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 […]
And they said it couldn’t be done. Actually, no one said that: it’s just one of those clichés that come to mind when you pull together an anniversary entry like this. There was no ‘They’ then or now acting as naysayers. Indeed, the only They that matters is You — our audience, many of you […]
2011 is just a month old and already the world is a changed place. I refer to dramatic developments in two stories I looked at last year: the fight of Elouise Cobell, and the financial mismanagement trial of 5 men on the Grizzly Bear Head Mosquito First Nation. Cobell, you’ll recall, is the Blackfeet warrior […]
The numbers are so off the charts I almost wondered whether they’re typos. A recent piece in the Sydney Morning Herald puts Australian rates of Aboriginal incarceration at incredible levels. According to Herald columnist Cynthia Banham: Indigenous incarceration rates “are 19 times higher than for the rest of the population” 1 in 5 Indigenous children […]
Centretown News reports that embattled artist Pamela Masik, fresh off the abrupt cancellation in Vancouver of her exhibition of paintings of missing/murdered women, may soon seek a more positive reception in the nation’s capital: “As the cornerstone of Canada’s decision-making process, Masik has expressed interest in bringing the show to Ottawa.” The CN piece cites […]
