How music helped lift blind Oji-Cree rapper Mattmac out of ‘dark place’
Matthew Monias is not one to let his disabilities keep him from reaching his goals.
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Filmmaker Michelle Latimer’s two TIFF premieres provide a showcase for Indigenous talent
With two projects premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) this September, Métis-Algonquin filmmaker Michelle Latimer hopes to empower Indigenous communities through the same medium that has so often been a source of misrepresentation.
Artist’s flowery beadwork turns pandemic masks into art
In mid-August Eeyou Istchee became the latest region to require masks in public indoor places to prevent the potential spread of Covid-19.
Youth learn traditional skills and to overcome challenges while paddling for weeks
For some of the youth embarking on the four-week canoe trip, it was their first time paddling a canoe.
First drive-in concert brings live music to Chisasibi
About 9 kilometres outside Chisasibi sits an evacuation site known as “High Ground”, where residents can flee to in the unlikely event that the dam upstream bursts
Viral misinformation
Friendship centres association confronts Covid myths through comedy
Montreal-based artist Daybi quits video project over the use of the word ‘sauvage’
When Cree musician, artist, actor and activist Daybi offered a role in a Health Canada promotional video about Covid-19, he figured it would be a chance to get back to work and spread a good message.
Indigenous Day performances, dances and speeches move online
When Cody Coyote was asked to participate in the online celebrations of National Indigenous Peoples Day this year, he knew it would be unlike any other performance.
I miss being a hero
I still remember the times they would run to me and I was the strongest man in the world
Indigenous Peoples Day 2020 will still be observed – from a distance
The Covid-19 pandemic has been an agent of change that has forced people to rethink how things can be done when it comes to large gatherings.