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Tales from the Big Canoe is a show about Canada's indigenous people; from musicians, authors, and community leaders to artists, craftspeople and poets.Larry O'Connor, a Metis citizen, brings their stories to the world from his home in Haliburton, Ontario.Meegwetch!This show is brought to you by Canoe FM, community radio from the Haliburton Highlands!www.canoefm.com

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    • Jan 28, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 38m AVG DURATION
    • 45 EPISODES


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    "Tales from the Big Canoe" TLDSB Action Plan and Orange Shirt Day

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2022 28:55


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    "Tales From the Big Canoe" Interviewing Chef and Author

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2022 35:01


    This week, [someone], [someone else] and [another person] cover [topic]..... Topics discussed: Topic A Topic B Topic C Links mentioned in this episode: http://example.com http://second-example.com This podcast is hosted by ZenCast.fm

    "Tales From the Big Canoe" takes you down Nahanni River

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2022 45:04


    This week, [someone], [someone else] and [another person] cover [topic]..... Topics discussed: Topic A Topic B Topic C Links mentioned in this episode: http://example.com http://second-example.com This podcast is hosted by ZenCast.fm

    June 2020

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2021 27:50


    This week, [someone], [someone else] and [another person] cover [topic]..... Topics discussed: Topic A Topic B Topic C Links mentioned in this episode: http://example.com http://second-example.com This podcast is hosted by ZenCast.fm

    April 2020

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2021 24:40


    This week, [someone], [someone else] and [another person] cover [topic]..... Topics discussed: Topic A Topic B Topic C Links mentioned in this episode: http://example.com http://second-example.com This podcast is hosted by ZenCast.fm

    March 2020

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2021 42:48


    This week, [someone], [someone else] and [another person] cover [topic]..... Topics discussed: Topic A Topic B Topic C Links mentioned in this episode: http://example.com http://second-example.com This podcast is hosted by ZenCast.fm

    February 2020

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2021 45:07


    This week, [someone], [someone else] and [another person] cover [topic]..... Topics discussed: Topic A Topic B Topic C Links mentioned in this episode: http://example.com http://second-example.com This podcast is hosted by ZenCast.fm

    January 2020

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2021 32:28


    This week, [someone], [someone else] and [another person] cover [topic]..... Topics discussed: Topic A Topic B Topic C Links mentioned in this episode: http://example.com http://second-example.com This podcast is hosted by ZenCast.fm

    Dene Author Book Launch November 2019

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2020 32:01


    Bernie Lapage - Commercial Metis Fisher Antoine Mountain - Dene artist and author

    An Inuit Youth speaks out in Halburton October 2019

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2020 42:09


    James Hodgson - Nish T's Kathy McLeod Beaver - Indigenous Health Navigator Parr Etidloie - Visitor from Cape Dorset

    Visit Moose Factory First Nation September 2019

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2020 38:40


    Christina Linklater - Coordinator at the Moose Factory Health Centre Mark Isaac - Moose Factory First Nation Cook Ann Philips - Uxbridge Orange Shirt Committee

    MMIWG National Inquiry August 2019

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2020 53:22


    Marion Buller - Chair of the MMIWG National Inquiry Cale Crowe - Alderville First Nation Youth Amber Crowe - ED of Dnaagdawenmag Binnoojiiyag Indigenous Children's Aid Services

    Historic Fort Temiscaming and Wild Rice July 2019

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2020 38:33


    Peggy Forbes - Durham College Representative Georgie Horton-Baptisit - Community Voices for Manoomin Angela Hunter - Fort Temiscamingue Nolan Coutier - Fort Temiscamingue

    Metis Nation of Ontario Programs June 2019

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2020 25:37


    Tammy Porter - Metis Women's Representative Corporal Cheryl Hayden - RCMP Debbie Farris-Giammatolla - Metis Crafter

    Elder Shirley Williams May 2019

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2020 41:12


    Elder Shirley Williams "The Goat Story" told by Shirley Williams

    Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site April 2019

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2020 31:36


    William Iseminger - Assistant Site Manager, Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site

    Crazy Horse and Pipestone Monuments February 2019

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2020 41:34


    Jagwida Ziolkowski - CEO Lauren Blacik - Superintendent, Pipestone Monument Indigenous Youth from Curve Lake and Hiawatha Jack Nigro - Pine Ridge School Board Holley Groome - Trillium Lake School Board

    Standing Rock January 2019

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2020 40:46


    Frank & Rochelle Bull - Stand Rock North Dakota APL site Andy Dufrane - Canadian Canoe Museum Susan Neal - Canadian Canoe Museum

    Metis Special November 2018

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2020 51:28


    Interviews with Brianna Lizotte - Metis Youth Adam Mattison - Batoche National Site Louic Bazin - St Boniface Museum Megel Vielfaure - etchiboy

    MMIWG & Drag the Red River, A Fancy Dancer, The National Indigenous Culture Expo & the Metis Veterans Council Report

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2020 45:31


    Bernadette Smith MLA - MMIWG Ceremony Nicole Causley - Tribal Council Shayla - Fancy Dancer Edmonton Staff - National Indigenous Culture Expo Brian Black - Chair, Metis Veterans Council

    Indigenous Authors, Youth Programs and more

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2020 41:30


    Tammi Caldwell - Shannen Koostachin Monument Lisa Furano - Indigenous 150 Reconciliation Committee Branden St Germain - Feather Carriers Kendra Keetch - Feather Carriers Doug Williams - Elder and Author, Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg Mary Watson - The Secret Path Event

    Shingwauk Residential School and the Shannen Koostachin Monument Visited

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2020 47:52


    Megan Kent - Algoma University, Shingwauk Residential School Joe Tom Sayers - Algoma, Anishinaabe Initiatives Charlie Angus - MP, Shannen Koostachin Monument Jules Koostachin - Shannen Koostachin Monument Tyer Fauvelle

    A visit to the Bethune National Historic Site and more ... July 2018

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2020 28:34


    Scott Davidson - Site Manager, Bethune National Historic Site Tony Muscat - Moon River Metis President Amanda Rheaume Leah Belle Ashley Harris - Ivan Flett Metis Dancers A Tribe Called Red

    The Hiawatha Powwow and a Sacred Walk June 2018

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2020 47:15


    Jesse Blue Forest - Sacred Walks, Flute Music Catherine Irwin-Gibson - Danielle Brant & Association Agnes Glenister - Mohawkassins Crafter, Hiawatha Powwow Roseneath Lisa Jackson - Association of Iroquois and Allied Nations, Hiawatha Powwow Roseneath

    May 2018 Wampum Belts

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2020 58:11


    Maurice Switzer - Wampum Belts President Kristin Randal - Oshawa Durham Metis Heritage Day Plug

    A whole host of interviews from April 2018

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2020 23:59


    Alicia Cherayahil - CNEA Woodrow Common / CNEA Indigenous Business Pitching Rose John Kehewin Native Dance Theatre - Trent Peoples House of Learning Bernie Lapage - Metis Fisher in Georgian Bay Charles Catchpole - Caterer and Hot Sauce Brad Kiwenzie - Painting Artist Christina Luckasavitch - Algonquin Colin James - President 222 Unifor Mayor John Henry Niki Lindquist - Unifor Lawyer

    Tales From The Big Canoe - July 2020

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2020 44:55


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    Tales From The Big Canoe - July 2020

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2020 45:11


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    Larry visited Peterborough

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2020 43:48


    Nancy Stevens - Peterborough Native Women's Resources Randy - York University Lance Morrison - Aboriginal Services Association York

    Larry visited the Woodlands Wildlife Sanctuary

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2020 45:02


    Meet the owners and operators of the Woodlands Wildlife Sanctuary Monika Melichar and White Bear at Red Rock.

    Larry attended the Gchi Dewin Story Telling Festival in Parry Sound

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2020 24:29


    Listen to interviews with Dolores McKay from the Parry Sound Friendship Centre, Youth Water Activists, Autumn Peltier and Indigenous Puppeteer Chad Solomon.

    Urban Indigenous Housing, John Abramowich, Tony Muscat, Christi Belcourt, Isaac Murdoch

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2020 30:22


    Larry attends a conference on Urban Indigenous Housing, and discusses the challenges with one of the participants, John Abramowich. Christi Belcourt, and Isaac Murdoch talk about their Elder language and culture camp, Nimkii Aazhibikong.

    Anthony Perrault, Shelley Charles, Margaret Miner, Marshall, Christine Pritchard, Fred Bowering, Chief Ted Roque

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2020 35:18


    Larry talks to Anthony Perrault about retaining culture, Pow wows. Shelley Charles is an Elder at Humber College, and she discusses what that entails, and what role she plays at a Pow wow. Margaret Miner talks making baskets and shakers. Christine Pritchard of Indigenous Women of Niagara talks to Larry about the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women inquest. Fred Bowering talks about smudging, and cleansing your mind. Chief Ted Roque talks to Larry about his community, and the responsibilities of a Chief.

    Leora Berman, Laura Liberty, Virgina Lundy, Leeroy Henry, Craig Edenshaw, Esther Bryan

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2020 44:08


    Leora Berman, of The Land Between talks to Larry about running a grass-roots charity in the Haliburton region. Laura Liberty talks about sexual health, and how to reach out with education for people. Virginia Lundy, of the CNE, talks to Larry before he runs into sculptor Leeroy Henry, and carver Craig Edenshaw, before connecting with Esther Bryan and her Quilt of Belonging.

    Bear Standing Tall, Calvin Pompana, Kevin Craddock and Elsii Faria of The Hive BnB

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2020 49:29


    Larry talks to Bear Standing Tall, a cultural sensitivity trainer, about ceremony, the Medicine Wheel, sun dancers, indigenous identity, and de-colonization. Larry receives his spirit name, Barn Owl, and looks at the unique properties of the animal, and what he can learn from it, and visits Kevin and Elsie, of the Hive, a bee and B and B!

    Lefavie family, Andre Bosse, Karen Warner

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2020 42:38


    Tony Muscat, Nelson Montreuil, MNO Programmers, Mary Watson, Kristin Randall

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2020 42:40


    Vimy Ridge 100th Anniversary, Guy Manderville, MNO Youth, John Jewett & Joe Paquette

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2020 42:18


    Larry attends the 100th anniversary of Vimy Ridge in Ottawa, and takes the opportunity to speak to Metis veterans.

    Dawn Lavell

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2020 40:09


    Larry chats with Dawn Lavell from the Ontario Native Women's Association.

    Taynor Simpson, Dr Sophie Bouffard, Pegi Eyers, Shelly More-Frappler, Trent U Tracks Program

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2020 43:31


    Larry chats with Traynor Simpson from Wampum Records about WW1 Veterans, Dr Sophie Bouffard about Laurention University's Indigenous Programs, Pegi Eyers about her book Ancient Spirit Rising and the team from Trent university's House of Learning.Tales from the Big Canoe uses a portion of ' La Ballade de Jacques Cartier' by Quimorucru as its theme song, you can find the full track here: https://quimorucru.bandcamp.com/track/la-ballade-de-jacques-cartier-2

    Tony Muscat, Nick Howell, Rebecca Tabobongdung

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2020 19:52


    Larry talks to Tony Muscat the president of the Moon River Metis Council, Nick Howell a Metis musician and Rebecca Tabobongdung the publisher of Muskrat Magazine. Tales from the Big Canoe uses a portion of ' La Ballade de Jacques Cartier' by Quimorucru as its theme song, you can find the full track here: https://quimorucru.bandcamp.com/track/la-ballade-de-jacques-cartier-2

    Glen Gould, OPSEU Indigenous Mobilization Team

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2020 41:51


    Larry chats with musician Glen Gould and some members from the OPSEU Indigenous Mobilization Team.Tales from the Big Canoe uses a portion of ' La Ballade de Jacques Cartier' by Quimorucru as its theme song, you can find the full track here: https://quimorucru.bandcamp.com/track/la-ballade-de-jacques-cartier-2

    Rebecca Gibson, Nick Howell, Jennifer Lord, Jan Johnstone

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2020 31:31


    Actress Rebecca Gibson, Musician Nick Howell, Senior Policy Analyst Jennifer Lord, and Jan Johnstone, chair of the Bluewater DSB stop by to talk about their lives and work with host, Larry O'Connor.Tales from the Big Canoe uses a portion of ' La Ballade de Jacques Cartier' by Quimorucru as its theme song, you can find the full track here: https://quimorucru.bandcamp.com/track/la-ballade-de-jacques-cartier-2

    Joseph Paquette, Alcide Girioux & Pres Clem Chartier

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2020 36:49


    MNO Veterans President Joseph Paquette discusses the role of Metis veterans, Alcide Girioux talks about his book, "My First Sixty Years Enjoying Nature as a Trapper", and President Clem Chartier discusses the state of the Metis Nation of Canada.Tales from the Big Canoe uses a portion of ' La Ballade de Jacques Cartier' by Quimorucru as its theme song, you can find the full track here: https://quimorucru.bandcamp.com/track/la-ballade-de-jacques-cartier-2

    Becky Wilson, Pres Audrey Poitras & Bruce Dummont, the Cada Family

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2020 33:44


    Larry talks to Becky Wilson, an author, on her experience growing up Metis. President Audrey Poitras speaks about the state of the Metis nation of Alberta, while President Bruce Dummont speaks about the BS Metis nation. And, finally, the Cada family spoke about life on the reserve at Sheshewgang First Nation, Manitoulin Island.Tales from the Big Canoe uses a portion of ' La Ballade de Jacques Cartier' by Quimorucru as its theme song, you can find the full track here: https://quimorucru.bandcamp.com/track/la-ballade-de-jacques-cartier-2

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