HBC Point Blankets - Oral History with Duke RedBird - Trailer

The HBC Point Blanket Oral History Project aims to present a holistic narrative around the blanket that captures the complexities and diverse experiences with this centuries old item. Encouraged to share their truth, participants are unscripted and explore their connection to the Point Blanket and what it means to them.

Dr. Duke Redbird is an Elder of the Saugeen First Nation, located on the shores of Lake Huron in Ontario. A celebrated Indigenous visionary as well as being an established public intellectual, poet, painter, broadcaster, and filmmaker, he is also a much sought after keynote speaker, and advisor to both public and private organizations. His online presence brings a breadth of cultural knowledge and artistic practice to the benefit of a global audience.

A multidisciplinary artist he brings an Indigenous lens to modern art and design, and has aided in the emergence of a vibrant Indigenous presence on the contemporary cultural scene, most recently his impact as Artist in Residence at the Urban Indigenous Education Centre where he reviews and revises the curriculum as taught by the Toronto District School Board. His outstanding contribution to Indigenous culture, literature, human rights and education, is a model worthy of emulation. https://dukeredbird.ca/