Image Source: Scan Snap Pow-wows, parks, beaches, cottages and festivals. Summer is meant to be a time of relaxation and letting loose. As the temperature soars you’ll want to soak up the sun on a beach sipping iced tea or you may find yourself in a tent at night with only a flashlight. Either way ...
Curanderismo class at University of New Mexico | Image source: Curanderismo at UNM Facebook page For the last few years I’ve been researching and training in a practice called curanderismo. In Spanish curar means “to heal” and so curanderismo is the art of healing. Next week I’ll be in Albuquerque for...
Art work by Aaron Paquette | Image source: Aaron Paquette Aaron Paquette was three years old when he decided on his artistic path in life. Since then the renowned First Nations artist has been trained in goldsmithing, painting and staining glass to produce his unique and incredibly colorful flowing artw...
A Tribe Called Red at Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver | Image Source: www.lordsofdogwood.com The Aboriginal Pavilion is a celebration of Indigenous arts, culture and sports. It’s a rare international platform that showcases Indigenous artists from all over North, South and Central America. Events will b...
Image Source: www.tempoeducates.com Education has long been the outstanding barrier between Canada’s Aboriginal peoples and their equitable place at the table of prosperity in Canada today. The 2% cap on Aboriginal education funding put in place in 1996 has served to exacerbate a situation that see’s A...
Logan Stats | Image Source: Janet Rogers He’s not doing it to be retro or throwback. Logan Staats is proving, without making a point about it, that his generation can pick up the basic musical ingredients and cook up soul-satisfying dishes creating a tasty buffet of songs; in this case Staats’ first sol...
Image Source: Native Drums Website In Native culture, the drum represents the heartbeat of Mother Earth and is used in many spiritual and ceremonial practices. Here are seven captivating videos of Indigenous youth showing us how to rock the hand drum. Miigwetch (thank you) for sharing your powerful voic...
The Aboriginal Arts and Stories Awards have been a platform for Indigenous youth to showcase their art and writing for the past eleven years. Since 2005 the awards have garnered over 2000 submissions with 530 just this year. This years presenters included Drew Hayden Taylor, Lee Maracle and Brian Maracl...
Image Source: Edmonton Journal In 1996 June 21st was declared as National Aboriginal Day in Canada. For generations, on summer solstice many Indigenous cultures have been coming together to celebrate the longest day of light, the summer season, and for people in the Great Lakes region, the strawberry mo...
Images from centuries old book used to teach Cree children english | Image Source: Crystal Sinclair For Crystal Sinclair it was painful to grow up feeling like an outcast in her own land, separated from her family into foster care and then be sent to a residential school – while seeing non-Natives...
