‘Indigenous Artists & Icons: Celebrating the Future’ — ‘ET Canada’ honours Nationwide Day of Reality and Reconciliation – Nationwide

ET Canada is welcoming again entrepreneur and activist Shayla Stonechild as co-host of a half-hour particular, Indigenous Artists & Icons: Celebrating the Future, on Sept. 30 in recognition of the Nationwide Day for Reality and Reconciliation.

The particular will function interviews with numerous trailblazers, together with legendary musician and social activist Buffy Sainte-Marie with musicians Fawn Wooden, Shawnee Kish and Amanda Rheaume, nation and people singer-songwriter Don Amero, actor Devery Jacobs, editor Rebeka Tabobondung, author Lauren DeLeary, Huge Brother Canada’s Josh Nash and Kiefer Collison and Juno Award-nominated First Nations hip-hop duo Snotty Nostril Rez Youngsters.

Indigenous Artists & Icons may even showcase inspirational messages of hope from DJ Shub and pop duo Neon Desires, and Stonechild pays a go to to the Three Fires Homecoming Pow Wow and Conventional Gathering.

Wanting on the wealthy and numerous tradition of Indigenous Peoples throughout Canada and their contributions to the world of leisure, the particular will shine a lightweight on their advocacy work, and the way they’re furthering the dialog on methods the business may be extra inclusive.

Sainte-Marie and Wooden, for instance, focus on the way it’s essential for Indigenous youth to have the ability to see individuals who seem like them and who come from the identical background.

Kish and Rheaume — who simply launched Ishkodé Information, a women-led Indigenous music label — use their voices to characterize their tradition and the 2SLGBTQIA+ neighborhood.

In an emotional interview, the Snotty Nostril Rez Youngsters acknowledge their ancestors and the way they paved the best way for them, highlighting what nonetheless must be finished with a view to foster true reconciliation.

Stonechild returns to ET Canada after co-hosting the 2021 award-winning particular Artists & Icons: Indigenous Entertainers in Canada, which was acknowledged by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Tv with two honours: Finest Discuss Program or Collection and Finest Route, Life-style or Data.

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‘ET Canada’ presents ‘Indigenous Artists & Icons: Celebrating the Future’ on Sept. 30 at 7:30 p.m. ET on International.

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