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CBC & Gender 2017

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One summer, as we drove back to Manitoba from beautiful Waterton Lakes National Park, the first of these two podcasts played on the radio on our Toyota Rav 4. It is rather interesting to think how different Canadian society is now in June 2023. As we begin what is known as Pride Month to some, as National Indigenous History Month to others, and to the rest as June, I figured I’d share the links below. 

12 August 2017 – Guys and Dolls: Gender Marketing

17 August 2017 – Guys and Dolls: Gender Marketing, Part II

Two Wolves: A Cherokee Legend

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An old Cherokee is teaching his grandson about life. “A fight is going on inside me,” he said to the boy.

“It is a terrible fight and it is between two wolves. One is evil – he is anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego.” He continued, “The other is good – he is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion, and faith. The same fight is going on inside you – and inside every other person, too.”
The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather, “Which wolf will win?”
The old Cherokee simply replied, “The one you feed.”

Métis/Indigenous History and Issues: Important Reading, Watching, and Listening

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1809-1821 – Fort Gibraltar

1813-1826 – Fort Douglas

2000s – Saskatoon freezing deaths

~2000(?) – Forgotten Métis – a virtual exhibition

17 June 2005 – Maritime Métis? Or Opportunists? by Daniel N. Paul

2015 – Elder in the Making – My wife and I discovered this film in the summer of  2017 in one of our stays in Waterton Lakes National Park.

7 March 2016 – Who’s Métis? Native studies professor traces an Indigenous identity outside the confines of mixed race.

2017 – When Canada Opened Fire on My Kokum Marianne With a Gatling Gun

7 October 2017 – ‘Native American DNA’ and the self-indigenization of French descendants by Darryl Leroux

25 October 2017 – Becoming Indigenous: The rise of Eastern Métis in Canada by Darryl R.J. Leroux & Adam Gaudry

~11 February 2018 – ‘Clearing the plains’ continues with the acquittal of Gerald Stanley by David MacDonald

1 March 2018 – The myth of the Wheat King and the killing of Colten Boushie by Darcy Lindberg

11 April/14 May 2018 – CBC Radio, IDEAS AFTERNOON – The ‘trial’ of Sir John A. Macdonald: Would he be guilty of war crimes today? – Part 1 of 2

12 April 2018 – CBC Radio, IDEAS AFTERNOON – The verdict on Sir John A. Macdonald: Guilty or innocent? – Part 2 of 2

1 June 2018 – Maria Campbell’s account of being raped by a Mountie was scrubbed from her memoir Halfbreed

8 November 2018 – Ancient DNA confirms Native Americans’ deep roots in North and South America

1 December 2018 – Map showing Métis homeland boundaries sparks online conversation

24 September 2019 – ‘You can’t be us’: Manitoba Metis Federation unanimously passes resolution to leave Metis National Council

12 May 2020 – Manitoba 150 – 10 Vignettes