Storyteller Episodes

Weekly Storyteller radio programs

Edna Shugak (Denaʼina) Part 1

Edna grew up in Pedro Bay, Alaska.Her father died when she was five. At age 14, she took on a commercial fishing venture for the family. Then her mother...

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Eddie Lindsey (Creek) Part 3

Our stories are important. They are an integral part of family and our culture. Eddie tells the story that his mom told him about a turtle and the lesson...

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Eddie Lindsey (Creek) Part 2

Eddie grew up with a dad who drank. He always knew that his daddy loved him though he never heard the words. One day something happened in his daddy’s...

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Eddie Lindsey (Creek) Part 1

As a young person, Eddie was afraid of dying. He didn’t know much about it. One day he went to Sunday School where his aunt was teaching and she...

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Vincent Larry (Mi’kmaq) Part 2

Larry recalls hard times… fearful times that would leave bitter memories of his youth. But he tells about how he was able to forgive – not in his own...

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Vincent Larry (Mi’kmaq) Part 1

Larry grew up in the Eel Ground Reserve on the banks of the Miramichi River in New Brunswick. He became a Native Constable on the reserve and saw a...

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