The Art of Sovereignty
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Bonnie Devine
13 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 N...
Robert Davidson
06 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Growing up, Robert Davidson's Haida culture was so oppressed, he had no idea he was Indigenous.Colonization was devastating his people. It had touched...
Faye HeavyShield
29 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What makes something Indigenous art? For Kainai artist Faye HeavyShield, Indigenous art is not just one thing. It is personal, and for HeavyShield, ti...
Carl Beam
22 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As an Indigenous artist, Carl Beam was often told that his art didn't look "Indigenous enough." Throughout his career, Beam pushed back against this, ...
Robert Houle
15 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
For Saulteaux artist Robert Houle, art has always been political. From the Indian Act to the Oka Crisis and more, Houle has spent his career using his...
Alex Janvier
08 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"[It's time] Indians become landlords again." For artist Alex Janvier, Denesuline, from Cold Lake First Nation, sovereignty and land are inextricably ...
Daphne Odjig
25 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Host Shelby Lisk speaks with Anishinaabe curator and artist Bonnie Devine about Daphne Odjig, the matriarch of contemporary Indigenous arts in Canada....
Norval Morrisseau
18 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Host Chris Beaver speaks with Anishinaabe curator Wanda Nanibush and Scots-Lakota scholar Carmen Robertson about Norval Morrisseau, who invented the F...
Introducing the Art of Sovereignty
11 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When Indigenous cultures were outlawed across Canada, generations of voices were silenced. Join Indigenous journalists Chris Beaver and Shelby Lisk as...