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Mnookmi playlist for 05/29/2026
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Mnookmi ep 6: Reclamation Rumination with Tegan pt. 2
(Content warning for residential school trauma and sexual assault)

This week, we continue our discussion from last week with Blackfoot/Metis/British poet, author, and playwright Tegan Smallwood or otherwise known as Tegan Wintermoon. We look into the differentiation between revenge and reclamation as it involves both the story's main character as well as Smallwood themself as the young writer at the time. Smallwood and I then look back at the writing process as we dive into the second half of an audio production of Smallwood’s TCTE Short Fiction 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: Californiamut by Elisapie

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  • Posted on: 28 May 2026
  • By: cjsfprog
Mnookmi playlist for 05/22/2026
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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

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  • Posted on: 22 May 2026
  • By: cjsfprog
Mnookmi playlist for 05/08/2026
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Mnookmi ep 4: Body Connectivity with Kaliyah pt. 2

This week, we continue our conversation with Kaliyah on navigating modern academia as it works within art spaces and decolonial reformation, in specific to Kaliyah’s positionality as a dancer as well as a researcher and student. We ponder our own place in that conversation and find how we can be heard while still honouring one’s own wellness. We conclude with showcasing our collaboration on Kaliyah’s journal entry and position statement.

Song 1: Trickster by Pipestone Creek
Song 2: Going Home by Angel Baribeau
Song 3: Sage My Soul by Tia Wood

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  • Posted on: 22 May 2026
  • By: cjsfprog
Mnookmi playlist for 05/01/2026
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Mnookmi ep 3: Body Connectivity with Kaliyah pt. 1
This week, I connected with fellow SFU School for Contemporary Arts student, Kaliyah! I talk about the intersection between her discipline of contemporary dance and body/mind connectivity. We touch on her research on land/body relationality as it relates to her piece All My Relations which was performed at the Ascension 2025 dance show at the SCA! In this part, we begin to connect body and mind with the land through Kaliyah’s positionality as a dancer, laying a foundation for our next part as we begin to discuss decoloniality in academic and art institutions.

Song 1: Spirit Child by Willie Thrasher
Song 2: Bloodsong by Lady Midnight
Song 3: When Copper Touches Snow by Caitlin Terrell

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  • Posted on: 22 May 2026
  • By: cjsfprog
Mnookmi playlist for 04/24/2026
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Mnookmi ep 2:
Transition with Anang Binesi
This week, we continue our discussion on transitions with Anishinaabe percussionist and composer Anang Binesi. We touch on relationships with classical music and classical music performance as an Indigenous person, stepping back from post-secondary music education, and their time as an artist participating in the Banff Centre Classical Indigenous Music Residency. We touch on discussion of mentorship, land connection, and what it means to study music. We end with a sound art collaboration on Binesi’s poem Lost in Silence.

Song 1: Was & Always Will Be by Zoon
Song 2: Nature Song for the Time Being by FONTINE
Song 3: P((o))WR by Lady MIdnight

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  • Posted on: 24 April 2026
  • By: cjsfprog
Mnookmi playlist for 04/17/2026
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Mnookmi ep 1: Transition with Tegan
(discussion of colonial violence, 60s scoop)

Our first guest is writer Tegan Smallwood who takes us into a discussion of coming of age under
colonial project through the lens of a Two-Spirit youth perspective in Toronto. We discuss topics
of forced maturity in girlhood as well as their work in local organizations such as the 2 Spirits of
the 1st Nations Toronto and Killarney Provincial Parks. We conclude with a sound art piece of
Smallwood’s poem A Girl Held Together By Bubble Gum, Anger, And A Large Slurpee.
Song 1: Deadhorse by Ribbon Skirt
Song 2: Ridin’ Out the Storm by Samantha Crain
Song 3: Surface Tension by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson

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  • Posted on: 17 April 2026
  • By: cjsfprog