La Selva Negra/ The Modern Jungle won for Best Documentary | Image source: Présence Autochtone Diversity in Indigenous cinema was celebrated at The 28th Annual First Peoples Festival in Montreal. The Indigenous rooted film festival introduced audiences to an elderly Andean couple living in the remote mo...
With the help of his friend Jiizas and some spectacular sound effects, Musky teaches us (giinwan) must know phrases in Anishinaabemowin. Miskwaanakwad Rice is Anishinaabe from Wasauksing First Nation, an island along the shores of Mnido Gamii in Anishinaabe Akiing. Like many Anishinaabek his age, Miskwa...
Mnidnoominehnsuk (2018) uses 54,000 glass Delicas and is created by Montéal based Anishinaabe artist Nico Williams| Photo Credit: Mike Patten Anishinaabe artist Nico Williams unveils Mnidnoominehnsuk (spirit berries), a Delica beaded geometric piece that explores the traditional and contemporary aspects...
Miskwaanakwad Rice is Anishinaabe from Wasauksing First Nation, an island along the shores of Mnido Gamii in Anishinaabe Akiing. Like many Anishinaabek his age, Miskwaanakwad learned a small bit of Anishinaabemowin growing up and in recent years he has sought to learn more of the language in order to he...
Mixed Blessing by Rebecca Belmore, 2008, is featured on Facing Monumental at the AGO | Image Credit: Erica Commanda Facing Monumental honours the lifetime works of Rebecca Belmore (Anishinaabe), a multi-disciplinary artist that creates works addressing the issues of our times. The exhibit features photo...
Swimming Bear by Timootee Pitsiulak The Art Gallery of Ontario is presenting its first ever Inuit curated exhibition in the gallery’s largest space from June 16 – August 12. The show is called Tunirrusiangit, meaning ‘the gifts they gave us’ in Inuktitut, and showcases the works of Inuit artists K...
“Everything – the plants, insects, winds, stars, rocks, animals, us – is a giant web of pure spirit. Nothing is separate from anything else. The spirit world surrounds us at all moments and is present in all things.” – Christi Belcourt In both her art and her activism, well-known Michif artist Christi B...
Yolanda Bonnell in Bug | Image source: Connie Tsange Bug, a one woman theatrical performance, will makes it’s Tkaronto debut June 20 – 24 2018 at the Theatre Centre in conjunction with the Luminato Festival. The production will be performed by Anishinaabe playwright Yolanda Bonnell and explores the addi...
Delina White at the Harvest Moon runway showcase on June 2, 2018. All images in this article by Nadya Kwandibens / Red Works Photography. The first annual Indigenous Fashion Week (IFWTO) Toronto had four days of workshops, curated exhibitions, artist talks, runway showcases, panels, lectures, hands-on w...
Scene from Weaving Reconciliation:Our Way| Image source: David Cooper Weaving Reconciliation: Our Way, which speaks on residential school survivors, intergenerational trauma and resilience, will make it’s Tkaronto debut at The Artscape Sandbox on June 6, 2018. Weaving Reconciliation centres on the Old O...
