Cover of book Candies (a humour composite) by Basil H. Johnston| Image source: anishinabeknews.ca STORY BY MAURICE SWITZER Some people have twinkling eyes. Basil Johnston could write with twinkling words. Those of us who were privileged to meet the legendary Anishinaabe author in person can almost hear...
Animikii-waajiw sign | Image source: ogimaamikana.tumblr.com The billboard sign commemorating Animikii-waajiw, Mt. McKay in Fort William, was the second billboard installed in Ontario through the Ogimaa Mikana project. “The whole point of the project is to kind of reclaim space and reinsert Indigenous p...
Photo by Robert Snache | Image source: spirithands.smugmug.com. All Rights Reserved. Powwow is a way of life for some families. Here we get a rare, behind-the-scenes glimpse into the colourful, chaotic and culture-infused lives of three families on the powwow trail. STORY BY TARA GATEWOOD (ISLETA PUEBLO...
November 2015, the CBC covered the installation of a new historical plaque in Ottawa’s Beechwood Cemetery (i). The plaque stands by the grave of Duncan Campbell Scott, replacing the one erected in 2011 to honour Scott’s contributions to Canadian literature as one of the “Confederation poets”. Scott was...
Cover of the children’s book The Song Within My Heart | Image source: Strong Nations The beginning of May marked Canadian Children’s Book Week where family reading is celebrated and promoted across the country, First Nations Communities Read also announced their shortlisted selections for the 2016...
Conductor, John Kim Bell| Image source: NCCT Archives John Kim Bell is a trailblazer, mover and a shaker. His ground-breaking 1992 ballet, In the Land of the Spirits, written by Miklos Massey, was the first all Indigenous cast to tour across Canada. Bell has also withstood the opposition of government a...
Award winning, Navajo, quilt maker, Susan Hudson | Image source: Native Peoples Magazine Susan Hudson (Navajo) sews together fabrics and history in her award-winning ledger-like quilts. Hudson, the 2015 Eiteljorg Museum Indian Market and Festival Best of Show winner, continues to take top prizes for her...
Wangkajunga Elder, Spider on his ancestral land or Kurtal after he performed a rain dance.| Image source: putuparriandtherainmakers. com Putuparri and the Rainmakers follows an eight year journey with Tom ‘Putuparri’ Lawford (Wangkajunga) and his grandparents, Spider and Dolly, who are on th...
Film still of Angry Inuk | Image source: Qajaaq Ellsworth Angry Inuk contains important Indigenous messages the world needs to hear. Directed by Alethea Arnaquq-Baril (Inuit), the documentary seeks to inform audiences how animal rights groups, such as People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) a...
Comic credit: Ad Astra Comix So you claim to be leftist, interested in subjugated knowledge, and you want to change the world with us. In doing this you claim to be interested in other knowledge systems such as Feminist knowledge, Indigenist knowledge, and DisAbleist knowledge and value what each has to...