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Remix 2 Resilience – The Confluence

fri15oct10:00 am PDT4:00 pm PDTRemix 2 Resilience – The ConfluenceDay 1 Stories: Unceded Truth • Day 2 Language: Unceded Tongues • Day 3 Land: Unceded TerritoryYou can still join the event while progress by clicking below.

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October 15 (Friday) 10:00am - 4:00pm
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Presented by the 2 Rivers Remix Society (2RRS) and VirtualFeast.ca

Remix 2 Resilience (R2R) is a three-day online gathering (October 15-17) that brings together Indigenous community representatives with a diverse group of Indigenous musicians, academics and cultural organizers to build networks, deliver resources and facilitate knowledge sharing from across Turtle Island. The themes of Stories, Language and Land will inform the daily keynotes, workshops, panels and artist showcases.

Day 1 Stories: Unceded Truth • Day 2 Language: Unceded Tongues • Day 3 Land: Unceded Territory

With the 2 Rivers Remix Society based out of Nlaka’pamux territory in ‘Q’emcin (aka Lytton), it has been quite the journey to bring this event to life as Artistic Director, Meeka Noelle Morgan explains, “so much has occurred in a short period of time that has affected all of us on such an intense level – the pandemic, the Children that are being un(re)covered at residential schools, the Lytton fire, and all of the trauma that has been compounded by all – that we have had to adapt to our circumstances, press on and continue while bringing that experience into the forefront of our work as well, acknowledging it, bearing witness to it all.  We become the stream inside the dream, gathering at the confluence, collecting to what connects us all.”

Meeka will be participating in the gathering alongside Keynote Storytellers Kinnie Starr, Kevin Loring and ShoShona Kish and other incredible Indigenous artists and speakers such as Janet Marie Rogers, Ecko Aleck, Butterflies in Spirit, Leela Gilday, Melawmen Collective, Willie Thrasher and many more. We are also pleased to invite Kinwa Bluesky to facilitate each day, and artist Nigit’stil Norbert to create a graphic recording to visually capture the day’s events. 

This virtual gathering of Storytellers will begin each DAY with opening prayers and welcome by Meeka.

Day 1 Stories: Unceded Truth – Friday, October 15th  (10:00 am/PDT – 4:00 pm/PDT)-R2R Celebrates Indigenous voices with Keynote Storyteller Kinnie Starr who will share their journey. Workshops on Transformative Rebuilding with Melawmen Collective; plus Kakisimowin – Prayer – The Perpetual Dance with the Universe with Madelaine McCallum of Butterflies in Spirit. A Bearing Witness session with Leela Gilday, Meeka Morgan, Madelaine McCallum, Lorelei Williams, Curtis Clearsky, Lacey Hill and Marcel Gagnon where many stories will be heard. Artists that will be showcased are Ronnie Dean Harris, The Melawmen Collective, JB The First Lady & Butterflies in Spirit Dance Group.

Day 2 Language: Unceded Tongues – Saturday, October 16th  (10:00 am/PDT to 4:00 pm/PDT) – The vibrancy and importance of retaining Indigenous languages thru stories, with Keynote Storyteller address by Kevin Loring, from the Indigenous Theatre program at the National Arts Centre. Workshops including Poetry Lift-Off with Janet Marie Rogers and Gender in Indigenous Hip hop with Lindsay ‘Eekwol’ Knight. A Bearing Witness session with Russell Wallace, Leroy Joe, Kalilah Rampanen, Darcy Deneault, Miss Christie Lee and Kym Gouchie. Featuring virtual musical showcase performances by The Spiritual Warriors, Haasatuk, Darcy Deneault and Saltwater Hank.

Day 3 Land: Unceded Territory– Sunday, October 17th (10:00 am/PDT – 4:45 pm/PDT) – Keynote Storyteller for our final day is ShoShona Kish from roots rockers Digging Roots. ‘Decolonize – Return to the Natural World’ with Ecko Aleck explores the beauty of our home, Turtle Island, through sharing Indigenous ideologies, teachings, through word and song; plus workshop with Ms.PAN!K – Integration, Fertile Ground & Reclaiming Self. Also contributing to this dialogue and timely conversation are Sabina Dennis, Ta’kaiya Blaney, James McGuire of Jason Camp and the Posers, Dawn Morrison and Willie Thrasher. The final stellar showcase includes Jason Camp & The Posers, Curtis Clearsky and Leela Gilday.

We invite all interested artists, educators, community organizers, activists, students and anyone who wants to learn more about the Resilience of Indigenous People, please join us from Friday, October 15 to Sunday, October 17, 10am – 4:00pm. Here is the full schedule of events and presentations for the weekend. 

Remix 2 Resilience is funded by Canadian Heritage, FACTOR,
BC Arts Council and Creative BC

Thanks to our community partners – Indigenous Music News, Savage Society, Full Circle Performance and the First People’s Cultural Council.

Indigenous Artists for this Event!

  • Butterflies In Spirit

    [Skatin/Sts’Ailes]

  • Curtis Clear Sky and the Constellationz

    [Blackfoot/Anishinabe/ Maori/Guarani]

  • DAWN MORRISON

    [Secwepemc]

  • Ecko Aleck

    [Nlakapamux]

  • Eekwol

    [Muskoday/Cree]

  • Hasaatuk

    [Nuu-Chah-Nulth]

  • James McGuire

    [Haida]

  • Janet Rogers

    [Mohawk/Tuscarora]

  • Jason Camp & The Posers

    [Haida]

  • JB The First Lady

    [Nuxalk/Onondaga]

  • Kevin Loring

    [Nlaka’pamux]

  • Kinnie Starr

    [Mohawk]

  • Kinwa Bluesky

    [Bear Clan/Anishinaabe]

  • Kym Gouchie

    [Lheidli T’enneh/ Cree/Secwépemc]

  • Lacey Hill

    [Oneida/Mohawk]

  • Leela Gilday

    [Dene]

  • Leroy Joe

    [Lil’wat]

  • Lorelei Williams

    [Skatin/Sts’Ailes]

  • Madelaine McCallum

    [Metis]

  • Marcel Gagnon

    [Lheidli Tenneh]

  • Miss Christie Lee

    [Musqueam]

  • Ms.PANIK

    [Haida]

  • Nigit’stil Norbert

    [Gwich’in]

  • Ostwelve

    [Sto:lo/Nlaka’pamux]

  • Russell Wallace

    [Lil’wat]

  • Sabina Dennis

    [Dakelh]

  • Saltwater Hank

    [Gitga’at/Tsimshian]

  • ShoShona Kish

    [Anishinaabekwe]

  • TA'KAIYA BLANEY

    [Tla’Amin]

  • The Melawmen Collective

    [Secwepemc/Nuu-Chah-Nulth/Tŝilhqot’in/Nlaka’pamux]

  • The Spiritual Warriors

    [Lil’wat]

  • Willie Thrasher & Linda Saddleback

    [Inuvialuit]

Organizer

2 Rivers Remix Society

2 Rivers Remix Society is the instigator and organiser of The 2 Rivers Remix (2RMX), an annual 3-day Feast of contemporary Indigenous Music and Culture....
2 Rivers Remix Society is the instigator and organiser of The 2 Rivers Remix (2RMX), an annual 3-day Feast of contemporary Indigenous Music and Culture. Since its incorporation in 2018 2RMX was hosted by the Nlaka’pamux Nation in Tl’kemtsin/Lytton, BC, until the devastating fire that incinerated most of our host community in 2021. In 2022, 2 Rivers Remix Society evolved towards a decentralised, Indigenised feast model called the "Movable Feast", that brings a series of contemporary Indigenous music and culture events direct to multiple small indigenous communities across BC.

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