Creating 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...
Mural 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.
This is...
Gabriel 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...
Kaniehtiio 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. The...
Loft 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...
New 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...
The 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...
Snow-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...
Obomsawin 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...
Kanesatake 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...
