I recently interviewed on CBC Thunder Bay 88.3 during ”The Great Northwest” morning program. Host Lisa Laco and I discussed the 1974 Ojibway Warrior Society Occupation of Anicinabe Park, Kenora, in light of the recent passing of one of the central figures Louis Cameron. A special thanks to Jody Porter from CBC radio for the opportunity. Public history not only matters. It is already there in the story–in one way or another.
The opening music sets the tone.
Either one of the two links below should allow you to listen to the interview. Then again….I type with one finger…. If you have any difficulties accessing either link please accept my apologies in advance. And let me know…. it does seem to open in Quick Time Player when I do a dress rehearsal.
cbcthunderbay88.3interview.5.7.10
Here is my article the interview was partly adapted from–Native Studies Review:
The picture below is evocative. Note the Canadian flag on her shoulder (I apologize for the poor crop job)
The ’living part’ of the story that is public history has come to me and I am embracing it. I have recently taken a position with Parks Canada as a Natural History Interpreter at Elk Island National Park. There is so much to learn from the Park’s ecology (its animals, vegetation, water, geology) that has gripped me from the outset–which very much includes a passionate and thoughtful cadre (if you will) of colleagues, each with a different story to tell. They are wonderful people–and so are the students, parents, teaching assistants and bus drivers that meet us most mornings through snow, rain, sleet and sun sometimes too. Elk, moose, birds and the odd coyote welcome me each morning when I drive through the park but it is the bison roaming the park that cause my imagination to wander to times past.
I will post periodically throughout the summer–but not on a government computer of course 
May 9, 2010
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