Arts & Culture
Skawennati shakes up Montreal building
The grand facade of the Conseil des arts de Montreal (CAM) building on Sherbrooke Street has been adorned with colour this week, as part of a new art piece by Kahnawake’s own Skawennati.
Kahnawake aims high at acting awards
It was a big night for Kahnawake’s actresses at this year’s ACTRA (Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television, and Radio Artists) Montreal awards, with Kaniehtiio Horn taking home one of the biggest trophies of the night.
Gabriel turns passions into success
When he’s not filming content for his social media feed - whether it be comedic reviews of restaurants in or around Kahnawake or marketing for his game Kanata: The First Sacrament, Iorahkwano Gabriel works for Kahnawake Animal Protection while training to become a Kahnawake Peacekeeper.
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.
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August 22, 2023Kahnawake screens doc on the pines
The film opens with a close-up image of Pine needles so lush-green you can almost smell them, as a woman speaks Kanien’kéka, returning an absorbed audience to the events that set into motion the 78-day standoff known today as the Siege of Kanehsatake.
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August 14, 2023Creating connections at tattoo gathering
When Kahnawákeró:non Katsitsahente Cross-Delisle looked at her finished tattoo from Miciah Stasis at the Kanehsatà:ke Traditional Indigenous Tattoo Gathering, she could feel the presence of their ancestors.
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August 9, 2023Mural carries message of empowerment
When local artist Kaïa'tanó:ron Dumoulin Bush showed up at the blank wall to paint a two-story mural, she couldn’t help but feel excited.
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August 1, 2023Gabriel to present film at Montreal festival
When Ellen Gabriel set out to make a documentary film to begin correcting the record on the Siege of Kanehsatake, she decided to focus on July 11, 1990.
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July 31, 2023Kaniehtiio Horn makes directorial debut
Kaniehtiio Horn is done waiting to play a lead role. “I figured it was time I took matters into my own hands,” said Horn.
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July 25, 2023Loft brings back Indigenous portrait series
Back for a third time, Martin Akwiranoron Loft will attend the annual International First Peoples' Festival – also known as Presence Autochtone – as an artist in residence where he’ll be set up with his pop-up photo studio, screen print station, and photo exhibition.
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July 24, 2023New chapter for local illustrator
Countless sketches, back-and-forths, and about half a year later, Kahnawa’kehró:non illustrator Kaia’tanó:ron Dumoulin Bush got her first glimpse of the book Jules au pays d’Asha, which will be up on the bookshelves across Quebec in just under two weeks on August 2.
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July 19, 2023The makers behind the dancers
Tahatie Montour crafted a kustowa entirely made out of hawk feathers for his son, Tahoe Montour, who danced at the Echoes of a Proud Nation Pow-Wow last weekend.
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June 20, 2023Snow-casing sculpture in Paris
MC Snow will miss the grilled octopus, but they’re happy to be home. Just this week, Snow returned from Paris, where their work was featured in the Revelations International Biennial of Crafts and Creation, which, this year, honoured the province of Quebec.
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June 7, 2023Obomsawin looks back – and ahead
Tracey Deer distinctly remembers the first time she saw Alanis Obomsawin’s Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance: she was studying film at Dartmouth College, and the documentary was being screened in one of her classes.
