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Host Shelby Lisk speaks with historians Trish Rae and Gerald Reid about the legacy of Chief Thunderwater, an advocate for Indigenous rights throughout the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In 1914, Thunderwater formed the Council of Tribes, an organization that gave voice to many concerns in Haudenosaunee communities, including resistance to the Indian Act, dissatisfaction with the elected band council system, and a desire to return to traditional government by clan chiefs. The reverberations of the Thunderwater movement can still be felt across Haudenosaunee communities today, where the fight for sovereignty and political autonomy continues over 100 years later.

The Art of Sovereignty Podcast

Our stories define who we are. When Indigenous cultures were outlawed across Canada, our voices were silenced. When our stories went underground to survive, others tried to define us. But it was our artists who brought our stories back for the world to see and hear. Join hosts Chris Beaver and Shelby Lisk as they explore the lives of eight First Nations artists whose art reclaims our voices and identities in a country that tried to silence them on The Art of Sovereignty

Episode 8: Growing up, Bonnie Devine's grandfather warned her to stay away from the bright yellow piles of powder in her community of Serpent River Anishinabek Nation. Little did she know that those yellow triangles would turn up years later in her art practice as she explored natural resource extraction and Indigenous ways of knowing. That curiosity, and a love for being Anishinaabe, led Devine to become the first tenured Indigenous professor at the Ontario College of Art and Design and the founding chair of the school's Indigenous Visual Cultural Program. Host Shelby Lisk speaks with Devine about her life, her work, and paving a path forward for future Indigenous artists.

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