Anishinaabe

Yesterday was Canada Day and as a country we have a lot to celebrate and it's a great place to live.

Yet before we colonizers came to live here on this land, the Anishinaabe, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, the Wendat and the Attawanderong people had been living and raising families on this land for thousands of years, and they continue this practice now, acting as the stewards of this land and its waterways, and this responsibility extends to all of peoples to share and care for this land for generations to come.

Our special guests today are very excited to take on the task of talking about one of the most iconic and cherished musicals of all time, Guys and Dolls.

Chris Weigand from The Guardian was planning on being here today and he really wanted to be here today, but there was a family emergency and so he wasn't able to get here.

Special thanks to Mike Duncan, Greg Doherty.

Finally, thanks to artistic director Antony Cimolino and executive director Anita Gaffney.

From here in Stratford, Ontario, on the land of the neutrals and the Anishinaabe, see you next time.

Bah ma pi.

Interesting.

So the cultural part, I would have uniquely to a Zulu or an Anishinaabe or an Upiak.

Right? The Kanaka Maoli version of our culture would be different.

But in terms of ways, we would have certain ways that would be so foundational.

registry.

He's an Anishinaabe man.

And basically, within 12 hours of his four-year-old niece, who he was babysitting, being found dead, the police and the pathologist had made an erroneous decision that he had sexually assaulted and killed her.

And so within 12 hours, he's charged with her murder.

That's how you say, my name is Chris Latre, but you can call me Chris in Anishinaabemowin and then Michif, which are the two languages of my people.

I'm a citizen of the little shell Chippewa tribe, and we are, uh, Anishinaabe, so we speak Anishinaabemowin.

And Michif, we're largely comprised of Métis people, which Michif is the language of.

And the Métis people, for those of your tens of thousands of listeners who don't know, are an indigenous cultural group recognized in Canada as one of the three indigenous peoples who predate the existence of Canada as a country.

And a number of times I've been asked if...

I write my poetry in my native language first or English first.

And the reality is, is I don't I can't write a single sentence in, in Anishinaabemowin because I, it was lost to me.

And, you know, maybe at some point I would love to be able to put out a book of, you know, like one side is an English one and the facing page might be an Anishinaabemowin.

Mississauga First Nation Chief Brent Nigonob says no such historical Métis settlements exist within the area claimed.

He says artifacts found along the Mississauga River confirm the long-standing presence of Anishinaabe.

Chief Nganab says his nation will continue to speak out in defense of their rights.

The river shares the same name as our nation.

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Thank you for listening to this podcast produced at CFRC 101.9 FM at Queen's University, situated on the traditional territory of the Anishinaabe and Haudenosaunee peoples and brought to you by the generous support of the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science.

Once again, this is Emily Stone with Natural Connections.

Thanks for listening and supporting us at cablemuseum.org. We would like to acknowledge that the Cable Natural History Museum is located on the traditional lands of the Anishinaabe and the Oseti Sakowin or Sioux people.

We are grateful for their stewardship now and throughout history.

Although we know that our efforts are imperfect and incomplete, the museum is working to understand how we can best honor our Indigenous neighbors and work toward common goals.