Trudy Stewart, director of From Up North, was a statement gathering while the TRC compiled information on residential school survivors. It’s common knowledge that the stories told by residential school survivors at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission events were hard to tell, but it might be less w...
Award-winning Nishnaabeg writer Leanne Betasamosake Simpson’s collection of writings This Accident of Being Lost is a provocative and relevant adventure of poetry, song and prose. A journey in getting lost, in all kinds of ways, Simpson’s work is incredibly economical, with each word seeming...
Joseph Mandamin waits for the arrival of Edward George, who is paddling alongside the Water Walkers to raise awareness for water issues in the Great Lakes. Across Turtle Island Canada Day 2017 marked a day of Indigenous celebration of cultural survival, protest, and ceremony from over 150 years of colo...
“The state is invisible; it must be personified before it can be seen, symbolized before it can be loved, imagined before it can be conceived” Department of Canadian Heritage[1] Rebeka Tabobondung Indigenkaus (my name is) Wasausking Ndonjaba (I come from) Amik Dodem (I am Beaver clan) This simple statem...
The sign for Culture Camp Forever| Image Source: Isaac Murdoch’s Facebook Nimkii Aazhabikong means Village of Thunder Mountain in Anishinaabemowin, the Ojibwe language. It’s the name given to a culture camp being built by a community of youth, Elders and activists beside Ompa Lake, Northern Ontari...
Finding strength and sobriety is a process. It’s a path. | Image source: WIOT Magazine Addictions – we’ve heard of the destructive ways they can rip a family apart, leave a trail of turmoil and shattered dreams, broken homes, broken promises, incarcerations and suicides. We’ve all heard of h...
Kū-kŭm storefront + braised venison tenderloin. All photos: Sarena Johnson Kū-kŭm is boldly entering the culinary scene as Tkaronto’s first Indigenous fine dining restaurant. Located at 581 Mount Pleasant Rd., this uptown neighbourhood gem boasts Indigenous traditional cuisine in a casual fine dining a...
This article is a part of Animikii’s #MakingIndigenousHistory series. This series is a response to National Aboriginal History Month. Our goal with #MakingIndigenousHistory is to recognize important Indigenous events and leaders from our past, while also amplifying the actions and voices of Indigenous i...
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls The first hearing for the National Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Inquiry (MMIWG) is being held in Whitehorse, Yukon this week. Much like the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), the National Inquiry is off to a rocky start with many...
