Episode 2
Indigenous Sexual Futures Episode 2: "Sexual Health is Part of My Medicine Bundle"
Episode 2: "Sexual Health is Part of My Medicine Bundle"
In Episode Two, Doris speaks with Martin Morberg and Lane Bonertz, two phenomenal leaders who work with the Two-Spirit Program at the Community Based Research Centre (CBRC). They share the creation and developmental story of the Medicine Bundle, an innovative culturally informed and culturally grounded HIV prevention tool geared towards Two-Spirit, Queer, and Trans Indigenous community members. When the HIV self-testing kit became widely available in Canada, the Two-Spirit leadership at the CBRC saw an opportunity to harness culture and tradition for HIV self-testing for the two-spirit community in BC. Martin and Lane also acknowledged the commitment of the CBRC who worked with local Two-Spirit leaders to establish the Two-Spirit Program within their organization. The CBRC recognized that "true reconciliation requires more than an endorsement and have made a series of commitments" to community, utilizing the Calls to Action from the TRC (https://www.cbrc.net/2spirit-program). Listen to our Podcast starting April 12, 2023!
Find more information about the Medicine Bundle Project at the CBRC website: https://www.cbrc.net/medicinebundle
Guests
MARTIN MORBERG
Martin Morberg is a Two-Spirit Northern Tutchone and Tlingit man born and raised in the Yukon Territory. He is a member of the Na Cho Nyak Dun First Nation. Much of Martin's work and activism is rooted in community and grassroots initiatives and he acknowledges that many Indigenous leaders and community members have guided and nurtured him in growing into the activist he is today. He hopes to pay this knowledge and support forward to Indigenous communities and Two-Spirit people and contribute to the meaningful work and reclamation of Two-Spirit culture. Martin is the Two-Spirit Program Coordinator at the Community-Based Research Centre.
LANE BONERTZ
Growing up in Southern Alberta and guided by a rural upbringing in ranching and agriculture, Lane sees the strength in collaboration as a way of uplifting community. Lane is Blackfoot and a member of Piikani Nation, feeling a sense of responsibility to contribute to sexual health care and research that honours Indigenous ways of knowing and is affirming of identity, desire, and lived experience. He received his bachelor’s degree in Sexuality Studies from York University and is grateful for the encouragement and support of his Nation in the pursuit of his studies. Lane is the Two-Spirit Program Lead at the Community Based Research Centre.
Transcript
Acknowledgements
We would like to acknowledge the following for their contributions towards Episode 2 of Indigenous Sexual Futures
Guests
Martin Morberg & Lane Bonertz
HIV and AIDS Drum Song
sung by Elder Marjorie Beaucage
Host Storyteller/Producer
Doris Peltier
Technical Producer
Paula Burrows - Jupiter Productions
ISF Theme Music and Creative Sound
Cozmic Cat, Classic Roots, Elder Gayle Pruden
Indigenous Knowledge Advisory
Feast Centre Council of Elders and Gathering Lodge Committee
Executive Producers
Feast Centre Co-Leads - Randall Jackson & Renée Masching
Feast Centre Staff
Will Gooding (National Director), Catherine Booker (Research Coordinator), Miranda Black (Research Coordinator) and Doris Peltier (Community Engagement Coordinator), Esther Kim (Research Assistant), James O’Grady (Research Assistant)
Podcast Branding Design
Compassion Creative
Podcast Web Development
Catherine Booker
We acknowledge our funders
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Indigenous Sexual Futures is produced on the ancestral lands of the Mississauga and Haudenosaunee nations within the lands protected by the “Dish with One Spoon” wampum. We acknowledge the ancestors of this territory, and we also acknowledge the lands and territories of all our guests.