Bridging Worlds | Violet Duncan
Good Life Project
Jonathan Fields / Acast
4.5 • 3.4K Ratings
🗓️ 18 July 2019
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
Violet Duncan (https://www.violetduncan.com/about) is an author, storyteller, educator, performer and Native American Hoop & Powwow dancer. She's a proud member of the Plains Cree of Kehewin Cree Nation & Taino. Violet facilitates workshops to promote spiritual wellness and cultural education across the United States, Canada and Europe. After becoming a mother of four, saw a need for Native American representation in literature and authored two children's books; "When We Dance" & "Let's Hoop Dance!" She is now a featured storyteller at many festivals nationally and internationally. Her work addresses her native culture and is accessible for anyone trying to understand the modern Native experience. She is currently working on her next children’s book, “I am Native.”
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| 0:00.0 | I'm going to be a great singer. |
| 0:05.1 | Super excited to share today's conversation with you for a couple of reasons. |
| 0:09.4 | I sit down with Violet Duncan, who is an author, a storyteller educator, performer, native |
| 0:15.4 | American hoop and powwow dancer. |
| 0:17.6 | She is a member of the Plains Cree of Hewing Cree Nation and Tyno. |
| 0:22.8 | I have no idea if I said that right. |
| 0:24.8 | I hope I did. |
| 0:25.8 | She is part of the broader or larger First Nations community in Canada where she grew up. |
| 0:30.5 | She facilitates workshops to promote spiritual wellness, cultural education, all over the |
| 0:37.0 | United States and Canada and Europe. |
| 0:39.4 | She is also a mother for and she really saw the need for Native American and Indigenous |
| 0:45.2 | representation in literature and authored to children's books. |
| 0:49.9 | She is now a featured storyteller at festivals nationally and pretty much all over the |
| 0:54.7 | world. |
| 0:55.7 | I had the opportunity to sit down with Violet when I was actually out in Mesa, Arizona. |
| 1:02.4 | This is recorded on the road. |
| 1:04.9 | We are at the co-working slash community space of a dear friend of mine, Pam Slim. |
| 1:11.6 | The space is called Keh and it's in Mesa, Arizona. |
| 1:15.4 | The sound is probably a bit different than what we normally have. |
| 1:19.8 | It's just why and hopefully you will drink in the beautiful communal vibes from the space |
| 1:25.2 | and really enjoy and as I did, really learn from the conversation that I had with Violet |
| 1:31.1 | Duncan. |
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