4.3 Writer's Workshop - Spoken Word Poem and Critical Thinking Essay: Writer's Notebook 2 Continued.... Rita Joe National Song Project

4.3 Writer's Workshop - Spoken Word Poem and Critical Thinking Essay

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Writer's Notebook 2: I Lost My Talk

Writer's Notebook 2 Continued.... Rita Joe National Song Project

National Arts Centre: Rita Joe National Song Project

Inspired by Rita Joe's poem, "I Lost My Talk," and her challenge for indigenous youth to "find their voices, share their stories, and celebrate their talents," Canada's National Arts Centre launched the Rita Joe National Song Project. The project called on youth from five First Nations' communities in Canada to write, record, and create a music video for a song based on Joe's poem. The videos were shared in January, 2016, in Ottawa. Here is one of the songs created by Canadian indigenous youth - the sound on the video starts at 45 seconds but watch from the beginning:

If you are interested in seeing some of the other songs created for this national song project, here they are. (Watching some of these is optional!)

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