Pictured: Evelyn Chew in a scene from Salmon Girl | Photo by Chris Randle Young Margie (played by Donna Soares) has a disregard for the river she fishes in, as evidenced by how she tosses her garbage into the water after lunch. Yet, in her wisdom, Grandmother River decides Margie is the one who will ...
Madonna Thunder Hawk and her daughter, Marcy Gilbert. | Image source: John G. Larson The documentary Warrior Women tells the story of a group of intergenerational Indigenous women led by inspiring activist, Madonna Thunder Hawk as they fight for Indigenous civil rights during pivotal moments across Indi...
Imagine not having access to education in your community and you have to send your children hundreds of kilometres away from home to attend high school. This is what many remote northern Indigenous communities face. In the words of former Ontario Regional Chief Stan Beardy; “Going to high school is the...
Grey Owl, Photo: Unknown Indigenous peoples have found themselves under a constant state of siege since European contact. Land, resources, children, language, and culture- nothing has been off limits to thieving colonial hands. Now, Indigenous identity itself is the target of settler encroachment. Usurp...
JL Whitecrow and Yolanda Bonnell are both full time artists and Anishnaabe kwe from northwestern Ontario. They are also both featured in this year’s Rhubarb Festival at Buddies in Bad Times theatre this February 14th to 25th, Whitecrow with Jiisakan – installation, and Bonnell with White Girls in...
Samantha Brown as Kwe, PJ Prudat as Bea King. Photo by Kaytee Dalton. Bea is an Anishinaabe veteran who returns to Canada traumatized from her tour in Afghanistan. When she leaves her home community of New Credit to work for the Department of National Defence at Kettle and Stony Point she sees it as an...
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...
Actors in a re-enactment of how the Solutreans came to North America | Image source: Yap Films Ice Bridge, a one hour documentary makes its debut on CBC’s The Nature of Things with David Suzuki on Sunday, January 14, 2018 at 8pm. It covers a theory called: The Solutrean Hypothesis. Director Robin Bickne...
Carol Daniels lays bare the life of Sandy, a Cree woman torn from her mother and kin at birth through the Canadian government’s 60s Scoop set in place to destroy Indigenous families. Adopted by Ukrainians, Sandy narrowly avoids a life in foster care, and although escaping one certain trauma, Sandy’s sto...
