Through the Eyes of a Child
How co-writers Tracey Deer and Meredith Vuchnich scripted Deer's personal experiences of the Oka Crisis into the award-winning film Beans.
Filters & Sorting
A Conversation With Lesley Hampton
The boundary-pushing designer opens up about Indigenous identity and inclusivity
Devery Jacobs on representation in fashion and her favourite Indigenous designers | Life
Mohawk actor Devery Jacobs reflects her pride in her Indigenous and queer identity by highlighting BIPOC, local and queer designers in her public appearances and social media.
Explore the natural wonders of southern Alberta the way only a local can
Brenda Holder has a unique relationship with the landscape and wildlife of southern Alberta. She's the Cree/Métis owner and operator of Mahikan Trails, a guided plant medicine walking tour operation based north of Sundre, outside of Banff National Park. On any given week, she can be found hiking, caving, hosting Indigenous-focused team-building programs, teaching Indigenous Bushcraft and survival skills or hide tanning.
5 apps for learning about Indigenous life and history | Life
Our devices can open up new worlds with the download of an app, and there's a growing collection of Indigenous-focused apps that entertain and educate. This roundup includes apps that give you access to Indigenous-made TV and film, university courses and kids interactive stories.
6 Indigenous Cooks Showcase Their Heritage With Delicious Recipes
We asked six Indigenous cooks to share recipes made with their traditional foods. The results are fresh, tasty dishes you can recreate at home.
Why Indigenous People Need Other Indigenous People To Heal
It shouldn’t take a crisis to get people's attention: The outpouring of grief shared by the entire country is an extremely valid reaction, but for Indigenous people, the heartbreaking stories are a re-opening of extremely old wounds and trauma .
What Indigenous Beauty Means To Me
I spoke with four people about where their love of makeup began and their definition of Indigenous beauty.
TV sitcom-dad style: A timeline of looks better than the unofficial dad uniform | Life
TV sitcom dads have been appearing on our screens since around the time of Father Knows Best in the 1950s. Something father did know best, apparently, was that the standard dad uniform consisted of a button-down shirt and pants.
Sarain Fox’s inclusive music doc Giiwewizh – Point of View Magazine
Sahtu Dene musician Jay Gilday sits on a rooftop in Yellowknife, with his acoustic guitar and a microphone aligned with the treetops. Shot on a propped-up iPhone 12, this is the opening scene of Gilday’s instalment of Giiwewizh (the Ojibway/Anishinaabe word for ‘to carry home’).
Reclaiming the Story of Toronto
For this Indigenous focused issue—with an all-Indigenous roster of incredible writers, photographers, and artists—I was hoping that we could create something that was grounded in what the Indigenous experience is like today, without the need to tap into the trauma that so often accompanies stories about us.
Indigenous entrepreneurs find new business opportunities with subscription boxes amid COVID-19 pandemic
Last September, after a physically distanced marketplace had just wrapped up, and with a dwindling event calendar, three Six Nations women behind small businesses talked about starting a new project together.
Governments turn to University of Manitoba Indigenous health institute to administer COVID-19 vaccines to Indigenous and remote communities
When COVID-19 vaccines became available in Manitoba last December, the federal and provincial governments turned to a university health institute to administer the vaccines to the population within the province’s 63 First Nations, six northern rural municipalities and 47 Northern Affairs communities, which include Métis, First Nation and non-Indigenous populations.
Why CEO David Epp Created Scout Trailers
The Pacific Northwest’s wet climate got David Epp thinking about what rain does to a camp trailer’s longevity. He grew up in British Columbia and now runs a family business there—Adventure Manufacturing—that’s been building RVs for more than 50 years.
Instagram Stories About Violence Against Indigenous Women Are Disappearing
People who shared Instagram stories memorializing missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls (MMIWG) on a day meant to raise awareness of the high level of violence Indigenous women face were surprised to see their stories vanish without explanation.
Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers’ Kímmapiiyipitssini Brings Empathy to an Opioid Crisis – Point of View Magazine
Doc is a masterclass in filming ethically in a community
Tanya Talaga’s spirit soars with first documentary
With a world premiere at Hot Docs, award-winning investigative journalist Tanya Talaga has co-directed Spirit to Soar, a film debut, which follows up on the tragic stories in her award-winning non-fiction book Seven Fallen Feathers.
Weaving Indigenous and western knowledge
How Indigenous researchers and communities are working in partnership with universities and non-Indigenous researchers to shape the future of environmental sciences.
Indigenous Ingenuity
When the doors open on Indigenous Tourism Ontario and Science North's Indigenous Ingenuity exhibit in Sudbury, visitors will be wowed by a vibrant interactive space showcasing Indigenous peoples’ valuable innovations.
Fast Horse
You think a relay race, passing a baton while running at fast as humanly possible, is cool. Try adding horses into the mix.
That’s the premise of Fast Horse, the Sundance Film Festival’s award-winning short documentary, following the Blackfoot team Old Sun as they prepare for the Calgary Stampede’s Indian Relay competition. In it, a jockey rides a thoroughbred horse bareback, and at the end of every lap, they must jump onto the next horse.
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