Image: Still from Arctic Song/Chanson de l’Arctique, winner of Best Canadian Short Film – Radio-Canada Espaces Autochtones Award (works by Aboriginal filmmakers located in Canada) The Montreal First Peoples Festival was back this year with a full roster of Indigenous focused films that screened th...
After a two-year COVID pause, The Montreal First Peoples Festival was back on the streets, stages, and in theatres from August 9-18, 2022. The Festival has long included Indigenous films as a main Festival presentation and has established a reputation for programming Indigenous focused films hailing fro...
Image: Heart Berries, alternate cover design. Terese Mailhot’s debut book, Heart Berries is a series of essays that tells the story of Mailhot’s experiences while growing up on Seabird Island Reservation in British Columbia. While reading Heart Berries, the reader learns that Mailhot began writing Heart...
Image credit: Painting by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris (Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images) MUSKRAT Magazine is honoured to help share the Missing Matoaka Project and unveil the real story of Pocahontas. We believe that Indigenous stories must be told through the lens and voices of Indigenous people who bring...
Kahnawake born and raised, Brendt Thomas Diabo, is an ever evolving musician and actor. Diabo started his music career with two independently released EPs and singles while touring across Ontario, New York, and Quebec and on screen he made his debut with an outstanding performance in Adam Garnet Jones’...
Hart House and The Art Museum at the University of Toronto have reimagined Hart House Commons through a hugely inventive public art project, the ‘Tree Protection Zone.’ This unique outdoor space now showcases some stunning Indigenous art with a profound environmental message. By Megan Mueller, Hart Hous...
We are waking up to our history from a forced slumber We are breathing it into our lungs so it will be a part of us again It will make us angry at first because we will see how much you stole from us and for how long you watched us suffer we will see ...
Tannis Nielsen has been a part of the Toronto arts community for over twenty years. Her work includes research, teaching, and a range of visual arts. Her art focuses on anti-colonial theory, natural law/Indigenous governance, Indigenous arts activism(s), and the relative investigations of Indigenous sci...
Silla and Rise | Photo by Tangent Silla and Rise have just released their new single: Pandemonium, a song featured on their third album that will debut later this fall. The group now comprises DJ Rise Ashen and Inuit throat singing trio Cynthia Pitsiulak, Charlotte Qamaniq and newcomer Charlotte Carleto...
Section 35 founder, Justin Louis | Photo by Nadya Kwandibens Due to unprecedented times worldwide, the shift from in-person events has turned to virtual and online streaming. The biennial Indigenous Fashion Week Toronto (IFWTO) presented 15 designers showcasing innovative and choreographed runway prese...
