âI think the people that we talked to in the #film#TIFF#Indigenous#culture#repatriation
Neil Diamondâs latest film is one that he kind of stumbled into. Diamond, a member of the Cree Nation of Waskaganish in Quebec, created the movie Red Fever, which sees him travelling to various countr...
âI wanted the chance to share a bit more about how he came to do the work that he did and what it meant to Canada and Canadian art in general." An online book about the life of the late #Indigenous#FirstNations#Books#Art
An open-access online art book about trailblazer artist Carl Beam has been released. The book, which became available on Sept. 18, is part of a series titled The Canadian Online Art Book Project and w...
âThat history of what the government did to our people is ingrained into our DNA. In a terrible sense, we were all indirectly or directly affected by the generational trauma that happened." #Indigenous#dance#tap#identity#Cree#Alberta
Itâs the rhythms that linger. The tap dancing, the traditional dancing and even the waving of the grass in the fields. But behind the dance rhythms are the questions of self-identification, self-reali...
âWe do believe that we are going to have the largest Games that the NAIG Council has ever had.â The next North American Indigenous Games are three years away but the NAIG 2027 host society has named its CEO. #Indigenous#sports#NAIG#Alberta#Calgary
The host society for the next North American Indigenous Games (NAIG) has named its CEO. Lowa Beebe, who is a leading advocate, strategist and advisor in Indigenous governance, public relations and cul...
"This play does a really awesome job of articulating Indigenous resilience." For the third time in his acting career Richard Comeau is portraying 17-year-old Joseph Summers in the play 1939, now playing at Toronto's Berkeley Street Theatre. #Indigenous#theatre#residentialschools#drama
Richard Comeau got quite a bit more than he bargained for when he agreed to help workshop a play four years ago. The setting for that play, co-written by Metis playwright Jani Lauzon and Kaitlyn Riord...
âThe second we came across the finish line and we stepped on that final mat, we were just in complete and utter shock, like we cannot believe we had this one.â #Indigenous#television#competition
An Indigenous woman is on the winning team for this yearâs series The Amazing Race Canada. Taylor McPherson, a member of Miawpukek First Nation in Newfoundland and Labrador, and her teammate Katie Mul...
The Six Nations Chiefs have now won the Mann Cup eight times after a series win against the Victoria Shamrocks. âIt was nice to win it here in front of our fans and community. #Lacrosse#Indigenous#sports
The Six Nations Chiefsâ management has a knack for finding and signing some of the worldâs best box lacrosse players. Case in point is Eli McLaughlin, who is from Surrey, B.C. The Chiefs convinced McL...
A film about jaye simpson, an Indigiqueer writer, poet, activist and drag queen, will be shown on Sept. 11, the opening night of the Vancouver Queer Film Festival. #Indigenous#film
Hayley Morin has already received an accolade and praise for her latest film. And Morin, a filmmaker from Enoch Cree Nation in Alberta, will get some more attention for her latest work titled âiâll te...
âThereâs several things that drew me to this story, especially the main character Dove, really resonating around the sort of spectrum of gender. And Iâve never really seen a character written like that before, especially who is #Indigenous#film#animation#TIFF
Some complementary exchanges with an award-winning writer several years ago has paid off for MĂ©tis filmmaker Amanda Strong. Strongâs latest work, titled Inkwo for When the Starving Return, had its wor...
âThis is an opportunity for me to do something I really enjoy... Itâs also a chance for me to promote Indigenous theatre in the north and encourage all those young people from our First Nations to share their gifts in acting, performing, writing and storytelling.â #Indigenous#entertainment
Faye Naveau, an actor, artist and performer has a vision that revolves around the creation of an Indigenous theatre reality that features a venue, programming and a place where First Nation people can...