Arts & Culture
Jacobs takes Toronto
Kahnawa’kehró:non Joanne Iewisenhawi Jacobs strutted down an unconventional runway last week - the cobblestone streets of Toronto’s Distillery District, which were transformed as part of Fashion Art Toronto’s annual fashion week.
Eager reception for Everyday Reconciliation
Before Everyday Reconciliation sold out at its June 3 launch at Montreal’s Paragraph Bookstore, Kahnawa’kehró:non author Derek Montour was not sure he wanted to share his story at all.
Four nights of glee
When Scout Marquis made the decision to transfer to St. George’s High School last year it was for one reason: to join the school’s award-winning glee club, the G Majors.
Sterling shoots for the stars
Ten-year-old Kaia Sterling has always loved performing, whether it’s been on local stages as an Irish dancer or at her beloved Turtle Island Theatre Company here in Kahnawake. Now, she’s planning to grow her skills by travelling further than ever before, to learn from industry experts at a training school in California this summer.
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October 11, 2024Skandalz scoops award nomination
Local hip hop artist Will E. Skandalz, also known as Satehoronies McComber, has made the list of nominees for the International Indigenous Hip Hop Awards with his song Rez Dawgs featuring Cree-Naskapi artist Kong hitting the “Collaboration of the Year” category.
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October 4, 2024Tattoo gathering draws meaningful ink
As the last artist pricked their final dot of ink into a community member’s skin at midnight on Sunday, Karonhienhawe Nicholas breathed a sigh of relief, reflecting on another successful year of the annual Kanehsatà:ke Traditional Indigenous Tattoo Gathering.
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October 4, 2024Moose hide tanning comes to John Abbott
Cree and Inuit students at John Abbott got to learn how to smooth moose hide leather last week - thanks to an initiative organized by the college’s Indigenous Student Resource Centre.
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October 4, 2024Showcasing art and history
The Kahnawake Legion Hall is host to this year’s edition of Iontkahthóhtha’, the yearly art show that sets out to represent the wide breadth of Onkwehón:we artwork.
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October 4, 2024Sisters embrace opportunity of a manga-time
Kaiatanoron Dumoulin-Bush is passionate about a few things: drawing, decolonial space travel, and making art with her sister, Katsitsanoron Dumoulin-Bush.
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October 4, 2024Official launch for Gabriel book
Thirty-four years to the day after the Siege of Kanehsatake came to an end, supporters packed into an old church in downtown Montreal for the release of Katsi’tsakwas Ellen Gabriel’s latest work, a book titled When The Pine Needles Fall, co-authored by Sean Carleton.
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September 30, 2024Indigenous fashion show dazzles
Jason Picard-Binet, owner of moccasins brand Bastien Canada, is sick and tired of seeing the cultural appropriation of Indigenous designs in the fashion industry.
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September 30, 2024Series pieces together history
When news broke in 2021 that the graves of missing children had been found at the former Kamloops Residential School, many non-Natives were shocked.
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August 27, 2024Gabriel shares new book
Over the years, Ellen Katsi'tsakwas Gabriel has considered writing a book charting her history of activism and role in the Siege of Kanehsatake.
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July 30, 2024Radio legend remembered fondly
Staff at K1037 were saddened to announce the death of Jim Hum last week, a legend whose voice was the first heard on the station’s airwaves when it went live on March 30, 1981.
