Never to be forgotten vigil held in Hagersville

HAGERSVILLE – Many people gathered to mark the fourth annual “Never to be forgotten vigil” held at Hagersville and Mississaugas of New Credit territory on…

The art and reality of Native life: an interview with Carmen Moore

Carmen Moore is an accomplished actress from British Columbia of Wet’suwet’en, Scottish, and Irish ancestry.

Made on earth

Rick Sommers, who is of Aztec descent, is known as the artist who brought and taught “barn block art paintings” to Canada from Ohio. To…

Honouring the drum

The main concept behind Visioning, Toronto’s first socially conscious indigenous arts festival is the recognition that Indigenous nations of Turtle Island speak of this time…

Digging towards the light

2010 Juno award and 4 time Canadian Aboriginal Music Award winners the Digging Roots have released their new album “For the Light.” The Digging Roots…

Indigenous Hawaiians seek to save Mauna Kea from desecration

Mauna Kea advocates are seeking justice in Hawaii courts. Six plaintiffs have filed a notice of appeal in circuit court challenging the board of Land…

Moving forward through understanding for our children

This past Saturday the Central Wellington district high school (C.W.D.H.S) Aboriginal Club of Fergus, in union with other groups and businesses from the surrounding area,…

Andrea Mendard: Musician, Actress, Groundbreaker

You may have seen the multitalented Andrea Menard on the TV series Blackstone in her Leo nominated role as Debbie Fraser, or on other TV…

Indiginesse: an interview with Nathalie Bertin

AURORA – The Indignesse art exhibition featuring numerous Indigenous women artists will start May 7 to June 28, 2014 at the Aurora Cultural Centre, 22…

Following the vision and journey of Taylor David

On March 28 Taylor David began his journey from Victoria, British Columbia that will end on June 21 in Ottawa. David states that “this walk…

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library building literacy

SIX NATIONS – A group of Six Nations residents are pursuing community and financial support to get the Dolly Parton Imagination Library started for all of…

The healing journey continues

EDMONTON – The Truth and Reconciliation Committee’s seventh and final National Event took place in Edmonton, on March 27-30. As the committee noted, “There were…

Youth connect with tradition through storytelling

The Indigenous Education Coalition (IEC) held their 7th annual storytelling event at the Antler River Elementary school on the Chippewa of the Thames territory this…

The Return Of Pi-wa-pisk-oo

Anna Faulds is Dene Suline from Lue' Chok Tue' (Cold Lake, AB) who grew up in and currently resides in Edmonton, Alberta. Anna appears on…

The most sacred of all Hawai’i is facing a genocidal threat

At the Anishnabek Educational Institute on Muncey Delaware Territory I met up with a Hawiian woman named Waimakalani Iona. She described a scenario all too…