EP. 6: A Love Letter to our Aunties & Kokums: Honoring STBBI community builders

In this special WORLD AIDS Day episode, Indigenous Sexual Futures puts a spotlight on Ka Ni Kanichihk Inc., a remarkable Indigenous community-based organization in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Doris invited Aunties, Leslie Spillett, Jacqueline Flett and Laverne Gervais to the table to tell the story of Ka Ni Kanichihk Inc. The Aunties tell the story of the community ceremony that put the medicine in motion to build this organization in 2001, highlighting key points in the community building story of Ka Ni Kanichihk by visionary community leaders, Elders and Aunties. Ka Ni Kanichihk is a Cree word that means - those who lead. This podcast went LIVE on World AIDS Day to honor and remember all our relatives and to mark this day in remembrance. Photo of Leslie Spillet -  Photo credit, Red Works Photography#AuntiesRock We would like to acknowledge the following for their contributions towards Episode 6 of Indigenous Sexual Futures Special Guest(s) Leslie Spillett - Cree MétisJacqueline Flett - MétisLaverne Gervais - Anishinabe/Dakota/French Canadian   Song featured in this episode:Drum Song for World AIDS Day – sung by Jacqueline Flett Host Storyteller/Producer Doris Peltier  Technical ProducerPaula Burrows - Jupiter Productions  ISF Theme Music and Creative SoundCozmic Cat, Classic Roots, Elder Gayle Pruden  Indigenous Knowledge Advisory Feast Centre Council of Elders and Gathering Lodge Committee    Executive Producer Feast Centre - Randall Jackson     Feast Centre Staff Will Gooding (National Director), Catherine Booker (Research Coordinator) and Doris Peltier (Community Engagement Coordinator)  Podcast Branding Design Compassion Creative  Podcast Web Development Catherine Booker    We acknowledge our funders: Canadian Institutes of Health Research   Indigenous Sexual Futures is produced on the ancestral lands of the Mississauga and Haudenosaunee nations within the lands protected by the “Dish with One Spoon” wampum. We acknowledge the ancestors of this territory, and we also acknowledge the lands and territories of all our guests. Suggested Reading list coming soon...