...with Being and Becoming Indigenous (Ep. 75)

What on Earth is Going on?

Some argue that all of humanity today faces an identity crisis, as we struggle with rapid change and a deteriorating habitat -- and that the solutions may lie in indigenous social technologies, especially the power of the story. This is a wide-ranging discussion covering a lot of ground (reconciliation, diversity, Back to the Future), but one that should be relevant to all.

Ben is in Edmonton for an inspiring conversation with Jacquelyn Cardinal, Co-Founder and Managing Director of Naheyawin.

About the Guest

Jacquelyn Cardinal is Co-Founder and Managing Director of Naheyawin, as well as Co-President and Director of Social Awareness Group. Jacquelyn was nominated for Edmonton's Top 40 Under 40 class of 2018, and received an Esquao Award for Achievement in Business and a SHEInnovates Award from the UN Women's Global Innovation Coalition for Change.

In early 2019, her first play, Lake of the Strangers, co-written with her brother and co-produced with Fringe Theatre, premiered and received the Sterling Award for Outstanding New Play. When she isn't using ancient tools to solve contemporary problems, she is learning all she can about emergent technologies and exploring her love for film.

Mentioned in this Episode

• The Reality Bubble, a book by Canadian science journalist Ziya Tong
• Hunter Cardinal, Jacquelyn's brother and Naheyawin's Director of Story
• The Inconvenient Indian, a book by Thomas King
• Back to the Future, the 1985 film
• Wilfred Buck, Cree astronomer mentioned by Jacquelyn
• Caravaggio, prolific 16th and 17th century Italian painter
• Episode 70 of this podcast, featuring Fleming Puckett on Power, Colonialism and the San People

The Quote of the Week

"Everybody has their stories about the sky, because everybody lives under the sky." - Wilfred Buck