Nedaa Show Catalogue - Northern Native Broadcasting Yukon

Show Date MAIN DESCRIPTION SHOW TITLE LENGTH
Season # 20
01 09/10/2005 Back to black City focus on an abandoned Village without a name, without a recorded
past the village lies in Northern Yukon. So for ten days Elders and students will come to
the place to try and record what happened here and their connection to this site,
educating not only themselves but future generations.
01 09/10/2005 Hidden Talent Tlingit carver Bruce Atlin talks about his carving and his dreams for each
custom made piece. He carves everything from canes, masks and jewelry. Bruce explains
how his art is his way of coping with his healing journey.
02 16/10/2005 A look at how a modest Canadian feature is succeeding in crossing cultural and
traditional lines while finding a connection with aboriginal audiences.
02 16/10/2005 Mary Jane Johnson and Joe-Joe Johnson are traditional Southern Tutchone people from
the Southwest Yukon. Together they provide an interpretive look at the Swans of
Kluane. A component of the Yukon Government’s Wildlife Viewing Program, this
event , a combination walking tour and interpretive talk, looks at Swans, their habitat,
and the significance of this elegant bird to First Nations people at the North end of
Kluane Lake.
02 16/10/2005 DreamCatcher is a new and innovative Canadian leadership and mentoring program
designed to empower northern youth by connecting them with mentors in their career
area of choice, setting them on a path to success. Nedaa looks at how one Yukon school
is taking advantage of this program.
02 16/10/2005 Husband and wife musicians, song writer Nicole Kuster and Frank Iwonu talk about
some of the barriers they’ve had to overcome playing as a band.
03 16/09/2005 Greg McHale is a Metis RCMP officer living and working in Dawson City, Yukon.
Along with his wife and another Yukon participant, they intend to train and compete in
one of the most grueling adventure races in North America. Nedaa profiles ‘Team Yukon’
and reveals their hopes and fears as they face the challenge of training in the snows of
the Tombstone Mountains in anticipation of racing in the Hidalgo desert of Mexico.
04 23/10/2005 Entertainer Ron Morberg known as Bannock Boy and we talk to him about his music and
his ideas for each song. His colorful songs are about laughter and old ways as requested
by the Elder’s it’s his way of helping the younger generation to better understand the old
values.
04 23/10/2005 The Canada Winter Games in Whitehorse, Yukon is being billed as the largest
undertaking North of 60 since the building of the Alaska Highway. But what sets these
games apart is the scope of the cultural activities planned for 2007. This story reveals the
challenges and hopes of those charged with staging this massive event as we explore
what it takes to showcase traditional art and culture that spans three Territories, multiple
languages and hundreds of aboriginal artists and entertainers.
04 23/10/2005 Edith Josie has been recording the daily happenings in Old Crow for over 4 decades.
Her column, ‘Here are the News’, details accounts of caribou and muskrat hunting,
visits by friends, relatives and dignitaries alike, school and church events, air travel and
weather. Edith, now in her 80’s is thinking of retiring. In a tribute to one of the Yukon’s
most beloved characters, Nedaa talks with Edith about her future and someone special
laying in the wings ready to take up the mantle.
05 31/10/2005 Dog sleds have traditionally been a major part of the transportation history here in
Yukon, especially among the first nations people; however, today people are using dogs
a little differently. In the production “Gone to the Dogs,” producer Gloria Adamson
looks at the use of dogs in Yukon from a historical perspective to the racing machines
they have become today.
05 31/10/2005 Entertainer Linda Harvey sings spiritual songs in her traditional language. In this
episode we learn what inspired her to ignore mainstream music to become a traditional
singer.
Back to black City 24:00
Hidden Talent 24:00
Hank Williams First Nation 7:00
A Swan Story 10:00
Mentor For a Month 7:00
Hidden Talent 24:00
Train in the Snow – Race in the
Desert
48:00
Hidden Talent 8:00
Countdown to 2007 16:00
Edith Josie-Master Storyteller 24:00
Mush for Gold 24:00
Hidden Talents 24:00min
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