We're back! We took some time to do some summer things in the summer time.
This is our first live recording with video via an online conference! And we got to spend time with the brilliant and sexy poet Tenille Campbell. We chat about her latest collection of poetry, nedí nezų (Good Medicine), sexy time tips, and the DMs that never leave.
This author chat was part of the ILSA Conference, that happened in June 2021. More info about the conference here.
More info on Tenille Campbell can be found on her website, Instagram @sweetmoonphoto and you can purchase nedí nezų here.
Video version of this chat will be up on our YouTube channel.
This month we read Empire of Wild by Cherie Dimaline. We chat about rougarous, traditional storytelling and what to do with sexy books on your bookshelves with kids in the house.
Visit Cherie Dimaline's website here, and check out her other books through your local independent bookstore or library!
Our next recording will be on June 8th, live with Tenille Campbell at ILSA's virtual gathering. More information about how to join can be found here.
Here we go again! This time the aunties chat kitchen-style about jaye simpson's poetry collection: it was never going to be okay. As usual, we pull on some threads to talk about important Indigenous themes. Some topics we discuss involve: sex as medicine, healing, foster care, and our Star Wars crushes (naturally).
Order the book through the publisher here:
https://harbourpublishing.com/products/9780889713826
OR! Support your local book stores and libraries.
Join us today as we chat about two (very different!) graphic novels! We read “A Girl Called Echo volume 1” by Katherena Vermette, Scott B. Henderson and Donovan Yaciuk and “Dakwakada Warriors” by Cole Pauls. We also touch on a more serious topic, about why we cannot participate in Congress out of respect and in solidarity with the Black Canadian Studies Association (BCSA). We will still be participating in a virtual event hosted by ILSA.
We also chat about pestilence ponies, the legitimacy of graphic novels and the impact of Fern Gully and Big Foot on provincial politics in Alberta.
Links to Books Read:
A Girl Called Echo: https://www.katherenavermette.com/a-girl-called-echo/
Dakwakada Warriors: https://www.conundrumpress.com/new-titles/dakwakada-warriors/
This week we discuss three Indigenous children’s books. They are: What’s My Superpower? By Aviaq Johnston, The Walrus Who Escaped by Rachel and Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley and Elisapee and Her Baby Seagull by Nancy Mike.
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Sponsors We’d Like to Thank:
It's book club time! Put on some coffee and join our conversation about Split Tooth by Tanya Tagaq.
Content warning: Readers should know that Split Tooth is a work of staggering beauty and originality that also engages with extremely challenging subjects, including childhood sexual abuse. We have some mental health resources listed on our website.
Keep the conversation going! We want to hear what you think. Join us on Twitter - @book_women or @IndigenousLSA. Use the #BookWomen. Email us @BookWomenPodcast at gmail.com, or by leaving a comment on the book club announcement on our website, bookwomenpodcast.ca.
We still have some books and some beautiful Indigenous swag to give away, so don't be afraid to let us know what you think!
We're back! With a Book Club! We want YOU to participate so we can give you FREE stuff! Leave us a comment, tweet at us, email us, visit our website. But get your questions or comments in and we will discuss when we discuss our first book, Split Tooth by Tanya Tagaq.
Huge thanks to our sponsors this season!
And this is all leading up to Congress, hosted by the University of Alberta (online) May 27 - June 4, 2021.
See you in Book Club! #BookWomen
The season is over! Catch up with your favorite Aunties as we reflect on how we are still surviving and thriving. We chat about our favorite episodes, what we missed and give a sneak peak for Season 3! Thanks to the Edmonton Arts Council for support in making season 2 happen.
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Join us for our last interview of season 3. For this episode, we hang out with Dion Kaszas: a traditional hand tattoo artist. His ancestors, the Nlaka'pamux, use methods like skin stitching and hand poking. We also chat about the effects of colonization, the mind/body connection, and how to reclaim Indigenous traditions.
Links to other things we chat about:
Connect with Dion:
Gather ‘round with us as we join friend of the podcast Richard Van Camp to tell stories about the worst sex talk ever, supernatural destinies and how we’re all coping with the COVID-19 Pandemic. This episode is chock-full of laughs and recommendations about our favourite reads, listens and sexy comics.
Tanya and Richard’s sexy comics recommendations:
Links to other stuff mentioned:
This week, the aunties hang out with Métis scholar and Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Alberta Dr. Kisha Supernant. We talk: maps, emotional labour, archeology, anthropology, cousins, and more!
Connect with her in one of the following ways:
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Gather around as we share some food for thought with chef Shane Chartrand, author of the book Tawâw: Progressive Indigenous Cuisine. We talk about cooking, being on tv, writing, and learning about and from the land. Also some of our “favorite” foods that we love to get tired of eating.
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We take a break from whatever is happening to talk to the Folk Lordz - an improv/digital comedy duo from Edmonton. We chat about cultural protocols, what makes Indigenous storytelling and using real live (but dead) Octopus as puppets.
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This week we are chatting about all things music with our friend and colleague Wyatt Schiefelbein, who plays the Métis fiddle! We discuss all things musically inclined, community building and the childhood trauma we still have from horrible piano teachers.
Links to Stuff Mentioned:
House of Hush Burlesque: https://www.houseofhushburlesque.com/
RuPaul’s Drag Race: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1353056/
Devil at the Crossroads - documentary about Robert Johnson: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9046574/
Liz Caroll: https://www.lizcarroll.com/
The Fiddlers of James Bay: https://www.nfb.ca/film/fiddlers_of_james_bay/
Orkney Fiddle Festival: https://www.orkneyfolkfestival.com/
Saltfishforty: http://saltfishforty.co.uk/
John Arcand Fiddle Festival: https://johnarcandfiddlefest.com/
The Fox Chase by Finbar and Eddie Furey: https://youtu.be/JMWXXfDgHLw
Wyatt’s email address: schiefel@ualberta.ca, and Twitter @WyGuymYgUY: https://twitter.com/WyGuymYgUY
Just the three of us chatting about Indigenous data sovereignty and what that actually means. Naturally this leads to conversation about Traditional Knowledge, the Open Access movement and salty divorce memoirs.
Links to stuff mentioned:
An overview of Open Access: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=676JM1M_gFg&ab_channel=SHBOnline
Mukurtu: https://mukurtu.org/
Interview with Amanda Boyden: https://nationalpost.com/news/rape-infidelity-and-the-detonation-of-a-marriage-novelist-amanda-boydens-tumultuous-life-has-led-to-new-memoir
Amanda Boyden: I got the dog https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781944884833
For this episode, we sip tea with Anishinaabe playwright, theatre artist, improvisor, and educator Josh Languedoc. We chat about connecting to our Indigenous roots, decolonizing screenplays, and Sailor Moon!
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Gather around as we chat with Adrienne Larocque, the owner and creator of Kihew and Rose; contemporary Indigenous beadwork jewelry. We chat about reclaiming culture, figuring out how to run a business, and fashion school.
Links to Stuff Mentioned:
Kihew and Rose website: https://kihewandrose.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kihewandrose/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Kihewandrose/
Hillberg and Berk Blog: https://hillbergandberk.com/blogs/know-her/beading-her-way-back-adrienne-larocque-on-her-jewellery-brand-kihew-and-rose-and-how-she-s-reclaiming-indigenous-identity-through-beadwork
Chatelaine magazine article featuring Kihew and Rose: https://www.chatelaine.com/holiday/made-in-canada-holiday-gift-ideas/?fbclid=IwAR2R-T1TumB16QhVxbCc6g34FgHXY3IYymbzW0HR8w1Yz_Ad5fgU1rpQEdU
Beazu Wholesale Beads: https://beazu.com/
The Bear Paw Trading Post: https://bearpawtradingpost.ca/
Country Beads: https://www.countrybeads.com/
Music Credit: Broke for Free - "Something Elated"
Join us as we speak with Josh Morin, the Director of Operations at the Michif Cultural Connections in St. Albert, Alberta. We talk about the importance of family history, honoring our Metis veterans and being modern-day bannock snobs.
Links to Stuff Mentioned:
Michif Cultural Connections: http://michifconnections.ca/ and their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/michifcultural
To take Michif language classes please see: https://www.stalbertfurthered.com/
Josh's Twitter: https://twitter.com/MistahiSakhikan
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/liimichifniiya/
This week we join Skye Durocher, author of Spirits of the Northern Lights, to talk about grief, canceling our uncles, and Indigenous memes.
Links to Stuff Mentioned:
Skye's Author Page on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Skyeduro/?__xts__[0]=68.
Spirits of the Northern Lights website: https://spiritsofthenorthernlights.com/
To purchase through Friesen Press: https://books.friesenpress.com/store/title/119734000055944232/Skye-Durocher-Spirits-of-the-Northern-Lights
The Mamawi Project: https://business.facebook.com/themamawiproject/
Skye's Twitter profile: https://twitter.com/skyeapeetogosan
Skye's Instagram: https://instagram.com/skye.apeetogosan?igshid=1xhmoq5gkwom8
Cree Language Challenge Instagram: https://instagram.com/cree.language.challenge?igshid=mx3hjhzhaz9h
We're back! A lot has happened to us (and everyone else) in 2020. Catch up with us as we discuss what each of us has been up to; where we are all living and working right now, and all things going forward. Recorded on September 13, 2020 we discuss Dan Levy and the Indigenous Canada MOOC, books we've been reading, our pets and what we've been up to in COVID times.
Links to stuff mentioned:
Indigenous Canada MOOC: https://www.ualberta.ca/admissions-programs/online-courses/indigenous-canada/index.html
Sheila Laroque's review of Billy-Ray Belcourt's book: https://rabble.ca/books/reviews/2020/09/history-my-brief-body-queer-love-and-life-prairies
Billy-Ray Belcourt A History of My Brief Body: https://billy-raybelcourt.com/a-history-of-my-brief-body
Sex Criminals Graphic Novel: https://imagecomics.com/comics/series/sex-criminals
Sunstone Graphic Novel: https://imagecomics.com/comics/series/sunstone
Ratched: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7423538/
The Haunting of Hill House: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6763664/
Robin Wall Kimmerer, author of Braiding Sweetgrass and Gathering Moss: https://www.robinwallkimmerer.com/books
Moonshot: The Indigenous Comics Collection: https://inhabiteducation.com/2020/05/19/moonshot-the-indigenous-comics-collection/
This Place: 150 Years Retold: https://www.portageandmainpress.com/product/this-place/
Glow-Up: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9680524/
Fresh Off the Boat: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3551096/
Schitt's Creek: https://www.cbc.ca/schittscreek/