Jarvis Cornfest honours Six Nations/New Credit

JARVIS – The 23rd annual Jarvis Cornfest will have a new element this year. Gord Caruthers, who owns the Jarvis Country Market, which hosts the…

Stopping the Iron Snake

The Iron Snake, a film by Clifton Arihwakehte Nicolas, is thought provoking and frightening in its content. The footage of the tar sands and pipeline…

Annual Smoke Dance Competition Named for Cherished Dancer

The annual smoke dance competition presented by Plank Road One Stop will get underway July 27. In its second year now, organizers have recently named…

Picking up an authentic piece of indigenous art

In our big box retail store world, when you find something that is unique and handmade sometimes it feels like you found a four-leaf clover.…

The pow wow menu

There will many food vendors at the annual Grand River Pow Wow this year. People travel from all over Canada and the United States to…

Friday Night Concert at Chiefswood Park

If you’re looking for something fun to do this Friday, come check out the Friday Night Pre-Wow Wow Concert at Chiefswood Park. The showcase will…

Grand River pow wow a labor of love

This year marks the 35th anniversary of the Grand River Champion of Champions Pow Wow. Since its beginning in 1980, the pow wow committee has…

Pow Wow Dance Styles Explained

Today’s competitive pow wow dance styles are a blend of many nations, traditions and styles. Here is some background information on the styles you will…

Don’t do what Johnny Don’t does

Protocol – The do’s and don’ts of attending a pow-wow DO • Cheer on the Dancers and Drums loudly! • Laugh out loud when the…

What else to do while you’re here

To some, coming to Six Nations of the Grand River Territory is like a walk across the street. But to many others, visiting for the…

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…

Eagles Among Us – a triumph

STONEY CREEK – Long before a brief six-year foray into politics in the middle of one of the most turbulent times for his people in…

Spirit Seeds celebrate First Nations beadwork

For over 15 years, Naomi Smith collected beadwork designs while she created traditional beadwork, leather craft, moose hair embroidery, quillwork, sweetgrass or birchbark basket making…

“The Honouring”: Kaha:wi Dance Theatre Performs at Chiefswood

Santee Smith, the artistic director of Kaha:wi Dance Theatre, explains that “The Honouring” is a “multi-disciplinary performance honouring First Nations warriors of the War of…