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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October 28, 2016Round the world and back the imagineNATIVE way
Kawennáhere Devery Jacobs and director Kirsten Carthew field a Q&A after the screening of their film The Sun at Midnight at the TIFF Bell Lightbox Theatre.
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October 27, 2016Standing in defiance of stereotypes
A total of 33 portraits hang at the University of Victoria Legacy Art Galleries as a part of Courtesy Lindsay Katsitsakatste Delaronde’s first solo exhibition.
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October 25, 2016Important book explores Indigenous male identity
“Who’s Walking with our Brothers?” It’s the title of the opening chapter of Indigenous Men and Masculinities: Legacies, Identities, Regeneration (University of Manitoba Press, $27.95)
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October 17, 2016Are you dressing like Emmet the Lego man?
Stephanie EM Coleman, The Eastern Door fashion diva It used to be that fashion had rules. Throughout the 20th century, there were very clear-cut trends and silhouettes that the average person could follow with a sense of reassurance that they were up to date and safely in style.
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October 1, 2016The Break is a powerful, engaging and important debut
Katherena Vermette followed up her groundbreaking and heartbreaking, Governor General Award-winning book of poems with a powerful and impressive debut novel, The Break.
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September 26, 2016Taking the history pages to the dancing stage
Kanien’kehá:ka dancer Barbara Diabo performed a tribute to those who lost who their lives in the Quebec Bridge Disaster last week in Halifax.
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September 6, 2016Hemlock continues to make mark in Santa Fe
Kanien’kehá:ka artist Carla Hemlock was this year’s recipient of the Bernard Ewell Innovation Award. (Courtesy Grant Jonathan)
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September 3, 2016The docks were rocked by skids and kids
Several Kahnawa’kehró:non musicians, including the dudes from Dumptruk, hit the stages outside of the Kahnawake Marina on Saturday for the second annual Rock the Docks.
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August 16, 2016Claiming truth about land rights in New York State
Land claims. Use those two words, and a discussion will ensue involving history, theft, dishonesty, entitlement, disgrace and about 28 other issues.
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August 12, 2016Heavy Montreal was beeeeeeeaaast! Sort of
This year’s festival brought a variety of sub-genres to Park Jean-Drapeau. From symphonic metal like Nightwish (pictured) to rockabilly and whatever Napalm Death was, there was something for every metal head.
