Indigenous groups criticize ABC series ‘Big Sky’ for insensitivity to MMIWG

VANCOUVER — Indigenous critics of ABC’s kidnapping drama “Big Sky” say it fails to acknowledge real-life missing and murdered Indigenous women and are extending their…

Jace Martin releases new album

Six Nations singer and songwriter Jace Martin has released a new album “Rainboworld” and it is performing well on Spotify and Radio. “My New Radio…

Art museum criticized for keeping Native American objects

MINNEAPOLIS —The Mimbres Collection at the Weisman Art Museum has a long and complicated past. First excavated by anthropology professors and students in the 1920s,…

SOCAN essential for musicians and songwriters

If you are a songwriter or an artist that wants to get your work played on TV, radio or on streaming services such as Spotify…

A watered down Waterford Pumpkinfest

The Waterford Pumpkinfest lives (kinda) during Covid. The main festival has been cancelled but some of its spirit has been kept alive with house and…

Stoney Nakoda women replace racist nickname for mountain landmark in Alberta Rockies

CANMORE, AB — Stoney Nakoda women elders have revealed a new name for a prominent landmark in the Alberta Rockies with a racist and misogynistic…

Native American historic site displays history with harvest

STANTON, ND — Darian Kath is helping Knife River Indian Villages get back to its roots. The national historic site’s acting interpretive and cultural resource…

Metis pilot Teara Fraser profiled in new DC Comics graphic novel of women heroes

TORONTO — Not all heroes wear capes, as the saying goes, but Teara Fraser does have her wings and likes to fly — with a…

Eden Robinson says she couldn’t unsee ‘Trickster’ cast while writing third book

TORONTO — Eden Robinson says the actors in CBC’s upcoming mystical-thriller “Trickster” have winnowed their way into her imagination. The “Son of a Trickster” author,…

Canadian thriller ‘Trickster,’ horror classics among October streaming highlights

Halloween festivities are largely off the table this October, but the biggest streaming platforms are here with some pretty scary backup plans. Netflix will offer…

Boseman honoured as hometown hero in native South Carolina

ANDERSON, SC — Chadwick Boseman was remembered as a hometown hero who brought a sense of pride to his native Anderson, South Carolina. The city…

From ‘Ammonite’ to ‘Shiva Baby’: 10 buzzy films headed to the Toronto film fest

TORONTO — The pandemic-tailored Toronto International Film Festival may be slimmer with star-free streets this year. But the Sept. 10-19 celebration of cinema still has…

Flying Heads, Stone Giants and Legends: a historical account from Chief Elias Johnson

In 1881 Tuscarora Chief, Elias Johnson, put to paper some of the ancient knowledge of the Six Nations people for posterity as well as a…

Virtual Indigenous Art Slam gives $10,000 in prizes to local Indigenous artists

OHSWEKEN — A virtual Indigenous art contest highlighting the creative works of Indigenous people from across Canada has distributed $10,000 in prizes to artisans this…

Indigenous arts leader Jesse Wente named head of Canada Council for the Arts

OTTAWA _ Jesse Wente, a prominent advocate for an increased presence of Indigenous voices in Canada’s cultural landscape, has been appointed chairperson of the Canada…