A Story Of Indigenous Survival & Resurgence
Fresh Air16 Okt 2025

A Story Of Indigenous Survival & Resurgence

Filmmaker and writer Julian Brave NoiseCat is the son of an Indigenous Canadian father and white mother. After a cultural genocide, he says, living your life becomes an existential question. "To live a life in an Indigenous way is a kind of profound thing, and it has been really beautiful to get to make art and tell stories from that position." NoiseCat spoke with Terry Gross about his father's origin story, dancing at powwows, and the bonds of kinship. His new memoir, We Survived the Night, takes its name from a translation of the Secwépemc morning greeting. His Oscar-nominated documentary Sugarcane is on Hulu/Disney+.

Also, Maureen Corrigan reviews Daphne Du Maurier's collection of short stories, After Midnight.

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