INDIGENIUS: Recent Episodes
Elisapie
INDIGENIUS is about best kept secrets from the indigenous world: passionate people expressing about the territory, roots, customs and spirituality. Hosted by Elisapie (inuk singer-songwriter from northern Canada, multi-award winner and Canadian Polaris prize short-listed), this podcast will bring you in the very heart of the indigenous people's creativity and genius through conversations with very special guests. In each episode, a song will be the starting point of the conversation, and a pretext for a deeper dialogue about indigenous History.
On this Indigenius episode, Elisapie’s guest is iconic artist Buffy Sainte-Marie. In their casual conversation, they weave between topics of the creative process, Buffy’s experience of the 60s and paving the way for many other indigenous women, colonialism, adoption and more.
On this episode of Indigenius we delve into the fascinating world of North American indigenous music from 1966 to 1985 with musical producer/historian/archivist Kevin Howes. We talk about the artists, the rediscovery of their inspiring records and how Kevin’s Grammy-nominated compilation Native North America (Vol. 1) has helped listeners hear these hidden gems.
On this week’s episode of Indigenius Elisapie is joined by Jeremy Dutcher. Together they explore the concept of Two Spirit, and the ways gender and spirituality intersect to inform indigenous cultures and experiences.
Elisapie asked Patrick Watson to listen to the song Call of the Moose written by one of her main influences : Willy Mitchell, an Algonquin/Mohawk iconic folk singer. Of course, this song will finally be a pretext for a deeper dialogue with Watson sharing his vision on the importance of indigenous peoples.