A young student sitting at a loan desk surrounded by fellow students standing. Image credit: Arson McTaggart “Please rise for the national anthem,” the voice booms over the speakers. The screech of chairs over linoleum; students stand, but their eyes drift to the one chair that doesn’t screech. O...
Demonstrators in Bogota, Colombia, celebrating and paying homage to South America’s Liberator, Simon Bolivar. Protests in that country against unpopular tax reforms began April 28 and have met waves of violent state repression. Photo Credit: Zulu King Che Guerrero. Amid waves of violent state repression...
Jayli Wolf | Image source: Hayden Wolf This year’s theme for International Women’s Day is #ChooseToChallenge the dated patriarchal system we all live in and to celebrate the achievements of women everywhere so that we may strive to live in a more aware, equal, and inclusive society. Here at MUSKRAT Maga...
James Whetung and his daughter, Daemin | Image source: Ryan Edwardson/Al Jazeera Like most southern First Nations people, James Whetung grew up not being able to learn or practice traditional food gathering in his territory. When he learned about harvesting manoomin (wild rice) he realized that bringing...
By Brandon MacLeod and Pam Chookomoolin Warning shots did nothing to dissuade the half-tonne charging carnivore. Two nights into a hunting trip along the Hudson Bay coast, Sam Hunter found himself face to face with a hostile, hungry polar bear. Gun cocked and one option left to save his own life, scatte...
Madonna Thunder Hawk and her daughter, Marcy Gilbert. | Image source: John G. Larson Warrior Women tells the story of a group of intergenerational Indigenous women led by inspiring activist, Madonna Thunder Hawk as they fight for Indigenous civil rights during pivotal moments across Indian Country. Warr...
The Soaring Eagle Camp: Justice for Indigenous Youth This past February was a tough month for Indigenous Canada as two people charged with murdering two Indigenous youth – Tina Fontaine and Colten Boushie – were acquitted of any murder charges, including manslaughter. The aftermath unveiled...
MISKWAANAKWAD gives a hilarious Anishnaabemowin lesson at the 2nd Annual Gchi Dewin Festival | Image Credit: Matt McGregor Language is culture. Anishinaabemowin is a major aspect of Anishinaabe culture that the Canadian government sought to eliminate through the Indian Act, the reservation system and re...
The sign for Culture Camp Forever| Image Source: Isaac Murdoch’s Facebook Nimkii Aazhabikong means Village of Thunder Mountain in Anishinaabemowin, the Ojibwe language. It’s the name given to a culture camp being built by a community of youth, Elders and activists beside Ompa Lake, Northern Ontari...
A group of Anmeki Wajiw (Mount McKay) students from Fort William First Nation built and launched a 15-foot birch bark canoe last summer at Sandy Beach near Chippewa Park. Source: http://anishinabeknews.ca/ FORT WILLIAM FIRST NATION—The Fort William canoe builders who created an 18-foot birch bark canoe...
