It’s kind of like playing political whack-a-mole. When one tries to stamp out an annoying problem it always reappears when one doesn’t address why it appeared in the first place. When Regina police dismantled a teepee, doused a sacred fire […]
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Indigenous group erect teepee at Canada 150 celebrations
On the eve of the Canada 150 celebrations on Parliament Hill, a group calling themselves the Bawaating Water Protectors from Sault Ste. Marie were stopped by a wall of angry police officers while trying to set up a teepee on […]
Romeo Saganash’s statement on Canada 150 sideswiped by plagiarism allegation
Romeo Saganash came out swinging at Canada for celebrating 150 years of colonialism in his July 1 Globe and Mail op-ed column titled, “150 years of cultural genocide: Today, like all days, is an insult.” Unfortunately, his condemnation of Canada […]
Studio Georgeville teams up with Eeyou artists and artisans to promote Cree traditions
n 2010, Louise Abbott and Niels Jensen published Eeyou Istchee: Land of the Cree. The 252-page photo essay, produced with the help of the Cree Outfitting and Tourism Assocation (COTA), focused on life in the bush, living off the land […]
Documentary on Attawapiskat highlights inequality and injustice
Victoria Lean’s documentary After the Last River follows the one-sided relationship between Attawapiskat, one of Canada’s poorest Indigenous communities, and De Beers, the world’s largest diamond mining company. In 2008, De Beers opened the Victor Mine, just 90 km up […]
The identity parade
We’re about to head into national holiday season, as we get heartfelt appeals to all our various identities. First off, of course, is National Aboriginal Day, June 21. Three days later, on June 24, Quebec celebrates its “Fête nationale,” la […]