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By Aaron Hemens, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, IndigiNews First, there are few minutes of stillness on the Okanagan landscape \u2014 with nothing but the sounds of crickets and bird chirps filling the air. Then, the singing of Aimee Baptiste slowly rises from the distance, her voice seamlessly blending with the chorus of the land\u2019s natural melodies. With the help of Francis Baptiste, her rendition of Charles Kruger\u2019s \u201cEagle Song\u201d is what opens a new 15-minute immersive film called Whispers of the Trickster at the Nk\u2019Mip Desert Cultural Centre in sw\u0313iw\u0313s (Osoyoos). Honouring elements of the syilx Nation\u2019s capt\u00edk\u02b7\u026c (oral stories), people and history, the film uses computer-generated imagery (CGI) animation to tell an original story that reflects on a time where humans lived in harmony with the land and with… <\/p>\n

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By Aaron Hemens, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, IndigiNews First, there are few minutes of stillness on the Okanagan landscape \u2014 with nothing but the sounds of crickets and bird chirps filling the air. Then, the singing of Aimee Baptiste slowly rises from the distance, her voice seamlessly blending with the chorus of the land\u2019s natural melodies. With the help of Francis Baptiste, her rendition of Charles Kruger\u2019s \u201cEagle Song\u201d is what opens a new 15-minute immersive film called Whispers of the Trickster at the Nk\u2019Mip Desert Cultural Centre in sw\u0313iw\u0313s (Osoyoos). Honouring elements of the syilx Nation\u2019s capt\u00edk\u02b7\u026c (oral stories), people and history, the film uses computer-generated imagery (CGI) animation to tell an original story that reflects on a time where humans lived in harmony with the land and with... <\/p>\n

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