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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June 17, 2016First People’s Festival lineup makes a splash
The 2015 award-winning American drama Mekko, from Sterlin Harjo, features a man who finds a community after being released from prison in Tulsa and uses his grandmother’s practices to push out a man with an evil personality.
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April 29, 2016Weaving baskets is a deeply cultural experience
Basketry was just one of the themed workshops offered by the Kahnawake Youth Center for Cultural Awareness Month. (Jessica Deer, The Eastern Door)
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April 22, 2016Earn your sailor stripes this season
Style and makeup design: Stephanie E.M. Coleman. Model: Ainslee Kirby. (Daniel J. Rowe, The Eastern Door) By: Stephanie E.M. Coleman, The Eastern Door Do you hear that sound?
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April 22, 2016Wáhta, singing and beading highlights of Cultural Awareness Month
It’s that time of year. The time when wáhta is tapped and bottled, and K103 Radio takes a morning to broadcast entirely in Kanien’kéha.
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April 18, 2016Whimsical wonders and beaded masterpieces
A number of beaded birds made by Caroline Taylor are featured in the "Whimsies" exhibition at the Kanien’kehá:ka Onkwawén:na Raotitióhkwa Language and Cultural Center.
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April 1, 2016
Talk to your elders and write it down
The greatest part of this job is listening to stories. There have been numerous times where I have sat across from a person and thought, ‘thank goodness I’m writing this down, so everyone who wants to can read their story.’ Sometimes, the stories provide life lessons, sometimes controversy, sometimes joy and sometimes inspiration, and some of the best by far are stories from elders.
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March 18, 2016McComber chronicles illuminates complicated family tree
Like fingerprints, no two family trees are the same, and all require digging. With modern software and available archive material, it has become easier and easier to trace your family back centuries through all the complicated roots.
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March 11, 2016Dual visions highlight multidimensional Montreal art show
The eyes and hands belong to Cree artist Virginia Pésémapéo Bordeleau and Kahnawa’kehró:non artist Marian Snow, and their creations are hanging at the Maison de la Culture Frontenac now.
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March 11, 2016From Turtle Island to a Greek tragedy
Wahsonti:io Kirby, right, plays Phaidra’s Shadow in the Dawson College production of Hippolytos. By: Zachary Kamel, The Eastern Door “Mighty and of high renown, among mortals and in heaven alike, I am called the goddess Aphrodite.
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March 4, 2016Book review: Walter Scott's comic delightfully binge-worthy
I may or may not be Wendy. For the first time since graduating university, I took a break from my snoozefeed (that’s scrolling through my newsfeed on Facebook in lieu of getting out of bed)
