The fearsome foursome behind Ottawa’s ELECTRIC POWWOW are bringing their beats to Winnipeg for Aboriginal Music Week 2010. Anchored by four Native DJs spinning the best in hip hop, dancehall, electronica and mash-ups, the EP crew consists of Bear Witness, Deejay NDN, Deejay Frame, and DJ Shub. It all happens this Thursday night at the […]
Funny how being on the receiving end of a massive land grab can alter one’s perspective on what rules should apply to outsiders scooping up your territory and/or the resources beneath it. Recent months have seen much discussion in favour of ‘privatizing’ First Nations lands. Communal or collective ownership, we are told, has been a […]
With vocal chords still raw from a wild week of covering imagineNATIVE 2010, MI’s Rick Harp spoke to THE WORD’s Lady V about the winners at the festival’s closing night awards. MI on STREETZ, Oct. 26, 2010: [audio:https://mediaindigena.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Mediaindigena-TheWord-Oct-26-10.mp3|titles=Mediaindigena-TheWord-Oct-26-10] Catch MI on THE WORD live on-air/on-line at STREETZ 104.7 FM every Tuesday at 12 noon central […]
On the fifth and final night of imagineNATIVE 2010, a very hoarse Rick Harp caught up with the joint winners of the Drama Pitch Prize, Marcel Balfour and Darryl Nepinak. Their winning pitch was up against three other candidates. The prize — which includes a $5000 development deal with APTN and $2500 worth of equipment/services […]
Last night’s awards ceremony for the 2010 imagineNATIVE festival honoured the best in a competitive field. Below you will find the list of all 15 winners. For more on the actual event proceedings, check out Samantha Anderson’s article at CBCNews.ca, and keep checking back for interviews MEDIA INDIGENA conducted with a number of the winners […]
