A few months back, I was invited to take part in a media panel discussion about Aboriginal issues headed into Winnipeg’s most recent civic election. The panel came hot on the heels of a Sept. 7, 2010 piece I wrote detailing my befuddlement over the near-total absence of Aboriginal issues in any of the candidates […]
Gregory Scofield’s collection of poetry, Love Medicine and One Song (Kegedonce Press), is a sensuous journey of erotica indigena, and better Valentine verse you will not find. Read a morsel here for yourself, then buy the book for you and your hunny now. I’ve Looked For You in the blackest night, calling at the edge […]
He says he was late getting it out last year, but Goldtooth & Co.’s message of “love and recognition to all Native women in our lives” bears repeating this year, just in time for Valentine’s Day 2011. I’ll let the dudes “speak” for themselves. [ Song: Mishka,”Love and Devotion” ]
Northern News Services reports that a team of First Nations artists recently took first place at this year’s Carnaval de Québec snow sculpting competition with their 13-foot tall depiction of a raven transforming into a woman. The win means the crew — composed of Randy Sibbeston, Dewy Smith and Dylan Smith — will go on […]
Just an amazing, all-around awesome story out of the Muskoday First Nation in Saskatchewan, courtesy of The Star-Phoenix. The article details efforts by the community, in partnership with Heifer International Canada, to pursue “Indigenous organic gardening, agroecology and organic food entrepreneurship” via the Muskoday Organic Growers Co-op. According to the Star-Phoenix, the Co-op’s roots (no […]
