Don Songs 3 (Playing for the people)
Don describes how exposure to music in his youth inspired him to play music for the people.
Don Songs 2 (No drums but accordion, harmonica, etc.)
Don remembers growing up with many instruments, but not drums.
Don Songs 1 (Music is universal for language)
Don describes the importance of using instruments to teach language.
Don tells the story of his cousin being humorous with a White man.
Don tells the story of a man using humour to create new Cree names for animals that didn’t have Cree names.
Don explains how we can use technology to teach language and culture to new generations.
Don Drum 1 (No drums but accordion, harmonica, etc.)
Don remembers growing up with many musical instruments, but not drums.
Don talks of the benefits and the downfalls of the 1990 Infrastructure Accord.
Don describes the continued racism faced by Indigenous peoples and the struggle to make White people understand a different perspective.
Don explains how his grandfather’s second marriage to a Cree woman influenced future generations ability to speak Cree.