Listen to Carmen Lansdowne recite poetry to tribal music
Featuring "Haida Love Song," sung in Hailhzaqvla by Josh Vickers, Kevin Starr, Terry Reid, Doug Brown Jr., Brett Waterfall, Max Johnson Sr., Thomas Dixon, Ian Reid, Curtis Campbell, Ayla Brown, Rory Housty, Travis Hall, Eric Wilson and William Housty
The Rev. Carmen Lansdowne is also called Kwisa’lakw by one of the aboriginal peoples of Canada’s central northwest coast. The name, given her by tribal elders at a ceremonial potlatch, means “woman who travels far,” and acknowledges the globetrotting work of this 34-year-old doctoral...