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…

Get Fit this weekend at Pow Wow Boot Camp – Six Nations

This rigorous training inspired Kaha:wi Dance Theatre’s Artistic Director Santee Smith, who has award winning career as a dancer/choreographer to look at incorporating Pow Wow…

First Nations Cultural Awareness Day at Georgina Arts Centre and Gallery

The fourth annual First Nations Cultural Awareness Day at Georgina Arts Centre and Gallery took place alongside the Ogitchidaa Kwe: Warrior Women exhibition on June…

McMahon’s pitch green-lighted by imagineNATIVE

Ryan McMahon’s feature film script pitch has been selected by the ImagineNATIVE Film and Media Arts Festival’s inaugural script development lab.

AAGNO launches annual show in Thunder Bay

The Aboriginal Artworks Group of North Ontario (AAGNO) presents its fifth annual Spring Aboriginal Fine Arts and Crafts Show and Sale at the Victoriaville Centre…

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…

Mohawk Midnight Runners

Six Nations community members got a chance to view a short film last Friday evening at the GREAT Theatre, which is directed by Karahkwenhawi Zoe…

Our Future Standing Proud Oherokon Rites of Passage

AKWESASNE –Last week over 75 youth were put out from anywhere from 1-4 days to Fast in a rites of passage ceremony in Akwesasne called…