Tanya Tagaq sold out two nights at Montreal’s Place des Arts, and both shows ended with standing ovations. However difficult Tagaq’s music may be for some listeners, she is loved by others. Cambridge Bay’s Tagaq and her band were in […]
In The Issue
Algonquin artist Nadia Myre recovers Indigenous identity
In the middle of the darkened exhibition space is a large horizontal video screen two feet above the ground. Standing over it, you watch two pairs of hands – one on either side of the screen – diligently working away […]
The ballet of reconciliation
The Royal Winnipeg Ballet is currently touring Going Home Star, a new production that finds its subject matter in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. This intriguing blend of European art form and Aboriginal narrative is the first of its kind […]
Marked for life – new documentary revives the art of traditional Inuit tattoos
Back in 2005, when Iqaluit filmmaker Alethea Arnaquq-Baril was considering a traditional tattoo in the style common for Inuit women until the mid-20th century, she could find only one living woman who still had tattoos – a 104-year-old Elder named […]
A strong stand for the Cree hunter – Paul Dixon
At this critical time, a reassessment of the past is needed to reinforce a future that we as a people want to see. Since the 1930s, when the Cree involvement as slaves-on-chains in forestry began it can rightly be said, […]
To the rescue: Air Creebec and Propair partner up to provide medevac services
Air Creebec is part of a winning bid to provide medical evacuation services in Quebec. Air Creebec President Matthew Happyjack announced February 5 that the company had joined forces with Rouyn-Noranda-based Propair Inc. to provide emergency medical evacuation (often abbreviated […]
Montreal Boat Show makes waves for boat lovers
Montreal’s annual Boat and Water Sports Show swamped Place Bonaventure February 4-7, hosting close to 300 exhibitors from across Quebec and Ontario and showing off over 450 different watercraft across 300,000 square feet of showroom. Powerboats, inflatables, pontoons, personal watercraft […]
“Baba was kind of funny” Remembering Lawrence Shecapio
He left this life where he began it: on the land he loved. Oujé-Bougoumou Elder Lawrence Shecapio passed away at his hunting camp Saturday, January 16, at the official age of 79 years, eight months. “Official,” because birth records for […]
Broadback on the chopping block
“The Cree people of Waswanipi have occupied, governed and protected the land in Waswanipi Eenou Istchee since time immemorial,” said Waswanipi Chief Marcel Happyjack addressing a COMEX hearing in his community on January 19. “As occupants of the land…we have […]
Iced Culture: Eastmain camp offers new rink
“I’m so happy to see these young people smile and have fun – that’s the motivation that keeps me going,” said Eastmain Culture Coordinator Jamie Moses, who with his team has recently been working long into the night to flood […]