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This week, Jann Arden and Buffy Sainte-Marie spend an hour talking about the music industry and songwriting, the complications of growing up without knowing where you come from, and the history of Indigenous peoples in Canada ahead of National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Buffy mentions a variety of works and resources we wanted to share:
Andrea Warner's Women in Music
Andrés Reséndez - The Other SlaveryThe Uncovered Story of Indian Enslavement in America
A Day to Listen in Partnership with the Gord Downie Chanie Wenjack Fund
ReconciliACTION and the Gord Downie Chanei Wenjack Fund
The TRC Calls to Action
Caleb Ellison-Dysart - Just You and Me, Missed Out.
Ulali - Mahk Chi
Pura Fe - Hiyo Stireh
Aysanabee - Watin
Mimi O’Bonsawin - Willow
Plex’s album Who Am I to Judge, especially the song Suspect.
Aqua Nibii Waawaaskone: Come On Home, Burry Me Deep. Background: (from Helen Yung) Amy Hull, one of the youth who participated with us in Buffy's Creative Native Project Initiative at X (formerly Ryerson) University during Covid, was recently involved in the curation and production of a community performance in Toronto's Summerworks Festival. One of the guest artists that Amy worked with was Aqua Nibii Waawaaskone.
You can find so much more about Buffy's music and work, including her recommended reads, on her WEBSITE.
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