{"id":19812,"date":"2016-06-27T05:45:31","date_gmt":"2016-06-27T09:45:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artbridgesblog.ca\/en\/?p=19812"},"modified":"2016-06-27T05:45:31","modified_gmt":"2016-06-27T09:45:31","slug":"indigenous-youth-find-their-voices-share-their-stories-celebrate-their-talents-with-the-rita-joe-song-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artbridges.ca\/fr\/indigenous-youth-find-their-voices-share-their-stories-celebrate-their-talents-with-the-rita-joe-song-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Indigenous youth find their voices, share their stories &#038; celebrate their talents with the Rita Joe Song Project (NAC)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fMT2fg9P3YM\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00ab\u00a0In her autobiography, Rita Joe challenges indigenous youth to find their voices, share their stories, and celebrate their talents.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Inspired by this idea, we asked the teachers and students in five communities across Canada to create a song based on what <em>\u201cI Lost My Talk\u201d<\/em> means to them and their community.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">With the help of their teachers and guest artists, each group of young people [sent] a professional audio recording and a music video of their song to the NAC to be showcased in tandem with the January 2016 premiere of composer John Estacio\u2019s new work, <em>\u201cSpirit Prevails,\u201d<\/em> based on Rita Joe\u2019s poem.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>I Lost My Talk<\/strong><br \/>\nby Rita Joe<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>I lost my talk<\/em><br \/>\n<em>The talk you took away.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>When I was a little girl<\/em><br \/>\n<em>At Shubenacadie school.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>You snatched it away:<\/em><br \/>\n<em>I speak like you<\/em><br \/>\n<em>I think like you<\/em><br \/>\n<em>I create like you<\/em><br \/>\n<em>The scrambled ballad, about my word.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>Two ways I talk<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Both ways I say,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Your way is more powerful.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>So gently I offer my hand and ask,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Let me find my talk<\/em><br \/>\n<em>So I can teach you about me.\u00a0\u00bb<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/nac-cna.ca\/en\/ritajoesong\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NAC website<\/a> to learn more about the Rita Joe Song Project and the songs created by youth in Eskasoni (NS), Edmonton (AB), Norway House (MB), Iqaluit (NU), and Kitigan Zibi (QC).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em><small>Posted with permission from Carl Martin, National Arts Centre<br \/>\nVIDEO: Students from Kitigan Zibi discuss their experience participating in the National Arts Centre&rsquo;s Rita Joe Song Project.<br \/>\nCourtesy of the National Arts Centre.<\/small><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00ab\u00a0In her autobiography, Rita Joe challenges indigenous youth to find their voices, share their stories, and celebrate their talents. 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