Xemi Manibusan | Image source: Carlos Bernate, ICMTN Director, actor and writer Xemi Manibusan fights for accurate and respectful Native Two-Spirit representation in the D.C arts scene Xemiyulu ‘Xemi’ Manibusan is an Indigenous, Two-Spirit theatrical director, actor and author in Washington D.C. redefin...
Todd is Onondaga Wolf Clan from the Six Nations of the Grand River Reserve born May 10th 1978. He is the grandson of the late Chief Jake Thomas Senior, whom is widely known for Haudenosaunne teachings. Many of Todd’s family members are also carvers. Todd began carving soapstone at the age of 7. He start...
Guided By our Teachings | Loretta Gould Loretta Gould is a Mi’kmaq artist from Cape Breton island. She is a mother of six. Her mother was a seamstress and she inherited her sewing machine after she passed. Gould has quilted for 15 years, and had been art quilting for four. One winter day her sewing mach...
Pink Sparkle | Daisy Ruiz Daisy Ruiz is a freelance illustrator from the Bronx, New York. Recently graduated from the Fashion Institute of Technology with a BFA, Daisy’s work mainly consists of indigenous Mexican culture. It’s because of this that she is in La Raza Anthology: Unidos y Fuertes is a colle...
Screen still of Benjamin Kunuk in Maliglutit (Searchers) | Image source: tiff.net As part of TIFF 2016, acclaimed Inuit filmmaker Zacharias Kunuk debuted his third feature length film, Maliglutit (Searchers) to a full house at the Elgin Theatre in Toronto Monday evening. Kunuk uses his signatures style...
“Cultural Burdens” basket by Carol Emarthle-Douglas | Image source: nadelbachphoto.com(c) Artist Carol Emarthle-Douglas (Northern Arapaho/Seminole) discusses her award-winning piece. Plus, what’s next for the basket-maker and scholar. Like the complex roles Indigenous women fill within thei...
Sun-Tipped Horizon A spot out by the Bay I’ve always thought so beautiful. Surrounded by berry bushes able to see so far beyond. polar bears go by in the distance. And how the sun reflects on the water. special to me. Raised on my family’s ancestral lands, always felt a spiritual connectio...
Arthur Shilling, Ojibway Dreams (young girl in dream), (detail), c.1984, Oil on Canvas, 76.2 x 101.6 cm, Estate of Arthur Shilling, Photo: Michael Cullen, TPG Digital Arts Toronto THUNDER BAY—Chippewas of Rama First Nation’s William Kingfisher, curator, recently provided insights into the work of nation...
G’Zaagin: The Love of Traditional Indigenous Art | Image source: G’Zaagin Art Gallery Raised in Wasauksing First Nation, Tracey Pawis overcame many challenges in her life to get to where she is today – a community organizer who promotes Indigenous culture and the owner of G’zaagin Art...
Brendt Thomas Diabo is a musician and actor who was born and raised on the Mohawk Reserve of Kahnawake just outside of Montreal, Quebec. Influencing him early on, Brendt grew up listening to legends such as Steve Earle, Dwight Yoakam, Hank Williams and Johnny Cash, which he later drew from musically. Br...
