Mnookmi ep 5: Reclamation Rumination with Tegan pt. 1

(Content warning for residential school trauma and sexual assault)

This week, we are sitting down once again with Blackfoot/Metis/British poet, author, and playwright Tegan Smallwood or otherwise known as Tegan Wintermoon. We dive deep into the importance of the preservation and evolution of storytelling in Indigenous ways of life. We discuss twinkling  ualities in community dialog such as comedy and family building. The ways in which acts of preservation bridge cultural and social contexts and as testimonies to lives, dreams, and futurities of Indigenous peoples. We conclude with the first half of an audio production of Smallwood’s TCTE Short  iction Contest award winning short story Passion of Christ.

Song 1: Indian Time by Spirit Trail
Song 2: Tiger at the Drugstore by Skating Poll
Song 3: Honour Song by Jeremy Dutcher