The Ktunaxa story of Lightning, Thunder, Fox, and Coyote

Originally aired: November 4th, 2020

Presenter: Nasuʔkin (Chief) Joe Pierre

Description:

A coming of age story.

A journey of Enlightenment.

An evil tyrant and the young warriors who attempt to defeat him.

A lesson in patience and the power of working together, as well as, the power of rainbows.

Using the Ktunaxa story of Lighting, Thunder, Fox and Coyote I will take you on a story journey that encircles our Mother Earth. After this, I will share some of my insights into this story and how these lessons can be applied to the times we find ourselves in. I hope that you will come along for this journey with the fox and coyote brothers. It’s a good one 😉

Joe Pierre was raised in the Community of ʔaqʾam formerly known as the St. Mary’s Indian Reserve and is a citizen of the Ktunaxa Nation. He attended the University of Calgary in the Fine Arts. At the U of C Joe met several other First Nations people interested in Theatre and they collaborated together to form the Crazy Horse Theatre Company. The company mounted several productions in Calgary all of which were written by Aboriginal writers. Joe also worked for a season with the CBC production “North of Sixty”. Joe was a storyteller at the very first Proctor Storytelling Festival and he has presented at several other festivals throughout the Kootenays. Currently he is employed by School District 5 Southeast Kootenay and is a member of the Board of Directors for the First Nations Education Steering Committee. Joe served as a Councilor for the St. Mary’s Indian band for 8 years and was a member of the Board of Governors for the College of the Rookies for 6 years. In the Fall of 2016 Joe was elected back to the ʔaqʾam council, this time in the capacity of Chief Councilor. He is a husband to wife Jennifer and a father to fourteen-year-old Jude. Together they are known as “Triple J”.

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