Words and Culture
Words and Culture weaves conversations with Indigenous language and knowledge keepers together with music by Indigenous artists. The team creating this original content is made up exclusively of Indigenous producers, hosts and guests.
Words and Culture
Latest Episodes
Aunties' Language Lessons
Leela Gilday visits with her online language teachers - Marie Speakman and Cathy Modeste-Short. They share stories of their childhood, how they retained their language growing up on the land, and how they are using technology to share it with t...
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Songs of the Dene
Dene and northern legend Johnny Landry joins Leela Gilday to talk about the importance of singing in the language, teaching the youth Dene language, and why his music is reflective of Dene laws.
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Evolution of a Language
Language expert and music lover Paul Andrew joins host Leela Gilday to share stories and music of growing up Dene, and how he has helped advance the language by creating new words as our world evolves.
