Episode 2: Weji-sqalia'tiek This is where we sprouted from
Release Date: 08/29/2024
Episode 4: If you were travelling to another country, you would learn a few words of the language before you went
A Modern Mi'kma'ki
In which we discuss the reality that it's not not about the language—learning Mi'kmaw requires more than vocabulary words. It requires a paradigm shift—and it's that shift that can help us live together in a modern Mi'kma'ki, caring for the land and each other in an equitable way. Here we talk about language skewers, ways to animate our thinking, and how we create a place to meet between the English language, and the Mi'kmaw language.
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Episode 3: IYKYK: A Modern Mi'kma'ki includes joy
A Modern Mi'kma'ki
The special, uproarious, hilarious joy that runs like a current through L'nu communities and conversations, the importance of humour as a deep-rooted part of Mi'kmaw indentity, whether as a response to generational trauma and pain, in storytelling, or that subtlety of "the Mi'kmaw lip point." As shalan joudry says in this episode, if Mi'kmaw people are known for their humour now, then they always were. Indigeous joy has always existed, and it always was. And it's a foundational part of a modern Mi'kma'ki.
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Episode 2: Weji-sqalia'tiek This is where we sprouted from
A Modern Mi'kma'ki
In this episode, shalan joudry, Trina Roache, and Rebecca Thomas talk about the land—how to live on it, how to share it, how to honour and respect it. How we care for it and how it cares for us. And how to think about land and how we stand on it in the midst of colonial violence here and around the world. Stephanie Domet asks a few questions, and Sue Goyette listens vigorously.
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Episode 1: What is a modern Mi'kma'ki?
A Modern Mi'kma'ki
In this live episode, recorded before an audience in October 2023 at Paul O'Regan Hall in Kjiupuktuk, shalan joudry, Trina Roache, and Rebecca Thomas, along with Stephanie Domet and Sue Goyette, explore what it means to live in a modern Mi'kma'ki. Our theme music is by Raymond Sewell from the original soundtrack of the film You Can Call Me Roger, produced and directed by Jon Mann and available to stream now. Our cover art is by Jordan Bennett. Our transcript for this episode was prepared by Tyra Denny, who included anglicized versions of Mi'kmaw words as they were spoken throughout. This...
info_outlineIn this episode, shalan joudry, Trina Roache, and Rebecca Thomas talk about the land—how to live on it, how to share it, how to honour and respect it. How we care for it and how it cares for us. And how to think about land and how we stand on it in the midst of colonial violence here and around the world. Stephanie Domet asks a few questions, and Sue Goyette listens vigorously.