National Indigenous History Month - June: Indigenous Podcasts and Radio

An 11-episode podcast series that reclaims Indigenous history by exploring 11 words whose meanings have been twisted by centuries of colonization. Host Kaniehti:io Horn guides listeners through conversations with more than 70 people from 15 Indigenous communities whose lands now make up Quebec, New Brunswick and Labrador.

Based on the acclaimed graphic novel anthology, This Place is a 10-part journey through one-hundred and fifty years of Indigenous resistance and resilience. Through dramatizations and interviews, along with your host and time-guide storyteller Rosanna Deerchild, the series reveals the heroes, battles, triumphs and traditions which live outside and beyond the national story we have been taught ... to learn, to share, and to heal the future of "this place" we call Canada.

In this CBC British Columbia podcast, Gitxsan host Angela Sterritt takes a deep dive into land theft in Canada. The award-winning CBC reporter travels through Indigenous territories and speaks to leaders to understand how the federal and provincial governments still control the mass of land in Canada, despite Indigenous ancestral rights and title to land which has been proven in courts time and again. From Gitanmaax to Sen̓áḵw to Unist'ot'en, and from blockades to court battles and government negotiations, Sterritt looks at the ways Indigenous people are pushing against colonial institutions to take their land back.

Since the day he was old enough, Jeremy knew he was different. A mix of Indigenous and white heritage, he has experienced life through both vantage points – as well as the stereotypes. Join 19-year-old Jeremy Ratt on a journey of self discovery as he seeks to understand his roots and all of the distinct “pieces” that form who he is today.

A fearless space for Indigenous voices. Join Rosanna Deerchild every Friday for vibrant conversations with our cousins, aunties, elders, and heroes. Rosanna guides us on the path to better understanding our shared story. Together, we learn and unlearn, laugh and become gentler in all our relations. Our award-winning show is rooted in radio, where we’ve spent the last decade becoming a trusted space for Indigenous-led conversations. We are based in what is now known as Canada. Rosanna hails from O-Pipon-Na-Piwan Cree Nation at South Indian Lake in northern Manitoba, and now lives and works in Winnipeg (Treaty 1).

Rudy Kelly’s dad was a great chief of the Tsimshian Nation - a champion of the language, culture, and community. Everyone loved him. But did Rudy? As a kid, he looked up to him. Idolized him. But also feared him. And even hated him. He told Rudy that to succeed, he would have to leave everything behind: his family, friends, and culture. In this six-part series, Rudy's journey brings him back in time, to learn how colonization impacted Indigenous people, from those who lived it. To find out who and what his dad really was, and to discover more about himself - the Urbariginal

Where is Cleo? Taken by child welfare workers in the 1970’s and adopted in the U.S., the young Cree girl’s family believes she was raped and murdered while hitchhiking back home to Saskatchewan. CBC news investigative reporter Connie Walker joins the search to find out what really happened to Cleo.

Jarrett Martineau hosts Reclaimed, a weekly series on CBC Radio that explores the many worlds of contemporary Indigenous music from traditional songs and acoustic sounds to Native hip-hop, R&B, and the dancefloor-filling beats of electric powwow.

The Indigenous Language Archive (ILA) is a collection of recorded Indigenous languages used in CBC programming for the past 70 years, with these audio files pulled directly from the CBC shows that were airing at the time. Within the project are 10 Indigenous languages from across the North featuring countless hours of audio: 3,258 files in Chipewyan; 9,436 files in East Cree; 3,681 files in Gwich'in; 3,237 files in Inuvialuktun; 32,576 files in Inuktitut; 41 files in Inuinnaqtun; 3,742 files in North Dene; 253 files in Oji-Cree; 4,155 files in South Dene; and 4,315 files in Tłı̨chǫ.

Les mots, la langue et la grammaire d’un peuple sont comme des lunettes à travers lesquelles le monde nous apparaît. Notre grande Histoire collective a été écrite la plupart du temps par des allochtones ayant présenté leur version de l’histoire du Canada. Dans ce balado, l’animatrice et poétesse innue, Marie-Andrée Gill, met en lumière 11 mots que nous employons encore dans notre langage afin de leur donner un nouveau sens et réconcilier le passé et le présent ainsi que les points de vue autochtones et allochtones. Donnant la parole à des gens issus des 11 communautés des Premiers Peuples au Québec et Labrador, ils reprennent le bâton de parole pour partager avec nous leur vision du monde.