Still from Reservation Dogs | Image credit: FX Network The highly acclaimed Reservation Dogs is being praised in th...
CULTURE
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Black & Indigenous Relations Part I: A Threat to the Foundations of Settler Colonialism
Zainab at the Black Speculative Arts Movement event at University of Toronto | Image source: Zainab Amadahy “It is...
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INDIGENOUS TORONTO: Jim Dumont on Identity and Spirituality in the City
Jim Dumont is an internationally renown Elder, speaker and traditional knowledge keeper, also known as the Gichi A:...
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ANISHINAABE MOTHER & MEDIA CREATOR BRINGING TRADITIONAL BIRTH KNOWLEDGE TO NEW DIGITAL PLATFORMS
In Anishinaabe culture, it is believed that newly born infants and community Elders are the closest to the spirit w...
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A LOOK BACK: Indigenous Fashion Week Toronto 2020
Section 35 founder, Justin Louis | Photo by Nadya Kwandibens Due to unprecedented times worldwide, the shift from...
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A Māori Opinion: WHY INDIGENOUS CANADIANS LIVES DIDN’T MATTER TO MICHELLE LATIMER
Renae Maihi, Judith Schuyler and Alanis Obomsawin in Sydney Australia in 2017 at the Winda Film Festival, an Aborig...
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2020: Taming the Wétiko Virus: 2021
"Windigo" by Norval Morrisseau, 1964. MUSKRAT Reflections for a New Year Yes, this is another reflection piece for...
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HOLDING ARTISTS ACCOUNTABLE IS NOT “LATERAL VIOLENCE”
Michelle Latimer directed Inconvenient Indian which debuted at TIFF this year | Image source: Toronto International...
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Queering the North: Inuksuk High School’s Pride Week
Students at Inuksuk High School. All photos by Tess Thurber. 2019 was a year to celebrate and reflect in Nunavut. I...
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REVIEW: Smudge, Don’t Judge, Assisting Two Spirit/Trans Survivors of Violence
Smudge, Don’t Judge: Assisting Two Spirit/Trans Survivors of Violence is a ten-minute film resource for community w...
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NISHNAABEMDAA NOONGO: SUMMER TIME NISHNESS
Flexing his Nishness, this week Musky covers a whole pile of summer words such as: bagizo bimaadage bakobiigwaashkw...
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NISHNAABENDAA NOONGO: MUSKY GOES TO TOWN
Musky teaches us about how to say I'm going to town or NOT going to town. Also how to say "I don't live at my mom's...
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NISHNAABEMDAA NOONGO: WHAT TIME OF THE DAY IS IT?
Elements from the Heart Silk Scarf | Image source: Jamie Okuma "Giwiiwaabamin - I am going to see you" ~ Miskwaanak...
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NISHNAABEMDAA NOONGO: COUNTING AND OJIBWAY MOONS
"Gwiigindaasomin - We are going to count" ~ Miskwaanakwad Rice is Anishinaabe from Wasauksing First Nation, an isla...
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NISHNAABEMDAA NOONGO – WHERE ARE YOU FROM?
In a conversation with himself Miskwaanakwad teaches us how to ask and respond to the question of where we are from...
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NISHNAABEMDAA NOONGO & JIIZAS
With the help of his friend Jiizas and some spectacular sound effects, Musky teaches us (giinwan) must know phrases...
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SEVEN MINUTES WITH MUSKY: NISHNAABEMDAA NOONGO
Miskwaanakwad Rice is Anishinaabe from Wasauksing First Nation, an island along the shores of Mnido Gamii in Anishi...
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TASTY ADVICE FROM ART NAPOLEON ON INDIGENOUS FOOD SOVEREIGNTY & MOOSEMEAT & MARMALADE
Art Napoleon (Cree), host of Moosemeat and Marmalade | Image source: The Social Agency Popular food documentary ser...
