Jules Koostachin at book launch at the Pow Wow Cafe in Toronto | Image credit: Mahiigan Koostachin Jules Koostachin is one of those authors who started writing intuitively in an attempt to process pain and, coincidentally, created a medicine from which we can all benefit. It’s hard not to honour someone...
Crystal Johnson aka Crystal Love in Black Divaz | Image source: imaginenative.org Black Divaz dives into almost nearly uncharted territory, giving audiences a glimpse of what it’s like to be a drag queen in Indigenous Australia. Directed by Adrian Russell Wills, the film follows six contestants in their...
Biidaaban | Image source: imaginative.org Futurist artists and writers regularly depict post-apocalyptic worlds as terrifying but Biidaaban First Light calls our attention to the utopic flowering within dystopia, and in so doing provides us with a metaphor for this moment in time. Many futurists never c...
Scene from SGaawaay K’uuna (Edge of the Knife) | Image source: tiff.net In SGaawaay K’uuna (Edge of the Knife), we are treated to a passionate and transformative performance from newcomer Tyler York, who portrays a Haida man that turns into the Gaagiixid- the wild man. The film premiered at TIFF in Sept...
“You Will Wear A White Shirt: From the Northern Bushes to the Halls of Power” is a biography written by Senator Nick Sibbeston. Sibbeston grew up in Fort Simpson-a remote northern community in a home with his mother and grandmother. He recalls how life with his mother and grandmother were idyllic- “a yo...
Album cover for Evolution – Don Amero’s new album | Image source: donamero.ca The ultra talented singer/songwriter Don Amero turned country singer just released his sixth album – Evolution. Amero has been on the Canadian music scene since 2007 and has garnered acclaim for his engaging...
Sweet Country poster | Image source: Présence Autochtone This year the 2018 Montreal First Peoples Festival presented two special screenings of the award winning Australian Indigenous directed film, Sweet Country. After winning critical acclaim at both the Venice Film Festival and the Toronto Internatio...
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...
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...
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...
