Newfoundland's Indigenous and non-Indigenous drum group Eastern Owl's song "Ajimpa," opens this week's episode where we are introduced to Shalan Joudry's ELAPULTIEK (We Are Looking Towards).

Shalan is an oral storyteller, poet, ecologist, and mother from the traditional district of Kespukwitk (southwest Nova Scotia). She lives and works in her community of L’sitkuk (Bear River First Nation) with her family. Using her theatrical background, shalan brings Mi’kmaw stories to a new generation of listeners, as well as recounting personally crafted narratives that follow Mi’kmaw storying custom. Of both Mi’kmaw and European ancestry, shalan weaves these worldviews in ecology and her writing.

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