As we head into 2022, we celebrate some of the Indigenous leaders and changemakers who shared their stories and wisdom on Unreserved over the past year. As cultural guardians who are breaking down barriers, they deserve a little pomp and circumstance. We revisit conversations with Cree actor and director Michael Greyeyes, novelist Angeline Boulley, Anishinaabemowin learner and teacher Emmaline Beauchamp, Inuit leaders and climate activists Natan Obed, Lisa Koperqualuk and Brian Pottle, and former senator and chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Murray Sinclair. Plus we remember and honour Ojibwe musician Curtis "Shingoose" Jonnie and Sto:lo writer Lee Maracle who passed on to their ancestors in 2021.