The DJ booth with a window overlooking Mistissini has become a second home to Freddie Dixon. It’s only a small room with a desk, three microphones, a telephone and two iPads, but it’s where most of the magic happens at […]
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Jumping for joy at Osheaga
The three days of madness that marked Montreal’s Osheaga Music and Arts Festival didn’t disappoint the estimated 135,000 people who flocked to Parc Jean-Drapeau July 29 to August 1 to catch live performances from top musicians across all genres of […]
Whapmagoostui artists draw attention at Aboriginal arts exhibition
A recent art exhibit in Quebec’s Eastern Townships featured a mother-daughter duo from Whapmagoostui. Natasia and Saige Mukash stole the show during the month-long “Aboriginal Women’s Art: A Celebration” event at Studio Georgeville. While the two have similar upbringings, their […]
Innovative Earthship project provides Six Nations with housing solution
An “Earthship” is currently being constructed on the Six Nations Reserve for a community member living in a crowded, rundown trailer. Fran “Flower” Doxtador has been on the Ontario reserve’s wait list for housing for over a decade, a reality […]
Neal McLeod explores the Cree language with new book
In 100 Days of Cree, published in June by the University of Regina Press, author Neal McLeod makes a departure from his previous work. McLeod – poet, painter, “bingo caller” and Indigenous Studies professor at Trent University – previously wrote […]
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 […]