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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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.
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May 30, 2023Kanesatake on display at Montreal art show
A palm-sized piece of bark is embedded in the canvas of Katsi’tsakwas Ellen Gabriel’s The Siege of Kanehsatà:ke, set as if it’s a peep of a tree trunk growing out of the painting.
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May 24, 2023Deadline extended for beading challenge
It’s not often you see a classroom of children sleeping peacefully under cedar trees. But Cathy Kahontison Guimond, who has seen countless Kahnawa’kehró:non pass through Step By Step Child and Family Center, still remembers the sight.
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May 23, 2023Indigenous designers inspired by tradition
Traditional elements in a new modern look will keep Indigenous cultural values alive, according to Indigenous designers who presented their clothing collections last Friday at the Fashion Exhibition Kahnawake 2023.
