Red in the Face over ‘Redface’
How a pair of imitation ‘Indians’ at an event commemorating Sir John A. Macdonald got Indigenous Twitter talking
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
IndieNDNs: Indigenous Indiegogo crowdfunding campaigns
A scan of Indigenous related crowdfunding campaigns, from film to health
Have media helped or hurt most Canadians’ understanding of Idle No More?
Mainstream media that try to distil a whirlwind of voices and visions into a soundbite or two, risk confusing their audiences as to who and what Idle No More is actually about
Why First Nations calling for a Nation-to-Nation relationship might want to walk their talk first
I didn’t really mean to be too provocative with that headline. (Okay, that’s a lie. Still, if it got your attention…) But, I have to say it: all these calls of late for nation-to-nation relationships between the Crown and Indigenous peoples? They don’t appear to have been backed up in practice on much if not […]
You say divided, I say diverse: Is Idle No More about factionalism or freedom?
As people frantically try to get a handle on the explosive, never-a-dull-day developments in Indian Country lately, one recent exchange in the media caught my attention: the battle to characterize and frame the semi-spontaneous events on the ground collectively known as ‘Idle No More.’ The exchange began when National Post columnist Andrew Coyne asserted the […]
