Episode 1: Land Acknowledgement

On this episode: Who lived here before 1912?

This episode relied heavily on the following texts: Stolen City: Racial Capitalism and the Making of Winnipeg by Owen Toews, Rooster Town: The History of an Urban Métis Community by Evelyn Peters, and Settler City Limits: Indigenous Resurgence and Colonial Violence in the Urban Prairie West eds. Heather Dorries, Robert Henry, David Hugill, Tyler McCreary, and Julie Tomiak. This episode is also indebted to the late Lawrence Barkwell, who was senior historian at the Manitoba Métis Federation’s Louis Riel Institute, and his research on Louis Lavallee.

The theme music for this podcast is ‘Memory’ by Boogie Belgique. On this episode you also heard “The Island” and “Headwaters” by Chad Crouch, and “Jupiter the Blue” by Gillicuddy.

The Pasadena Project is supported by the Winnipeg Architecture Foundation, with funding from the City of Winnipeg, the Province of Manitoba, and the Winnipeg Arts Council.

This podcast is produced on Treaty One territory, the traditional territory of the Anishinaabeg, Cree, Oji-Cree, Dakota, and Dene peoples, and the homeland of the Métis Nation.

Learn more about the Pasadena Project at www.pasadenaproject.com.