Welcome to Travelling Metis
Travelling Metis follows host Samantha Loney as she interviews Metis people across Turtle Island to explore kinship, culture and what it means to be Metis.
Travelling Metis follows host Samantha Loney as she interviews Metis people across Turtle Island to explore kinship, culture and what it means to be Metis.
Samantha, or White Squaw as her mother affectionately calls her, is a Metis journalist and filmmaker with Algonquin Heritage from Lake Nippissing. She also has Irish and German heritage from her father, hence the 'white' in White Squaw. Her Metis roots come from the Laronde-Sauvage family line (with some Beauchamp and probably more mixed in).
Growing up in Barrie, Ontario, Samantha was disconnected from her culture. Hearing the stories of her mothers childhood at kitchen parties filled with fiddle playing and music from her Uncle Larry Coad, Samantha decided to reconnect to her Metis roots and has been an active member of her community ever since.
Samantha is a graduate of the Vancouver Film School. Her films have screened at the Vancouver International Film Festival, Weengushk International Film Festival, Acimowin Film Festival, and Maoriland in New Zealand.
Host Samantha Loney sits down with family members to learn more about her own Metis history. She also speaks to her distant cousin Melanie Burnet from Aunties on the Road to discuss Indigenous midwifery.
This season of the podcast was made with the support of the Ontario Arts Council.
Host Samantha Loney sits down with various community members to get their perspective on Louis Riel, Metis self government and the legacy of Batoche.
This episode was made possible with funding from the Ontario Arts Council.
Join host Samantha Loney as she explores the relationship bewteen music and Metis and Cree communities with stories from her Uncle TuTuabout his own Uncle Larry Coad and his experience as a musician and music producer. She also sits down with musicians Tennessee Cree and Leah Belle to learn why Country music is popular in Indigenous communities.
This episode was made possible with funding from the Ontario Arts Council.
Host Samantha Loney sits down with Metis model Otakwan to discuss the importance of Metis representation in fashion, lateral violence and her many interests outside the fashion world.
This season of the podcast was made possible with the support of the Ontario Arts Council.
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