Talon Pascal: Time Traveler | Warrior Up! Episode 101 | APTN

Talon Pascal, 17, is reviving ancient Indigenous building and hunting skills, and sharing his knowledge with others. In this episode, host Joel Oulette travels to L’ilwat First Nation in British Columbia, Canada to meet a teen who seems to have come from another era. Seventeen-year-old Talon Pascal has spent years learning ancient, nearly lost skills and arts. From hunting on horseback to building pit houses, flintknapping and constructing bows and arrows, Talon aims to live off the land just as his ancestors did. Joel takes a magical journey into his impressive pit house, tries horseback archery andthen joins Talon at an Indigenous Men’s Wellness Gathering, discovering first-hand the impact Talon is making by teaching these skills to other Indigenous men, many who’ve lost contact with their heritage.
Warrior Up! is a 13 x 22-minute youth documentary series that follows inspiring Indigenous youth making positive change in their communities! Whether it’s defending the land, learning nearly lost Indigenous hunting and building techniques, feeding unsheltered relatives or helping decolonize the fashion industry, the young changemakers featured in this series are making an impact. Warrior Up! shares their inspiring journeys of activism in engaging, entertaining ways as our three hosts take turns travelling Turtle Island, jumping in to lend a hand alongside these young warriors. Inuk actor Anna Lambe, 22, from Iqaluit, Nunavut, Anishinaabe actor Joshua Odjick, 21, from the Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg First Nation, and actor Joel Oulette, 20, with ties to the Cumberland House Cree and Red River Métis Nation, find themselves shooting arrows from horseback, improvising a rap, walking the runway, building a pit house and packing blessing bags, learning just what it means to be a warrior.
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[@tiptipton1588]

Awesome to see other young indigenous people trying to keep their culture and traditional knowledge about the ends and outs of the material culture alive. often we see elders presenting what is left of our cultures but it’s not as common to see young people trying to lead the charge in cultural revitalization. Good job both of you for putting yourself out there when many young natives aren’t that interested in their culture. many young natives seem to associate traditions and cultural practices with elders and old people and that’s something old people do, seeing examples of some fine deadly looking young natives guys taking part in keeping material culture alive might help break the stereotype that old style traditional culture isn’t just for elders and for cultural museum type exhibitions and might inspire other young natives to get active in rebuilding the dying parts of their material cultures. The native community is small and not always unified or concerned with the affairs of other tribes but it’s important to acknowledge and lift each other up especially when we feel ignored and forgotten by so many. Most natives are not concerned with culture, their own and especially not the cultures of our other relatives spread across turtle island, that’s why…..I know it doesn’t do much but I hope this virtual pat on the back from a random internet stranger helps show your efforts were and have been noticed and not taken for granted. From one young native to another, keep up the good work ✌️

[@WeAreLegion-]

Time traveler?? 🖖👽

[@PictureThisMontreal]

Well, true enough- Talon didn't actually travel in time (that could be a whole other TV series!), but he did help bring back knowledge from earlier eras, so the name kinda works.

[@WeAreLegion-]

@@PictureThisMontreal no it doesn't...