“When you don’t know your language or your culture, you don’t know who you are,” says 69-year-old Armand McArthur, one of the last fluent Nakota speakers in Pheasant Rump First Nation, Treaty 4 territory, in southern Saskatchewan. Director Louise BigEagle follows McArthur as he inspires younger members of his community to learn the language, and ensure its culture and history are not forgotten.

Celebrating Indigenous Stories: Offering a space for reflection and inspiration at a time of national reckoning, this specially-curated film and talk program exploring the storytelling traditions of the First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples of Turtle Island, and the moving narratives that form the cultural bedrock of our land.

Presented in partnership with Traditional Indigenous Knowledge Consultant Fred Martin, an Anishinaabe (Ojibwe) with ties to the M’Chigeeng First Nations of Manitoulin Island, Ontario as well as a member of the Qalipu First Nations (Mi'kmaq) of the Port aux Port Peninsula, Newfoundland and Labrador.

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