MimiCree (Redux): “Locating my tongue”
A journal from Rick Harp’s days studying Cree records the victories and vexations that go with taking on a tongue so different from English.
Category: ARTS+CULTURE
Asinabka artistry: Ottawa festival back for second straight year
An emerging film and media arts festival which takes its name and inspiration from a key traditional Algonquin site in Ottawa promises to surprise and entertain
Go Native again this Fall with imagineNATIVE 2012!
It’s that time of year again, the time when the leaves begin to fall and we reluctantly bring out our boots and heavy coats. But fall also happens to be my favourite time of year because that means the annual imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival is just around the corner. I like to think […]
Why there ain’t no such a-thing as “Aboriginal culture”
Summertime and the livin’ is powwow, gathering, or festival. It’s over-priced Indian tacos, bison burgers, moose stew and corn soup. It’s the endless drone of boring chatter and lousy jokes by an MC, stalls of snake oil salesmen hawking surefire cures for diabetes and arthritis, and traditional dancers wearing outfits with faux beadwork made of […]
REVIEW: “Gordon Winter,” a play by Kenneth T. Williams
Inspired by the life and public shaming of former chief David Ahenakew.
