Cannabis count: Who’s in and who’s not in Indigenous country?
With cannabis now legal in Canada, which Indigenous communities embrace this new regime and which don’t?
Author: Rick Harp
A founder and president of the INDIGENA Creative Group, Rick offers 15 years-plus media experience in journalism and communication. A host/producer with the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network for many years, Rick has also served as Artistic Director for the Winnipeg Aboriginal Film Festival. He is a member of the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation in northern Saskatchewan. Rick on the Web: Facebook | Twitter | LinkedIn
MI Live in WINNIPEG! OCT. 18 at U of W
Come join round-table regulars Rick Harp and Kim TallBear as well as extra-special guest round-tabler Tim Fontaine, Editor-in-Grand-Chief of Walking Eagle News!
A taste of Indigenous food politics: MEDIA INDIGENA 123
On this week’s collected, connected conversations, we dig into the subject of food. It’s a veritable buffet of some of our most filling discussions, from access to traditional foods to clashes of culture over settler-versus-Indigenous diets.
Why it’s misleading to label Indigenous languages as lost or dying
The sorry state of many Indigenous languages is no accident. Far from being ‘lost,’ our mother tongues have been under constant attack.
The Story of How Winnipeg Gets Its Water is a Case Study in Colonialism
The story of the Winnipeg Aqueduct might seem of little consequence or interest to anyone except those curious about a particular time and place. It actually represents a case study in colonialism, where the local and the global are one and the same.
