Multimedia Journal #3, Shina Nova

Shina Nova (Novalinga) is a Canadian Inuk throat singer who teaches people about her Inuk culture as well as advocates about problems faced by Native Americans through her Instagram account @shinanova. In 2020, Shina Nova began posting on her Instagram videos of her and her mother throat singing, a traditional part of her culture, but she has also spoken out about a variety of issues including mental health. She quickly gained a large following on Instagram and TikTok and is most well known for her throat singing videos where she shares a part of her culture that has been oppressed and disappearing. In her videos, she often wears beaded and feathered jewelry as well as other handmade fur and patterned items of clothing, and she proudly embraces her family's culture and history. Shina Nova and her mother can be seen throat singing in the image below.

Inuit throat singing among women in Inuit groups in Canada was banned in the early 20th century by Christian missionaries because they thought that the music sounded "satanic." Now, the practice is greatly at risk and Shina Nova and her mother are trying to revive this tradition in the younger generation of Inuit people. Shina Nova has said, "I'm bringing back what was shamed upon." More about Inuit throat singing can be read in the article below.

In class, we read about what happened at Wounded Knee in Ronald Takaki's "A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America." In the mid to late 1800's, Ghost Dancing became popular on Sioux reservations as the Native Americans danced to their great spirit in order to revive the plentiful game of the land and to protect them from the "whites" (Takaki 214-215). Afraid of Native American resistance and this misunderstood ritual, the Indian bureau of Washington arrested two Sioux chiefs which would start a chain of events that would ultimately lead to the massacre of hundreds of Native Americans at Wounded Knee. Here, a cultural practice of the Sioux people, dancing to talk to their sprits, was misunderstood as dangerous by the white people and not only prevented the Sioux people from the practice but led to tragedy. The way that a Native American practice was misunderstood and banned is a very similar story to how throat singing was banned, because it sounded "satanic," and how lots of Native American culture has been covered up and lost. In order to attempt to assimilate the Native Americans into white culture, they were also forced into harsh education and discipline on the reservations (Takaki 220). Children were forced into boarding schools and had to give up their native language and customs and faced brutality and horrible conditions, further causing a loss of many Native American traditions (link below with more information).

The issues at boarding schools is another thing that Shina Nova brings into discussion on her social media. Shina Nova's account both teaches people about her Inuk culture and the history of her people, but she also works to continue the conversation about what can happen moving forwards and also tackles current issues.

Citations:

Balsam, Joel, and Stephanie Foden. “A Revival of Indigenous Throat Singing.” BBC Travel, 15 Apr. 2021, www.bbc.com/travel/article/20210414-a-revival-of-indigenous-throat-singing.

Cooper, Anderson. “Canada’s Unmarked Graves: How Residential Schools Carried out ‘Cultural Genocide’ against Indigenous Children.” CBS News, 6 Feb. 2022, www.cbsnews.com/news/canada-residential-schools-unmarked-graves-indigenous-children-60-minutes-2022-02-06/.

“Shina Nova and Her Mother Throat Singing on TikTok.” CTV News, 24 Jan. 2021, https://www.ctvnews.ca/lifestyle/this-inuk-throat-singer-and-her-mom-are-keeping-their-culture-alive-on-tiktok-1.5280181?cache=.

“Shina Nova/Facebook.” Canculture, 7 Mar. 2022, https://www.canculturemag.com/arts/2022/3/7/these-5-women-advocates-are-championing-for-change.

Takaki, Ronald T. A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America. Back Bay Books, 2008. 

https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20210414-the-good-luck-snack-that-makes-taiwans-technology-behave

ＢＢＣ專題報導

台灣信仰原力最多的神明是－乖乖。想像一下，每台ＡＴＭ裡面都要放一包，一家銀行有幾台ＡＴＭ？全台灣有幾家銀行？信仰原力根本比上帝跟佛祖還多，多到爆好嗎。：）

Retratos oficiais, sessões de fotos e afins: 181 / ∞

A família real britânica relembra momentos da vida do Príncipe Philip, Duque de Edimburgo, que faleceu no dia 9 de abril de 2021, a dois meses de completar 100 anos de idade.

Imagem tirada em 2015, Balmoral, e publicada em 2021.

moon walk quick little #gif made with mainly @FlipaClip

20210414 Show Champion (© Press)

2021/4/14

美しい人ばかりがいる世界だ。差し伸ばされるやさしい手を、握り返して同じ方向に向かって歩けるくらいに、強くやさしく美しくなりたい。

拒んで振り解いて閉じこもってしまいたくなる私のことを、認めて許して見逃してくれることもありがたい一方で、こそこそと影から抜け出してきた私を、何事もなかったかのようにまた視界に入れて微笑んでくれる、そんなあなたたちに何度救われたか。私が苦しいように、私がかなしいように、私が生きにくいように、あなたも思うことがもしあるのだとしたら、そんなあなたを見過ごしたり見捨てたりなんかしたくない。

できないことばかり目について、息もうまくできない日々が続いていたが、ようやく沼から這い出てきた。浅瀬で溺れていただけだといつか気付く、と自ら書き記したがその通り。それでもこんな目にはもう遭いたくないな。

mình luôn vậy

kiêu hãnh (hoặc cố tỏ ra như vậy) như một con mèo đẹp.

mà bản thân, chắc chỉ là 1 bạn mèo đen hoặc cùng lắm là tam thể.

kiểu vậy

mình đã quyết định viết đơn nghỉ việc.

đưa cho cấp trên, đợi quản lý cấp cao nữa thôi là mình có thể vui vẻ mà rời đi.

mọi thứ thuộc về RV sẽ bị xoá sổ. mình sẽ vui vì điều ấy, dù thực tế sẽ vả vào mặt mình là 18+ n tuổi rồi vẫn bỏ việc và bắt đầu lại từ đầu.

April 14, 2021: King Felipe held audiences at la Zarzuela

I didn't realize I used my pinky this much, particularly when typing. Took a tumble yesterday (managed to punch a wall dislodging a moulding in the process. Most of the force landed on my pinky) ouch.

今日は午前中痔のオペ後の受診をし、家に帰って昼ごはんを食べて小説池袋ウエストゲートパークを読んではソッコー寝落ち。起きたら14時でふゆこちゃんにファンレターを書こうと思い立ちnewアルバムの歌詞カードを携えて図書館へ。図書館にある雑誌、音楽と人に載っているふゆこちゃんのインタビュー記事をふむふむと読みつつ歌詞カードを読みつつnoteを読みつつ下書きして清書があとちょっと！というところで閉館時間に。💔残りは明日書こう。

久しぶりに手紙を書いた。久しぶり過ぎて書き方を忘れたようだった。あれ？どんなふうに書くんだっけ？書き出しどうしよう？みたいな。読書は大好きだけど、人の字を読むこともとても好き。

私のスマホ、【じ】と打つと【痔】がソッコーで出てくる。【あなたが打ちたいのはもちろん痔です��ね？】と言わんばかりに。

2021/04/14/20:21

眉毛を整える事が頗る面倒で後回しにしてきたが、朝のメイクが億劫になってきたのでいい加減やる事にした。要らない所はまめに触るけど、長さやら量やらを整えるのがたいへん面倒くさい。そんな重い腰をあげてようやくっていうのに睡魔と戦いながらなんとなくの視界でしていたらいつの間にか残すべき所も無くなってしまっていて結構本気でショック。伸ばし続けて理想の形にしたのにね。当分すっぴんで外には出られない。

20210414 Show Champion (© Mireum)

新しい歳の始まりの日。 目覚めて朝一番の景色、音に今日はいつもに増して感動し、感謝をした。 朝のこの時間は、短くても“私”を育てるのに一番必要で、なくてはならない大切な時間。 今日は、少しの時間だったけど、先日この世界に誕生した甥っ子にはじめましての挨拶に会いに行って来た。 想像以上の小ささ。 数日前までお腹にいたのに。 でも確かなその大きな存在に、心臓がぎゅっとなった。 いのちってすっげぇな。 すべての“いのち”が繋がって今の私がいること。 30代最後の歳。 ここ���の暮らしの中で、新たな自分に出会いたい！！！ 繋がりのある皆さま。 引き続きどうぞよろしくお願いします！ #20210414 #おとうさんおかあさんありがとう (お山の宿 みちつじ) https://www.instagram.com/p/CNpaIsOsc49/?igshid=xt9u077wfnuv

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