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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November 21, 2017Spotlight on Indigenous artists at Beaux Arts
Pipe Beads from the series Code Switching, 2017, digital print. Digital print, 110 x 166 cm. (Courtesy CARCC and Art Mûr) The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA)
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November 1, 2017When Indians fight back on stage
A new off-Broadway show promises to present the Onkwehón:we experience in a satirically hilarious new way. (Courtesy Kevin Tarrant)
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October 20, 2017Cowboys and Indians examined like never before
Alien Thunder by Claude Fourneier, 1974. Courtesy of Elephant: memoire du cinema Quebecois. (Courtesy MMFA) Gunslingers, the noble Indian, Buffalo Bill’s stagecoach, Sergio Leone, Russell Means, Kent Monkman, and the majestic herd of buffalo.
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October 18, 2017Mohawk Girls’ tales draws Toronto tourist to town
Jackson Eidelberg visited “Caughnawaga” as a child with his holocaust survivor parents, and came back after being reintroduced to the community through APTN’s Mohawk Girls.
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September 26, 2017Truth is stranger than the cricket’s friction
Eastern Door reporter Jessica Deer's standard wardrobe of blazers and band t-shirts finally found their way to stylish runways, but...
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September 22, 2017From the rapids to the canals
Mohawk women in a canoe by Towanna Miller. (Photos courtesy Imago Mundi) Two Kanien’kehá:ka artists from Kahnawake had the opportunity to travel to the city of water to see their work on exhibition during the prestigious Venice Biennial.
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September 13, 2017Alcoholic’s Daughter, a rocky roller coaster ride
If you pick up David Sherman’s book and you happen to know him personally, even just a little bit, you can’t help but read the Alcoholic’s Daughter like it was his personal memoir, with the base, of course, strong fiction writing.
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August 29, 2017Mohawk change makers grace brand new mural
Shanna Strauss’ mural can be seen at 4617 St. Jacques in St. Henri. (Courtesy Shanna Strauss) Kanien’kehá:ka activists Ellen Gabriel and Mary Two-Axe Earley are front and centre of a mural that was recently completed in St. Henri.
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August 28, 2017Hemlocks continue to make mark in Santa Fe
Kanien’kehá:ka artist Carla Hemlock was the recipient of multiple awards at the Southwestern Association for Indian Arts’ 96th Santa Fe Indian Market.
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August 18, 2017Unceded Voices paints Indigenous perspectives
Ojibwe artist Cedar Eve Peters’ mural graces a wall near St. Jacques and St. Philippe in St. Henri. (Ambre Giovanni, The Eastern Door)
