Carey Newman is on a coast-to-coast quest to gather the sounds from a dark period of Indigenous history.
Newman, a member of the Kwakwaka’wakw and Coast Salish First Nations who grew up in Sooke, is launching a nationwide appeal for audio submissions from the cultures that were targeted by residential schools.
At the University of Victoria, Newman, who is the Impact chair in Indigenous art practices, collaborates with Kirk McNally, an associate professor of music technology, and a group of Indigenous musicians.