Don Cunningham

Don Songs 3 (Playing for the people)

Don describes how exposure to music in his youth inspired him to play music for the people.

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Don Songs 2 (No drums but accordion, harmonica, etc.)

Don remembers growing up with many instruments, but not drums.

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Don Songs 1 (Music is universal for language)

Don describes the importance of using instruments to teach language.

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Don Humour 2

Don tells the story of his cousin being humorous with a White man.

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Don Humour 1

Don tells the story of a man using humour to create new Cree names for animals that didn’t have Cree names.

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Don Electronics 1

Don explains how we can use technology to teach language and culture to new generations.

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Don Drum 1 (No drums but accordion, harmonica, etc.)

Don remembers growing up with many musical instruments, but not drums.

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Don Political 2

Don talks of the benefits and the downfalls of the 1990 Infrastructure Accord.

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Don Political 3

Don describes the continued racism faced by Indigenous peoples and the struggle to make White people understand a different perspective.

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Don Political 1

Don explains how his grandfather’s second marriage to a Cree woman influenced future generations ability to speak Cree.

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