Original Painting: Fanny Aishaa. Original Photo: Ossie Michelin/APTN Picturing Amanda Polchies MUSKRAT celebrates the following Indigenous heroes of today that we are inspired by! We also want to note that there are many more unsung heroes – so to the ones mentioned below and the ones who go unsung, we...
Medicines are everywhere, even in your own backyard. You just have to know what to look for! 1. Stinging Nettle Stinging Nettle – when heated or dried they are edible. High in iron. It has numerous stinging hairs on its stems and leaves which inject histamine, producing a stinging sensation. Used...
Mark your calendars, pack your tents, and bookmark your computers! Here’s MUSKRAT’s summer fun guide to re-learning our languages: 1. Nehiyawak Land and Language Camp July 20-24 2014 (Sturgeon Lake, SK) The Aboriginal Friendship Centres of Saskatchewan has partnered with Belinda Daniels to bring the 10t...
Celebrate Canada Day by listening to 10 incredible voices that have been featured on the Red Man Laughing Podcast. Republished with permission from The Red Man Laughing Podcasts It’s (just about) Canada Day – Happy Birthday, ya miserable ol’ prick. You’re turning 147 this year, w...
MUSKRAT’s new release picks from Indigenous authors for your summer reading list. 1. LEGACY by Waubgeshig Rice (Theytus Books) *summer 2014 Legacy is the first novel by Waubgeshig Rice, whose collection of stories— Midnight Sweatlodge—was the Gold Medal Winner of the Independent Publisher Book Awards...
When news of Shawn A-in-chut Atleo’s resignation as National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations hit NDN country last week, the moccasin telegraph/social media sphere lit up with discussion about moving Indigenous controlled education and governance forward while mainstream media maintained a stereot...
