Image Source: findingtruenorth.ca Stephen Agluvak Puskas is the Montreal based, Inuk filmmaker and artist who created the short film Ukiuktaqtumi, which means in the north in Inuktitut, that celebrates the diversity of Inuit and is told from an Inuit perspective. The film is a response to Of the North,...
Sandra Laronde in Miigis | Image source: Red Sky Performance Sandra Laronde, (Teme-Augama Anishinaabe – People of the Deep Water) is the dynamic creative and cultural leader behind the boundary pushing contemporary Indigenous dance company Red Sky Performance. This year Red Sky presents three comp...
The GroovaLottos | Image source: thegroovalottos.bandcamp.com You can’t help but dance to the funky blues and soul sounds of The GroovaLottos, whose chart-climbing new single, “Do you Mind…? The Phunk,” earned them a nomination from this year’s Native American Music Awards. The first time the GroovaLott...
Four Faces of the Moon by Amanda Strong won Best Animation film at Montreal First Peoples Festival | Image source: tiff.net Présence Autochtone/First Peoples’ Festival wrapped up this week celebrating not only the First Nations and Indigenous presence in and surrounding the city of Montreal, but also th...
Xemi Manibusan | Image source: Carlos Bernate, ICMTN Director, actor and writer Xemi Manibusan fights for accurate and respectful Native Two-Spirit representation in the D.C arts scene Xemiyulu ‘Xemi’ Manibusan is an Indigenous, Two-Spirit theatrical director, actor and author in Washington D.C. redefin...
Wild Woman Theatre’s Spawn | Image Source: Wild Woman Theatre Wild Woman Theatre presents its first theatrical debut, Spawn, debut at Factory Theatre here in Tkaronto for Summerworks Performance Festival until Sunday, August 13, 2017. “Wild Woman Theatre actually started out with the desire to pro...
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...
Image source: Montréal First Peoples’ Festival From August 2nd to 9th the 27th Annual Montréal’s First Peoples’ Festival celebrations kicks off with a special screening of short films by Indigenous filmmakers. This years festival theme is reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people...
Gloria Miguel in Material Witness | Image source: Spiderwoman Theatre Kaha:wi Theatre presents Living Ritual Festival at The Fleck Dance Theatre, 207 Queens Quay West, from July 25th to 27th. The festival will feature performances from renowned Indigenous theatres across the globe, including Spiderwoman...
