Iskwé | Image source: Lisa MacIntosh Iskwé lept on to the Canadian music scene in 2013, with with her song debut single Nobody Knows, a song about Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, which put her on the map as an artist who won’t shy away from any topic on Indigenous issues. As a ...
The Soaring Eagle Camp: Justice for Indigenous Youth This past February was a tough month for Indigenous Canada as two people charged with murdering two Indigenous youth – Tina Fontaine and Colten Boushie – were acquitted of any murder charges, including manslaughter. The aftermath unveiled...
Dancers of Damelahamid premiere Flicker in Toronto for Dance Works | Image source: Derek Dix Dancers of Damelahamid returns to Toronto with the production Flicker for The Next Steps Dance Series at the Harbourfront Centre February 9 and 10, 2018. The dance company originates from the Gitxsan Nation on...
Art Napoleon (Cree), host of Moosemeat and Marmalade | Image source: The Social Agency Popular food documentary series, Moosemeat and Marmalade returns to APTN this January 2018 with a focus on food security and sustainability. Hosts, Art Napoleon (Cree) a renowned musician, bush cook and activist; and...
MISKWAANAKWAD gives a hilarious Anishnaabemowin lesson at the 2nd Annual Gchi Dewin Festival | Image Credit: Matt McGregor Language is culture. Anishinaabemowin is a major aspect of Anishinaabe culture that the Canadian government sought to eliminate through the Indian Act, the reservation system and re...
This video with Lynn Gehl was filmed around the summer solstice, on Victoria Island at the sacred Chaudière Falls site (Akikpautik / Akikodjiwan) on the Ottawa River (Kichi Sibi) between Ottawa and Hull a kilometre upstream of Parliament Hill. It was part of a series of interviews: the topic here is Hea...
Shelley Chartier being interviewed for Indictment: The Crimes of Shelley Chartier | Image source: ImagineNative.org Indictment: The Crimes of Shelley Chartier is a complex and fascinating true crime story that raises important questions about our justice system. Sensationalized in the international medi...
Film still from North of Superior | Image source: tiff.net This Sunday, September 17, 2017, the historic film, North of Superior, will get a special screening at the newly re-opened Cinesphere to cap off festivities for the Toronto International Film Festival. “I remember those scenes of flying through...
Image Source: findingtruenorth.ca Stephen Agluvak Puskas is the Montreal based, Inuk filmmaker and artist who created the short film Ukiuktaqtumi, which means in the north in Inuktitut, that celebrates the diversity of Inuit and is told from an Inuit perspective. The film is a response to Of the North,...
Sandra Laronde in Miigis | Image source: Red Sky Performance Sandra Laronde, (Teme-Augama Anishinaabe – People of the Deep Water) is the dynamic creative and cultural leader behind the boundary pushing contemporary Indigenous dance company Red Sky Performance. This year Red Sky presents three comp...
