Best Of: Julian Brave NoiseCat / Laufey
October 18, 2025
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Best Of: Julian Brave NoiseCat / Laufey
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Julian Brave NoiseCat's Oscar-nominated documentary <em>Sugarcane </em>is about the mostly Catholic missionary boarding schools which Indigenous children, including older members of his family, were required to go to get "assimilated." Many were physically and sexually abused. While making the film and writing his new memoir, NoiseCat learned why minutes after his father was born, he was abandoned in a boarding school trash incinerator room. His memoir is <em>We Survived the Night</em>. <br /><br />Also, Grammy-winning Icelandic musician Laufey plays guitar and sings some songs for us.<br /><br />See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.npr.org/about-npr/179878450/privacy-policy">NPR Privacy Policy</a>
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