How Murgon State High School is revitalising the Wakka Wakka language
Fred Cobbo, Wakka Wakka Traditional Owner tells the story of the co-design process that brought the community closer together.
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Episodes (26)
AUNTIES EMERGENT: Nikaronhyá'a Dawn Martin with Jodi Lynn Maracle on the Beautiful Entanglement of Art and Language
Auntie Dr. Kahente Horn-Miller (Kanyen'kehà:ka) Educator, Visual Storyteller
AUNTIE: Wa’tkwanonhweráton. Greetings, love, and respect from me to all of you. On this edition of The Aunties Dandelion we’re visiting with Dr. Kahente Horn-Miller, a formidable Bear Clan educator from our Kanyenkehà:ka territory of Kahnawake.
Kahente’s name means she walks ahead - and she’s the first Indigenous woman to receive a 3M National Teaching Fellowship – Canada’s most prestigious recognition in educational leadership and teaching at the post-secondary level. It’s actually Kahente’s criticism of existing education systems that led to her win the 2023 3M prize. In order to fully engage her students at Carleton University, she’s introduced Rotinonhsyón:ni teachings like consensus-based decision making and live performance of our traditional stories into her classrooms.
KAHENTE: Beyond the skill of writing, beyond the skill of citing properly doing research, I think that one of the main skills our students need to learn coming out of institutions is how to talk to each other. Indigenous and non-Indigenous. You know why? Because of climate change. We are facing an uncertain future, right? And Indigenous folks and Indigenous communities – we have a lot of the answers.
AUNTIE: Kahente’s entire family makes it their business to walk ahead. Her mom, model and activist Kahentinetha Horn and her sisters were deeply involved in the 1990 Kanasatáke Resistance – also known as the Oka Crisis - and her sisters are Olympian Waneek Horn-Miller, actress Kahnietiio Horn, and Dr. Ojistoh Horn, a medical practitioner in Akwesasne.
This familial, matriarchal power - along with the family’s grounding in language and longhouse led Kahente to focus on her own community in her scholarship - which most academics shy away from.
KAHENTE: Everything I did I wrote about my own people. So this was something that I learned how to do on my own in order to get through that system.
AUNTIE: I’m Kahstoserakwathe and we are Yéthi Nihsténha ne Tekarónyakénare. The Aunties Dandelion. We’re focused on revitalizing our communities through stories of land, language, and relationships. And we want to say Nyá:wenkò:wa – or big thanks – to Canada’s Indigenous Screen Office – teyonhkiwihstekénha – for making this podcast possible through their New Media fund.
It helps us a LOT if you share this episode with your friends, follow us on your favorite podcast channel and give us a review. As always, we’re happy you are here to listen to your Aunties.
Aunties Emergent! Otsistohkwí:yo with Tehota'kerá:ton
Host OtsistohkwÍ:yo or Melissa Elliott is Kanyen’kehá:ka (Mohawk) from Six Nations of the Grand River Territory. She is a mother, auntie, teacher and second language Kanyen’keha/mohawk speaker, storyteller and artist. She is currently working in efforts to decolonize education and language revitalization - working in her 7th year as the Ken Nikanenhá:sas (Little Seeds) Kindergarten Teacher and Kanen’shón:’a (Many types of seeds) Early Years Faculty Co-Chair at Skaronhyase’kó:wa Everlasting Tree School. Otsistohkwiyo is a trained Waldorf Early years teacher and New Adult Educator (NAE) with over 8 years of experience teaching young children and families through traditional Haudenosaunee and Waldorf pedagogical approaches. In her spare time, Otsisohkwi:yo offers training and mentoring on storytelling and utilizing the Waldorf pedagogy to create new forms of holistic, earth based, traditional Onkwehonwe (Indigenous) education. She sits on the Onkwawenna Kentyohkwa Board of Directors and on the Waldorf Early Childhood Association of North America (WECAN) Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Access (IDEA) Committee. She is passionate about Kanyen’kéha (Mohawk language), grassroots community building, traditional storytelling, puppetry, parenting, holistic healing, and land-based practices. For more information you can contact Otsistohkwí:yo at otsistohkwiyo@gmail.com
Tehota'kerá:ton, Dr. Jeremy D. Green, is Kanien'kehá:ka (Mohawk), wolf clan and from the Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory. As both a scholar and Ontario Certified Teacher (OCT) of Indigenous language learning and acquisition in adult and youth learners over the past 25 years, Dr. Green’s transformative research and teaching is at the forefront of efforts to ensure that Canadian Indigenous languages and traditional cultures not only survive but thrive.
Tehota'kerá:tons completed research to date has focused on diverse localized language acquisition and status planning for indigenous language proficiency development for Rotinonhsión:ni (Six Nations) and other indigenous nations and communities. Tehota'kerá:ton also provides training and information to support these localized indigenous language acquisition planning efforts to create new speakers of indigenous languages focusing primarily on strategic planning for teaching, learning, assessment, evaluation, language use and conversational and ceremonial language and dynamic cultural practices.
Auntie Gerd Mikalsen (Sámi) Author, Farmer, Advocate
Contact Gerd's publisher to find her book in English: gollegiella@online.no
Here is the website for Gerd's book: https://samiskbibliotektjeneste.tromsfylke.no/2019/10/23/gerd-mikalsen-fathers-new-mother-tongue/
Ep. 8 - Storytelling and the Language of Science (indigenous voices / traditional knowledge / activism / Latin America / education)
Coimbra Sirica takes a break from her busy travels throughout Latin America to chat with Niti and Nate about the important work she does with indigenous storytellers.
Support the showIG @HuntingVegansPod
Niti: niti@huntingveganspodcast.com
Nate: nate@huntingveganspodcast.com
Music: Mike Garrigan
Audio: Mike Sacchetta
Hunting Vegans
en-usMay 09, 2023
Chandra Maracle (Kanyen'kehà:ka) Community Builder, Artist, Philosopher
Here is Chandra Maracle's Ted Talk on renaming post-partum depression
Kanikonnríyo - The good mind
Kahkwa'ónwe - Original Food
Skaronhyasekò:wa - The Everlasting Tree School on Six Nations of the Grand River Rotinonhsyón:ni Territory
Nikaronhya'a Dawn Martin (Kanyen'kehà:ka) Miss Six Nations, Teacher, Two-Spirit Advocate, Farmer
AUNTIE: Wa’tkwanonhweráton Sewakwékon. On this edition of The Aunties Dandelion we visit with Emergent Auntie Nikaronhyá’a Dawn Martin who is Kanyen’kehà:ka (or Mohawk) from Six Nations of the Grand River Rotinonhsón:ni Territory and who recently won the title of Miss Six Nations.
Nikaronhyá’a is a two-spirit culture and language carrier, a teacher, and a farmer who honors the foundation of the feminine.
NIKARONHYA’A: The way I translate it is… that’s my power… that is my power. My mother is my power, my mother is my strength – that is where I get – all the will to live comes from her and that could be Mother Earth or my birth mother, right?
AUNTIE: During our visit we discuss Nikaronhya’a’s relationship with the beauty and trauma of her community and family and how the power of our Mohawk language - through her father’s influence - has become her support and guide.
NIKARONHYA’A: He said it’s about the voices of your ancestors. It’s not even about a word. And that’s what he would talk about is vibration and energy. That that word don’t live on the paper. That word don’t live in the text book. That word only lives with us in our being and our energy and our voice and our breath to make it come into existence.
AUNTIE: We are Yethi Nihsténha ne Tekaronyakánere – the Aunties Dandelion. We’re a media collective focused on revitalizing our communities through stories of land, language, and relationships. We are thrilled today to say “nyá:wen” which means “thank you” in Mohawk to the our friends at the Indigenous Screen Office of Canada onkak teyonhkiwihstekénha who are funding our podcast for the coming year.
So make some tea, get comfortable and take some time to… listen to your Aunties.
The Aunties Dandelion
enJanuary 24, 2023
Jeremy Dutcher (Wolastoqiyik) Singer, Language Carrier, Futurist PART 1
Traditional Foods
Angela Redman talks about traditional foods and the importance food has on all aspects of our being. Angela explores food as medicine and teaches us which natural foods are meant to benefit different parts of the body.
Dakota Food Sovereignty
Angela Redman talks about Dakota Food Sovereignty and the seven Pillars of Food Sovereignty. She explores the significance of communities having control over their traditional food systems.
Stewardship of the Earth
This episode explores the role that we have in taking care of Unci Maka, Mother Earth. Angela talks about the teachings she grew up with regarding planting food and using food as medicine.
Introduction and Seed Germination
In Episode one of Wicozani, host, Mercedes Redman introduces us to Dakota Elder, Angela Redman. Elder Redman recounts how she initially lost her language and what she is doing now to regain it. Angela speaks about the oral tradition of passing on skills and knowledge and discusses seasons of planting and seed germination.
Best of the Buzz: Jan 1
Young people are educated and mobilizing on things that matter to them, like COVID-19 and climate action. Should 12 to 17 year olds be armed with voting rights so government will hear everyone on issues of generational impact? And, Hockey Night in Canada is working to revitalize Indigenous language with six games called by a Cree speaking announcer. Plus, Bill, a former piano tuner, shares a story about the last piano Chopin ever played.
Auntie Otsistohkwí:yo Melissa Elliott on the Power of Land, Language and Education
Click here for the Facebook link to Skaronhya:se'kó:wa - Everlasting Tree School
Here is the Wikipedia link describing Waldorf Education.
This is the website for the Mohawk language immersion program Onkwawenna Kentyohkwa at Six Nations of the Grand River
Click here for the link to A Mind Spread Out on the Ground - the book about Otsistohkwí:yo's family written by her sister Alicia Elliott.
Bonus Episode - Saskatoon Police Officer and Author, John Langan
Welcome to a special summer bonus episode of YXE Underground. I hope you are having a great summer so far and are managing to stay cool in what has been a sweltering summer here in Saskatoon.
I want to share with you a conversation I had a few weeks ago with a really amazing young man named John Langan.
John is a member of the Canadian Military and the Saskatoon Police Service, and on July 21st, he will make his debut as an author. John has written a memoir entitled Iskoces Tipiskak.
It is a remarkable look at his life, the role indigenous spirituality and culture plays in everything he does, the impact of residential schools on his family and the role indigenous peoples will play in our country’s future.
In the last few months, we have all been reminded of the terrible atrocities committed on Indigenous peoples across Canada. The discoveries of unmarked graves on the grounds of residential schools in Kamloops, BC and Cowessess First Nation in Saskatchewan are a terrible legacy of colonization that will impact Canadian society for generations to come.
It’s something John and I discuss in the episode and how his book can further that conversation.
John is a joy to speak with. He is charismatic, kind, passionate and determined to bring about change in so many different. You will hear him laugh lots in our conversation, but as he explains, don’t let that fool you in thinking he is not serious about his role as a leader in his community. It’s simply a way he manages the trauma and pain he encounters and feels.
John and I met for coffee here in Saskatoon on a Sunday morning and covered a lot of ground in just a half-hour. That's probably because he’s so easy to speak with. We talk about why he wanted to write a memoir now and what he hopes to accomplish with his book. We also discuss how it connects to the tragic news coming out of Kamloops and Cowesssess.
I want to warn you that we bring up some very difficult subjects and John shares some deeply personal and heartbreaking stories.
If any of these stories are triggering for you, please know that supports are available for anyone affected by the lingering effects of residential schools and those are who are triggered by what is happening in Canada right now. The Indian Residential School Survivors Society can be contacted toll free at 1-800-721-0066.
A national Indian Residential School Crisis Line has been set up to provide support for former students and those affected. You can access emotional and crisis referred services by calling the 24-hour national crisis line at 1-866-925-4419.
Finally, I would like to acknowledge that this interview was done on Treaty 6 territory and the traditional homeland of the Metis.
Please feel free to follow and like YXE Underground on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you find your podcasts. You can also listen to episodes on the YXE Underground website.
Thank you again to John for sharing his story on the podcast.
- Host, Producer, Editor: Eric Anderson
- Theme Music: Andrew Dickson
- Website: https://www.yxeunderground.com
Wesley Enoch and Kylie Bracknell on language, culture and connection
Taking on Macbeth is a mammoth task for any director but try translating and performing it entirely in Noongar. In our next conversation between legends of Australian theatre, Wesley Enoch meets Noongar actor, director and translator Kylie Bracknell (Kaarljilba Kaardn).
Also, we hear a scene from the world premiere of York at Black Swan State Theatre Company and visit performer Paul Capsis and director Chris Drummond in rehearsal for Brink's music-rich adaptation of The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder.
Why we have to stop ignoring indigenous science and knowledge: Ian Morris (Part2)
Ian Morris is a zoologist, educator, conservationist and author that has worked with the traditional owners of Arnhem Land for decades and speaks Djambarrpuyŋu, Warramirri & Gupapuyŋu – all local Indigenous languages. Today, he works as an environmental consultant and teaches children the importance of indigenous science and knowledge.
He believes: “If you have the right attitude when you are out in the bush, you are not afraid of what might happen to you but you are fascinated by what’s around you.”
This Episode of Talking Australia is hosted by Liz Ginis (Managing Editor Digital at Australian Geographic) and produced by Ben Kanthak (www.beachshackpodcasts.com).
You can also follow us on Instagram @australiangeographic
He believes: “If you have the right attitude when you are out in the bush, you are not afraid of what might happen to you but you are fascinated by what’s around you.”
This Episode of Talking Australia is hosted by Liz Ginis (Managing Editor Digital at Australian Geographic) and produced by Ben Kanthak (www.beachshackpodcasts.com).
You can also follow us on Instagram @australiangeographic
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Talking Australia
en-AUJune 24, 2020
Why we have to stop ignoring indigenous science and knowledge: Ian Morris (Part1)
Ian Morris is a zoologist, educator, conservationist and author that has worked with the traditional owners of Arnhem Land for decades and speaks Djambarrpuyŋu, Warramirri & Gupapuyŋu – all local Indigenous languages. Today, he works as an environmental consultant and teaches children the importance of indigenous science and knowledge.
He believes: “If you have the right attitude when you are out in the bush, you are not afraid of what might happen to you but you are fascinated by what’s around you.”
This Episode of Talking Australia is hosted by Liz Ginis (Managing Editor Digital at Australian Geographic) and produced by Ben Kanthak (www.beachshackpodcasts.com).
You can also follow us on Instagram @australiangeographic
He believes: “If you have the right attitude when you are out in the bush, you are not afraid of what might happen to you but you are fascinated by what’s around you.”
This Episode of Talking Australia is hosted by Liz Ginis (Managing Editor Digital at Australian Geographic) and produced by Ben Kanthak (www.beachshackpodcasts.com).
You can also follow us on Instagram @australiangeographic
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Talking Australia
en-AUJune 18, 2020
Tsimshian Language Revitalization with the Juneau Sm'algya̱x Learners Group
In episode 7 of Roots and Stems, Lyndsey Brollini interviews members of the Juneau Sm’algya̱x Learners group Nancy Barnes, Alfie Price, Alex Roehl, and David Lang. The group talks about how they first formed, struggles and rewards of learning their Indigenous language, their language journeys, using online platforms to aid language learning, and future plans for the group.