Welcome to Travelling Metis
Travelling Metis follows host Samantha Loney as she interviews Metis people across Turtle Island to explore kinship, culture and what it means to be Metis.
Travelling Metis follows host Samantha Loney as she interviews Metis people across Turtle Island to explore kinship, culture and what it means to be Metis.
Samantha, or White Squaw as her mother affectionately calls her, is a Metis journalist and filmmaker with Algonquin Heritage from Lake Nippissing. She also has Irish and German heritage from her father, hence the 'white' in White Squaw. Her Metis roots come from the Laronde-Sauvage family line (with some Beauchamp and probably more mixed in).
Growing up in Barrie, Ontario, Samantha was disconnected from her culture. Hearing the stories of her mothers childhood at kitchen parties filled with fiddle playing and music from her Uncle Larry Coad, Samantha decided to reconnect to her Metis roots and has been an active member of her community ever since.
Samantha is a graduate of the Vancouver Film School. Her films have screened at the Vancouver International Film Festival, Weengushk International Film Festival, Acimowin Film Festival, and Maoriland in New Zealand.
Join host Samantha Loney as she sits down with two-spirit Metis artist Jason Baerg to discuss the fight for Metis representation in the Indigenous art world, the importance of art in uplifting the Metis Nation and his life growing up in St. Albert, Saskatchewan.
You can learn more about Jason at www.jasonbaerg.ca.
Join host Samantha Loney as she speaks with author Arnolda Dufour-Bowes about her father's experience as a road allowance Metis, the importance of storytelling for healing and how she is helping educators teach Metis history.
You can check out Arnolda's Apples and Traintracks exhibit at Back to Batoche this summer and check out the next book in the Maggie Lou Firefox book series August 2025. To learn more about Arnolda's work visit arnoldadufourbowes.com.
Join host Samantha Loney for an important conversation with Taylor Manser, an environmental advisor at the Metis Nation of Ontario's Lands and Resource Consultation Branch. We discuss the importance of consulting with Indigenous communities when it comes to the environment, she uses two-eyed seeing in her work and how to be a good ally to Indigenous Peoples.
If you are an MNO citizen and would like to learn more about how you can have your voice heard when it comes to consultation and environmental projects in your area, visit Lands, Resources & Consultations | Métis Nation of Ontario to find more information.
Have a story to share or want to be a guest on our show? We'd love to hear from you!
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