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TV review: APTN's Future History is about reclaiming Indigenous culture
The docuseries' second season follows co-hosts Kris Nahrgang and Sarain Fox as they strengthen their connections to tradition and heritage Read more
Alicia Elliott connects the dots between depression and colonialism
In A Mind Spread Out On The Ground, the Tuscarora writer insightfully places mental health and sexual assault among the legacy of colonialism Read more
Hot Docs review: Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief
Carol Geddes profiles five female Indigenous trailblazers across Canada in this film from the festival's Redux program Read more
Joe Bucci
Isitwendam ambitiously tackles the legacy of residential schools
Meegwun Fairbrother's solo show at Native Earth, about a Harper government official sent to discredit a residential school survivor, feels rushed Read more
Perry Shimon
How musicians are taking action on climate change
Musicians like The Weather Station and Ansley Simpson are using their platforms to inspire change on an issue that's just getting more urgent. Read more
Matt Barnes
iskwē won’t let us look away from injustice toward Indigenous people
iskwē's new video Little Star, released on the anniversary of acquittals in the Colten Boushie and Tina Fontaine cases, is an ode to young, Indigenous lives lost and a recrimination of a society that has repeatedly turned a blind eye to tragedies. Read more
Katrin Bragadottir
"Rising tide" of Indigenous films and TV shows needs help going global: report
Commissioned by the imagineNATIVE festivaI, a new study shows there's a growing demand internationally that Canada's film industry isn't meeting Read more
Indigo Arrows
APTN is conducting Canada’s first Indigenous Music Impact Study
The broadcaster and non-profit is launching a study to collect info, identify structural barriers and create new funding opportunities Read more
Ford government's cut to the Indigenous Culture Fund "an attack on reconciliation"
Indigenous artists say the province's move has put the Ontario Arts Council-administered fund in jeopardy Read more
Joshua Whitehead creates his ideal image of queer Indigeneity
Two-spirit/Indigiqueer author draws majesty and exuberance from trauma in his break-out novel Jonny Appleseed Read more
Cheol Joon Baek
Grassroots Politics In Action: a trio of the best political events to attend this week
World AIDS Day commemorations on Saturday, December 1, and talks by pop-culture commentator Jesse Wente and former Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin head up this week's list of can't-miss events Read more
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Roundtable: Indigenous directors discuss the "savages" in the Coens' latest western
The caricatured Native American characters in Netflix's The Ballad of Buster Scruggs is part of the satire, but is that portrayal responsible? Critic Adam Nayman and filmmakers Lisa Jackson and Shane Belcourt discuss Read more
Indigenous architects design a sovereign future
As Canada implements a National Housing Strategy, post-secondary schools are creating more room for Indigenous design thinking Read more
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TV review: Docuseries First Contact tackles anti-Indigenous racism
Three-part APTN show that sends six intolerant Canadians to Indigenous communities across the country is eye-opening Read more
Virtual reality film imagines an Indigenous future for Toronto
Nature reclaims the city in director Lisa Jackson's room-scale VR experience Biidaaban: First Light Read more
How musicians are keeping endangered languages alive
From Yiddish to Garifuna to Wolastoqey, these artists are preserving their languages through art. Interviews with Jeremy Dutcher, Sophie Milman and Anna Shternshis of Yiddish Gory, and Stonetree Records founder Ivan Duran. Read more
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Inside the AGO's revamped Centre for Indigenous and Canadian Art
The newly renovated space is divided into seven sections, each highlighting a theme or a specific artist Read more
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TV review: Queen Of The Oil Patch is a brilliant reality series
APTN show about an Indigenous entrepreneur and drag queen in macho Fort McMurray deftly touches on difficult themes Read more
APTN to launch new Indigenous radio station ELMNT.FM in Toronto
APTN will soft launch ELMNT FM, its new radio station on 106.5FM, later this summer in Toronto. It will feature a mix of Indigenous and non-Indigenous music and talk programming. ELMNT will also launch in Ottawa on 95.7FM in mid-July. Read more
Who has the authority to rename a problematic painting?
The AGO recently retitled an Emily Carr painting with an offensive name, but revising a title originally selected by the artist crosses a line in some circles Read more
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Allan Lissner
Chile indigenous leader Sergio Campusano outside Barrick Gold AGM in Toronto last month.
