck/)
Gilbert Whiteduck is member of KZ, and celebrated activist for First Nations rights. He was elected Chief in 2008 until 2015. Learn more about the history of chiefs of KZ here.
Norm Odjick has been director general of the Algonquin Anishinabeg Nation Tribal Council since 2004. The council delivers technical and advisory services to six Algonquin communities in Quebec, and Norm is responsible for the management of all operations within the organization. Prior to accepting this position, he served three years as the assistant community services director for Kitigan Zibi. He is currently president of the Board of Directors of the Native Benefits Plan, president of the Maniwaki Native Friendship Centre and a member of the Executive Committee of the First Nations Executive Directors of Quebec. In the past, he served on the board of directors of the Caisse populaire Desjardins de la Haute-Gatineau for a period of 10 years, and as the national co-chair of the First Nations Police Governance Authorities. Norm holds a bachelor’s degree in Social Science from the University of Ottawa, and a master’s level certificate in Public Administration from the École nationale d’administration publique.
Additional Reading
Check out the Anishnabe Nation website here: http://www.anishinabenation.ca/en/about/
Read the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s report’s calls to action here: https://nctr.ca/assets/reports/Calls_to_Action_English2.pdf
Learn more about the Indigenous Guardians Program by visiting this website: https://www.ilinationhood.ca/our-work/guardians/
VideosÂ
Here are the videos featuring Vicky Tauli-Corpuz, UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Check em out.
