Why are the truths of Indigenous peoples so often suppressed?
[music begins]
This is a question I’ve been grappling with since my time working with Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
As a Metis person, and an artist, I’ve also questioned my own truths....
So many of Canada’s problems seem to stem from the inability to accept fundamental, irrefutable truths.
Carey Newman: the intention was to assimilate and erase Indigenous identity, which is the very definition of genocide.
About occupation of stolen lands-
Lisa Helps: because every single city, town and village in this country is on Indigenous land.
And about how history is written.
Lawrence Hill: There was a willful attempt to exterminate a history and memory and a possibility of even knowing
We need truth before we can get to reconciliation, so we’ve decided to take a deep dive into this concept.
Over the past year, I’ve talked to Elders, knowledge keepers and Survivors, academics, artists and activists exploring the intersections of power, memory, and human rights.
Chaa’winisaks: we underestimate the role of education in creating the society we live in currently.
Val Napoleon: To continue a Canada without Indigenous law is to continue the colonization of Indigenous peoples in Canada.
To find a way to move forward together.
Paulette Steeves: But the more work that we can all do, to discuss these truths, right and to get these truths are acknowledged in the public, the more that we can add and open those paths to healing.
And explore what needs to be done in order for the truth of our common experiences to emerge.
Barney Williams: I never gave up telling my story that in the hopes that somebody would hear the truth and accept it.
My name is Ry Moran. [introduction in michif]. This is Taapwaywin: talking about what we know and what we believe.
A podcast from the Libraries and Archives of University of Victoria, and from the territories of the lək̓ʷəŋən and W̱SÁNEĆ peoples.
Join us this fall on apple podcasts, Spotify, and wherever else you get your podcasts.
[music begins]
This is a question I’ve been grappling with since my time working with Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
As a Metis person, and an artist, I’ve also questioned my own truths....
So many of Canada’s problems seem to stem from the inability to accept fundamental, irrefutable truths.
Carey Newman: the intention was to assimilate and erase Indigenous identity, which is the very definition of genocide.
About occupation of stolen lands-
Lisa Helps: because every single city, town and village in this country is on Indigenous land.
And about how history is written.
Lawrence Hill: There was a willful attempt to exterminate a history and memory and a possibility of even knowing
We need truth before we can get to reconciliation, so we’ve decided to take a deep dive into this concept.
Over the past year, I’ve talked to Elders, knowledge keepers and Survivors, academics, artists and activists exploring the intersections of power, memory, and human rights.
Chaa’winisaks: we underestimate the role of education in creating the society we live in currently.
Val Napoleon: To continue a Canada without Indigenous law is to continue the colonization of Indigenous peoples in Canada.
To find a way to move forward together.
Paulette Steeves: But the more work that we can all do, to discuss these truths, right and to get these truths are acknowledged in the public, the more that we can add and open those paths to healing.
And explore what needs to be done in order for the truth of our common experiences to emerge.
Barney Williams: I never gave up telling my story that in the hopes that somebody would hear the truth and accept it.
My name is Ry Moran. [introduction in michif]. This is Taapwaywin: talking about what we know and what we believe.
A podcast from the Libraries and Archives of University of Victoria, and from the territories of the lək̓ʷəŋən and W̱SÁNEĆ peoples.
Join us this fall on apple podcasts, Spotify, and wherever else you get your podcasts.
