Just in time for Halloween comes Tales From the Rez

 By Crystal St.Pierre  Local Journalism Initiative Reporter APTN lumi is streaming Tales From the Rez, a six-episode series developed by Blackfoot filmmaker Trevor Solway. It brings a new twist to popular Blackfoot traditional stories and urban legends. “It is a horror-comedy anthology series,” said Solway, whose roots are in Siksika Nation. “It is something similar to Tales From the Crypt, Goosebumps, Are You Afraid of the Dark, these kinds of 90s anthologies. It’s like that, but with Native old stories.” Each episode blends humour and spine-chilling suspense. “They’re stories that I heard from my grandparents or uncles or aunts or their friends in the community. I grew up at Siksika and when people told me these stories, they talked as if they actually happened,” Solway said. “So I always knew…

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