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In honour of this important day, we’ve put together a list of five podcasts we recommend you listen to, celebrating Indigenous culture and helping pave the road to reconciliation.

All shows are available on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

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Unreserved is the CBC radio space for Indigenous voices — cousins, aunties, elders, and heroes. Host Rosanna Deerchild guides listeners on the path to better understanding our shared story. Together, they learn and unlearn, laugh and become gentler in all their relations.

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Despite the efforts of many to make a difference in 2023, it’s easy for policymakers to lean into the dangerous logic of “strong communities,” instead of looking for systemic solutions. Don’t Call Me Resilient explores these critical issues — from dealing with the pain of racism to inequity in our schools to Indigenous land rights — in a way that is intimate, authentic and, at times, uncomfortable.

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Words connect us. Words hurt us. Indigenous histories have been twisted by centuries of colonization. The CBC podcast hosted by Kaniehtiio Horn, this show brings listeners together to decolonize their minds: one word, one concept, one story at a time.

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The history of the Métis people is complicated. This podcast explores their history in Manitoba, beginning with Louis Riel, who was a hero to some and traitor to others. Host Stephanie Cram unravels the intricate history of the Métis, following the thread from resistance to renaissance.

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Hosted by Duncan McCue, this eight-part CBC series that tells the stories of four students who attended Kuper Island, one of Canada’s most notorious residential schools, where unsolved deaths, abuse, and lies haunt the community and survivors to this day.

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