National Indigenous Peoples Day - With Julie Pellisier-Lush

21/06/2022 24 min

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Episode Synopsis

In this episode, Juku’e host Sean Doke speaks with Knowledge Keeper and Epekwitk’s (PEI's) first ever Indigenous Poet Laureate Julie Pellisier-Lush, to celebrate National Indigenous Peoples Day by recognizing some of the Mi'kmaq cultural initiatives that have been happening across the Island. They discuss what it means to be Mi'kmaq, how the theatre company Mi'kmaq Legends came to be, how it feels to be the first Indigenous poet laureate, and what it means to be a knowledge keeper for L'nuey and the Epekwitnewaq Mi'kmaq communities.

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