Meet the Team
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Cassidy Villebrun-Buracas, Host/Producer
Cassidy Villebrun-Buracas is an award-winning Dehcho Dene and Cree-Metis Podcaster and Radio Producer based on the beautiful, traditional, and unceded territories of the Lək̓ʷəŋən and W̱SÁNEĆ Peoples (Victoria, BC). His ongoing podcast Dene Talk has been awarded the Neskie Manuel Award for Aboriginal Programming, was nominated for Best Podcast at the 2021 NCRA's Community Radio Awards, and has been chosen as an Official Selection for the 2021 imagineNative Film and Media Festival.
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Nicola Watts, Producer
Nicola Watts is a white, queer settler working on the unceded territories of the Lək̓ʷəŋən and W̱SÁNEĆ Peoples.
They are passionate about community building, storytelling, dreaming and creation. Nicola’s current work spans audio production, story design, and building community solidarity and belonging.
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Amy Jeffrey-Oehara, Associate Producer
Amy Jeffrey-Uehara (she/her) is Ts’msyen from Lax Kw’alaams of the Ganhada (Raven) clan and Japanese with her family roots tracing back to Okinawa. Amy is currently a student at the University of Victoria, residing on the unceded territory of the lək̓ ʷəŋən and SENĆOŦEN speaking peoples, represented today through Esquimalt, Songhees, and W̱SÁNEĆ Nations. She is pursuing a double major in Sociology and Indigenous studies at the University of Victoria and works as a research assistant with the Victoria Native Friendship Center.
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Hailee Finney aka Woof Wah, Artist
Halie Finney is a Metis multidisciplinary artist originally from Treaty 8, Specifically the Lesser Slave Lake area, more specifically the hamlet of Canyon Creek. Currently, Halie is living in amiskwacîwâskahikan (Edmonton, AB), not too far from home. Halie’s art practice includes drawings, paintings, video, stop motion animation, public art, illustration, and tattooing. In all the work she does Halie is informed by her family and their history and sense of place. Being deeply rooted to her home and storytelling is very important to her.
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Daniel Callihoo, Musician
Daniel Callihoo aka “wihtikow ᐃᐧᐦᑎᑯᐤ” is a queer Métis electronic music artist from amiskwaciwâskahikan ᐊᒥᐢᑲᐧᒋᐋᐧᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ (Edmonton, AB). Inspired by nature and Canadiana while combining analogue synths and lo-fi samples creating musical soundscapes to transport the listener into surreal and familiar environments.