Future History

Kris meets with Alexandra Kahsenni:io Nahwegahbow, the first ever Associate Curator of Historical Indigenous Art at the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa. Sarain does a radio interview with Author/Journalist and CBC radio host Waubgeshig Rice and joins him for a book reading of his new novel "Moon of the Crusted Snow" at Laurentian University. Kris and Sarain visit Tumikuluit Saipaaqivik, Iqaluit's first Inuktitut Daycare, and talk with Executive Director Celina Kalluk who is empowering the next generation of Inuktitut speakers.

Kris gets a personal tour by brother/sister scholars Jade and Mitch Huguenin who are largely responsible for the inclusion of Metis history and knowledge in the historical site of Discovery Harbour in Penetanguishene. Sarain gets her groove on in the home recording studio of award-winning Anishnaabe family band Digging Roots and discusses their land-based approach to music composition. Kris and Sarain download the Anishnaabemowin app "Challenge4Change" and talk with Chief of Wiikwemkoong, Anishnaabemowin Speaker and Language Advocate Duke Peltier about the communal creation of a digital language portal that will support future learners of Anishnabemowin.

Kris walks through the Sheguiandah Quarry on Manitoulin Island, an unmarked prehistoric site that proves Indigenous settlement since the Ice Age. Sarain visits with Anishnaabe Singer/Drummer/Teacher Tasheena Sarazin who creates safe places for women around the drum, on the pow wow trail, and in their own families and communities. Kris and Sarain get a glimpse into the food sustainability programs created by Enaadmaagehjik: Wikwemikong Development Commission on Manitoulin Island.

Kris goes to Ottawa to meet Elaine Kicknosway, 60's Scoop Advocate and Co-Founder of The National Indigenous Survivors of Child Welfare Network whose work gives survivors a voice and platform in their fight for recognition, justice and reconciliation. Sarain travels to Ajax and enters the "situation room," where Mi'kmaq Lawyer, Professor and Social Justice Advocate Dr. Pamela Palmater records her "Warrior Life" podcast. Kris and Sarain go into the bush to visit Nimkii Aazhibikong, the year-round Ojibway Art, Culture and Language Revitalization Camp in Elliot Lake where Elders and Youth come together to preserve and revive oral transmission of knowledge in an environment of land-based teachings.