![]() The art design, soundtrack, and environment are top notch, working together to create an unforgettable experience. The game is stunning visually, a great improvement on the standard edition of the game, and shows off nicely the added power in the PlayStation 5. While the lack of "action" due to the game lacking enemies, Spirit of the North: Enhanced Edition relies on puzzles and strategy to entertain the player. While Spirit of the North: Enhanced Edition is an amazing experience, blending video games with art. ![]() *This episode was produced by Matthew Lazin-Ryder.Spirit of the North: Enhanced Edition is an amazing experience, blending video games with art. Tomson Highway is an author, playwright, musician, and the 2022 CBC Massey lecturer. Sasha Mark is a stand-up comedian, activist and manager at Blind Tiger Comedy. ![]() Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS. Centre for Disease Control, co-founder of the Two-Spirit Dry Lab, and an Obama appointee to the U.S. Harlan Pruden is an Indigenous Knowledge Translation Lead at Chee Mamuk, an Indigenous health program at the B.C. We're asking for our gender, which is a sacred gender, to be given back its rightful place in the great design." We're asking for it back, and that is the responsibility that two-spirited people have been given. And now we are in the process of regaining that position. "Because God in the dominant society is a heterosexual man, that leaves the rest of us out of the picture. I also think it's a great way to keep white people from calling themselves two-spirit – like: what nation are you from, you know? No, thank you." Tomson Highway on reclaiming gender I don't count myself as two-spirit, that could change. "So for myself, I think I'm on a journey still, of figuring out where I sit with my identity. I think when it comes to two-spirit identity, that identity comes from connecting with your communities, learning your traditions, learning the language and the languages and the systems that exist within your nation, and looking at that and your relationship with that. Folks identify as two-spirit, but I think there's more history behind it. "When I think of two-spirit, I think about it as an umbrella term. There was no place for me there." Sasha Mark on two-spirit identity And so when I came out when I was 17 as gay, my family turned their backs on me - and then I turned my back on my own culture. And so I was so ashamed of being an Indian, and then me being a little sissy queer boy, and living in the shadows. But I remember being in the kitchen and I was cutting carrots with one of my aunts, and a piece fell on the floor and I picked it up and I popped it my mouth, and my aunt was like: 'Don't be an Indian.' Growing up I knew my place and I was reminded on a minute-by-minute basis - both from the colonizers and the settlers. "In Wab Kinew's beautiful book, The Reason You Walk, he so poignantly points out that Indian always had an adjective, like 'dirty' Indian, 'stupid' Indian, 'drunk' Indian. CBC Massey Lectures 2022: Tomson HighwayĪfter delivering his Massey lecture to a live audience at the Vancouver Public Library, IDEAS host Nahlah Ayed sat down with a panel to discuss two-spirit and Indigenous queer identities, philosophies, and experiences.įrom Cree mythology to the Vancouver dating scene, comedian Sasha Mark, health researcher Harlan Pruden, and playwright Tomson Highway shared the joys and challenges of Indigenous queerness.
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