MEDIA – mediaINDIGENA

(brief) Recap: 2010 imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival

Posted on October 27, 2010 by Waubgeshig Rice

imagineNATIVE was always my favourite Toronto festival and I went every year from its inception up until I left the city for the Prairies in 2006. As a young aspiring journalist/visual storyteller, the films I saw and the people I met inspired me to try to carve my own path in the field. That path […]

Going to the dogs

Posted on February 7, 2010February 7, 2010 by Waubgeshig Rice

On some reserves, they’re on the verge of taking over. They roam in packs, hunting indiscriminately and reproducing quickly and heedlessly. They threaten the safety of young and old alike and even challenge social order. Dogs have become almost like a new class of citizens in many First Nations communities across Canada. On a daily […]