Beaver First Nation is a Dena-zaa community (Beaver) located in northern Alberta, in this podcast we will interview different elders who still speak the beaver language. to help retain and restore the language. Dane-zaa means real people in beaver, this podcast is the real people's journey.
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Beaver First Nation Podcasts
In today’s episode we have Rankin Pierrot in to explain some Beaver words, he also talks about hisfamily history and the community’s history which goes hand in hand with ourcommunity. He touches on his rodeoexperience, the name and history of Child’s Lake and Eleskie, also, he toucheson what traditional knowledge he still practices. Interviewdone b…
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In today’s episode we have John Adekat and Pearl Habitant, both are elders and are here today to talka bit about their family history. They also talk about some of the traditionalways they still practiced, such as trapping and hunting, tanning hides andmaking dry meat from moose. Both are always willing to teach the youngergeneration the knowledge …
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Welcome back to Dane_zaajourney, in today’s episode we sit down with Raymond Bulldog. A local elder ofBoyer River, and accomplished military vet, and a cancer survivor. In thisepisode he tells us a bit about his history and the history of the area hecalls home, come along with me as we listen to a local elder share his story. Interview done by Tayl…
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Welcome back toDane-zaa journey, today we have Harvey Bulldog in to speak about his familyhistory and a bit about the beaver history. He is a former chief andcouncillor, who has spent many hours listening to his elders and is awayswilling to share his knowledge to those who take the time to listen to him.Come along with me as we listen to part of h…
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Hello and welcome back, today I visited Mary Francis and sat down with her to discuss her lifeand how she used to go to rocky lane school to teach kids beaver in anafter-school program. She also talked about how to tan a moose hide. I alsostopped by Louie Atchooay (Mary’s brother) place for a quick coffee and askedhim about a few words in beaver an…
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Disclaimer, in todays podcast we touch on residential schools and grief. If this is triggering orhard to listen too and you need someone to talk too, contact info will beunderneath crisis team Located in Boyerhealth center 780-927-3544 Carmella 780-285-0681 Located in blue housein child lake 587-743-0220 Stop by any time ifyou need someone to talk …
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Today we have Eddie Pierrot back in to explain a few more words and phrases to our listeners, in this podcast we will be walking around the child lake community hall while Eddie tell us the name of different objects around the hall. We then got into a car and drove around the child lake reserve; the place Eddie calls home while he explains some mor…
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Today we interviewed Albina Kazonay and halfway thru we had a visitor stop by, Mary Francis. Both shared a few words in beaver along with some history of themselves and some of the history of our community. We are in the kitchen today and we were making a moose stew while we chatted about the way things used to be, come along for the journey with u…
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To start us off we have a special guest today, Eddie Pierrot. He is 67 years young and has spent years keeping the beaver language alive and teaching other members of the nation. Today I would like you to use your imagination and picture you are sitting around the picnic table with other members listing to and elder as they teach you a bit of the b…
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Are you looking to learn about beaver language? Join Taylor Hirt as we listen to elders speak about the beaver language and listen to their life story. In this podcast we discussed what Beaver First Nation has done to help beaver language restoration, what Is the value in retaining this knowledge. Where chief and council see our nation going if no …
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