Alanis King at the Book Signing for ‘3 Plays’ Playwright and director Alanis King’s long-awaited book 3 Plays was launched in Ottawa on Sept. 29th 2015. 3 Plays actually is three unique plays interconnected by themes of hope: If Jesus Met Nanabush, The Tommy Prince Story and Born Buffalo. Ms...
A close up of the Bentwood Box created by Coast Salish artist Luke Marston. Art is a major factor in moving forward in the journey of reconciliation.| Image Source: www.the-peak.ca Canada Council for Arts has just revealed six provocative community based art projects as part of their new landmark {Re}c...
The National Aboriginal Veterans Monument in Ottawa | Image Source: waymarking.com There are many Indigenous warriors to be honoured throughout time however, Aboriginal Veterans Day and Remembrance Day are both days for Indigenous and non-Indigenous Canadians to come together to remember the ultimate sa...
Dia de los Muertos Art | Image Source: techgnotic.deviantart.com Everyone on this Earth will lose a loved one -at some point in their lifetime. Some people believe that when you die – that’s it – it’s the END. Others believe that Spirit continues on after death. An Aztec belief is that life...
Cree Playwright and Actor Cliff Cardinal | Image Source: www.nativeearth.ca Indigenous playwright and actor Cliff Cardinal’s Huff took Toronto by storm as it opened the season for Native Earth Performing Arts Theatre from October 10-25, 2015. Huff follows the dark journey of protagonist, Wind and his tw...
Scene from Sterling Harjo’s Mekko | Image Source: www.tiff.net Indigenous media fans and film professionals gathered at the TIFF Bell lightbox on Saturday, October 17, 2015 to celebrate Indigenous excellence in storytelling at the imagineNATIVE Festival Awards ceremony. Big names like Alanis Oboms...
Justin Trudeau and Perry Bellegarde after addressing AFN congress | Image source: theguardian.com On October 19th 2015, Indigenous and Canadian voters stepped out in record numbers and elected new Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and a Liberal majority government, while unseating long-time, now former, Pri...
An image of a North American Indigenous man from the Idle No More movement.| Image source: huffingtonpost.ca Today, October 19, 2015 Indigenous voters will go to the polls to elect a change in government that can bring about a nation to nation relationship; close the poverty and education gap; and take...
Trisha Cowie is the Liberal Candidate Running for Parry Sound-Muskoka | Image Source: trishacowie.liberal.ca Today is election day in Canada and this year there are 49 Indigenous politicians running for office (Go vote!). So far in our election coverage MUSKRAT Magazine has presented Indigenous candidat...
Indigenous Filmmaker, Heather Rae | Image Source: www.carbon-movie.com This year’s artist spotlight at imagineNATIVE is on prominent North American Indigenous filmmaker, Heather Rae. Rae has three prolific films screened at the festival this year: the groundbreaking documentary Trudell, Sundance Film Fe...
