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Eaidánis & Waawaashkeshiwag in Families and Constellations
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Yaaaaw, That one Right Bit Her!
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The medicine wheel of Hip-Hop
THE MEDICINE WHEEL OF HIP-HOP DAVID STRICKLAND An essay on Hip-Hop as 21st century Indigenous culture As a child, my first dream was to become a professional hockey player in the NHL. Then Hip-Hop entered my life, and my whole life changed. Feeling a connection to my Indigenous roots came later; then my whole life…
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Nude in the Grass
Introduction by Bonnie Devine It is my intense and wonderful pleasure to be introducing Dr. Andrea Fatona. Andrea’s research and practice is concerned with issues of equity in the arts, and the pedagogical possibilities of artworks produced by “other” Canadians to articulate broader perspectives and Canadian identities. Andrea’s interests are in the ways that art,…
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Growing Pains
GROWING PAINS In Conversation with Nyla Innuksuk and Devyani Saltzman NYLA INNUKSUK STORYTELLER DEVYANI SALTZMAN ARTS ADMINISTRATION We all grew up with horror stories that spooked us in our dreams. We got older and either befriended the monsters or feared them. Filmmaker and media artist Nyla Innuksuk and arts administrator Devyani Saltzman befriended them and…
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Lighting the qulliq (traditional Inuit oil lamp)
Malina is my reimagined story of the sun goddess. In the original story, Malina is repeatedly sexually assaulted in the dark by her brother and flees into the sky when she catches him in the act. The story is that she becomes the sun and the brother becomes the moon, chasing her everyday. I created…
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The brushstrokes of a living ancestor
