Muddied Water
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Winnipeg in 1919 is a city divided but when the two sides collide it's difficult to know who's right and who's wrong, and if faced with similar conditions if we'd make the same choices today.

S2 Episode 1: Riel

Louis Riel used his poetry to sort through his thoughts. It’s one of the ways we begin to understand the complexity of the man -- one who has been cal...
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S2 Episode 2: The Buffalo Hunt

First Nations people living in and around the Red River Settlement had a name for Métis people. Translated from Saulteaux, it is “the people that own ...
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S2 Episode 3: Rooster Town

Where are you from? The answer to that is an important part of understanding the identity of Métis people. Having a strip of land to call home is not ...
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S2 Episode 4: Church and State

Métis people have a complicated relationship with the Church. For some, Catholicism is an important part of their identity; for others it is a reminde...
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S2 Episode 5: Resurgence

Throughout history, Métis people have protected the land with their bodies and sometimes their lives, which is a source of inspiration for Jenna Vanda...
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Muddied Water: 1919 bonus episode

Muddied Water: 1919 explored a city divided by the conditions that led to the Winnipeg General Strike. The flu pandemic that hit the city one year bef...
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Episode 6: Bloody Saturday

On June 21st, the government sent in the militia. One man is shot dead, dozens are wounded, and thousands are sent running for their lives. Hear from ...
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S1 Episode 6: Bloody Saturday

On June 21st, the government sent in the militia. One man is shot dead, dozens are wounded, and thousands are sent running for their lives. Hear from ...
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Episode 5: The slave pact

May 30th, 1919, Winnipeg police officers were asked to sign a document. In it they pledge allegiance to the Police Commissioners and promise not to jo...
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