Can I Sing That? Catawba Nation Songs, Context and Colonization

A special Songs that Speak episode with Roo George-Warren of Catawba Nation as we discuss the politics of singing and sharing Catawba songs, songs from Native American song traditions and folk songs about colonization!

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Credits
Producer, Editor: Saro Lynch-Thomason
Videography and Editing: Jennifer Bennett, https://www.jenbenmedia.com/
Special guest: Roo/DeLesslin George-Warren, https://www.delesslin.com/

Find out the names of the Indigenous peoples on whose traditional territory you live: https://native-land.ca/
Catawba Indian Nation- https://www.catawba.com/
Learn the Catawba Language- https://catawbalanguage.org/
A message from Roo: “Catawba language, for the most part, is one where we are very sharing of it. My sense is if you are on Catawba land, you should learn how to speak Catawba. Learn some Catawba so you can talk to me next time!”

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Catawba River, North Fork, near Ashford, North Carolina by The ed17, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...