Film still of Angry Inuk | Image source: National Film Board Welcome to the Seal Meat Fiasco 2017 which includes an Indigenous restaurant: Kukum Kitchen which features seal meat, an anti-seal petition from animal rights activists demanding the seal meat be removed from their menu, and a counter petition...
Ioskeha et Tawiscara: The Great Game of Creation performance| Image source: Presence Autochtone Facebook This year marks the 27th year that André Dudemaine (Innu) leads the organizing committee for the Montreal First Peoples Festival, grounding Indigenous cultural experiences and history within the city...
Chef George Lenser| Image source: concordia.ca We all love our mothers…right? Many of them inspire us to be the best we can be and nudge us in the right direction. Or, in the case of George Lenser, “trick” him into going in the right direction. In an interview with CBC Montréal earlier this year, Lenser...
Kū-kŭm storefront + braised venison tenderloin. All photos: Sarena Johnson Kū-kŭm is boldly entering the culinary scene as Tkaronto’s first Indigenous fine dining restaurant. Located at 581 Mount Pleasant Rd., this uptown neighbourhood gem boasts Indigenous traditional cuisine in a casual fine dining a...
Image Source: Clayton Windatt I have been in a lot of conversations lately that pit “Artistic Freedom” against the “Rights of Indigenous Peoples”, specifically when it comes to discussing “Self-Determination”, often referenced as “Cultural Appropriation”. Comments defending discrimination-based actions...
Cover Photo: Centre, black and white drawing by Rene Meshake Narrative by Kim Anderson Artwork, word bundles and poetry by Rene Meshake “In 1492, Columbus set sail from Spain. In 2014, Rene took a flight to Spain. In between my name was changed to number 23 at the Indian Residential School. I didn’t kno...
Chaudière Falls, Ottawa (Ontario) White, George Harlow (1817-1887) with superimposed Peace Pipe by Lynn Gehl, | source: http://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDMDC-PICTURES-R-798&R=DC-PICTURES-R-798 “It is absolutely never acceptable to have that kind of hate expressed in communities,”...
Raspberries | Image source: Barrie Hill Farms The berry fast ceremony marks the stage of life when we start to put away our childhood toys and begin to focus on being a young woman, modelling behaviours and values for the younger generation. My first experience with a berry fast happened when I was four...
My sister was birthed in 2007 with the care of Indigenous midwife, Sara Wolfe and the support of Seventh Generation Midwives of Toronto (SGMT). It was a positive experience for my family – restoring Indigenous birth practices while receiving culturally grounded quality care. Spirit of Birth is a s...
Arthur Shilling, Ojibway Dreams (young girl in dream), (detail), c.1984, Oil on Canvas, 76.2 x 101.6 cm, Estate of Arthur Shilling, Photo: Michael Cullen, TPG Digital Arts Toronto THUNDER BAY—Chippewas of Rama First Nation’s William Kingfisher, curator, recently provided insights into the work of nation...
