Cast of The Road Forward | Image Source: NFB The Road Forward, by award winning director and producer Marie Clements, made its world debut this past Sunday at Hot Docs Film Festival. The film documents the birth of modern Indigenous activism from the 1930’s onwards, weaving a collection of original musi...
Ben, Rosalie, Esther and Betty Ann in Birth of a Family | Image source: NFB “Do you think you would be where you are now if you hadn’t been taken from your mother?” is a question, Sixties Scoop Survivor, Betty Ann Adam (Dene), has heard often throughout her life. Adam is one of the four ...
Sheldon Elter in Métis Mutt | Photo credit Ryan Parker Métis Mutt, presented by Native Earth Performing Arts, is an emotional coming of age story written and performed by Sterling award winning artist, Sheldon Elter. The show runs until February 5th. Sheldon Elter opens up with a monologue that the crow...
MUSKRAT Magazine’s Akeesha Footman interviewed esteemed researcher, teacher, artist and author Dr. Jenny Kay Dupuis, about her new book, I Am Not A Number. Dr. Dupuis along with co-author Kathy Kacer, crafted a powerful book based on the life of Dupuis’ grandmother. The story brings to light a terrible...
Roseanne Supernault |The Northlander (2016) Benjimin Ross Hayden Muskrat Magazine’s Akeesha Footman caught up with the talented and beautiful Roseanne Supernault to talk about Supernault’s exciting acting career and what it was like to star in The Northlander. The new film screens on October 23rd...
Colonization Road Premiere’s at imagineNATIVE film + Media Arts Festival October 23rd, 2016 MUSKRAT Magazine’s Akeesha Footman caught up with actor, producer, singer and director Michelle St. John to learn more about her new documentary Colonization Road. The powerful documentary follows hilarious...
Liam Massaubi was a high school dropout who thought he would be working in a factory for the rest of his life or end up struggling like many of his childhood peers. Of course, that was before his massive success. Liam is now the poster child for the self-made entrepreneur. From starting a company in his...
Jonathan Joss plays the character Denali in the remake of “The Magnificent Seven” | Image source: Columbia Pictures Actor, musician, spice-rub impresario … Jonathan Joss (Comanche/Apache) is all these things and more. He was born in San Antonio, Texas, in 1965, where he attended McCollum Hig...
MUSKRAT Magazine connected with visual artist Chief Lady Bird AKA Nancy King to learn more about her artistic expression and how she uses her talent and creative expression as a tool to educate and inspire communities. MUSKRAT Magazine: You use your spirit name as your artist name, I am wondering how An...
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 w...
