Devery Jacobs Is the Leader of the Pack
The Kanien’kehá:ka actor, filmmaker, Indigenous advocate and star of the breakout hit Reservation Dogs, is showing us that there’s nothing she can’t do.
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PerfumeTok Creators Worth Following
These #PerfumeTok creators are here to help make fragrance more accessible.
Santa Fe Indian Market Celebrates 100 Years of Art and Fashion
Taking over the streets of downtown Santa Fe in white tents and technicolour outfits, the Santa Fe Indian Market celebrated 100 years this past weekend—and the event was filled to the brim with stunning displays of Indigenous art, fashion and culture.
TikTok is Making Perfume Accessible
Creators are dismantling the idea that perfume is a luxury product for people with expensive tastes.
As an ’80s kid, I was introduced to perfume via the iconic powdery Love’s Baby Soft; the scent was everywhere — it was advertised in the teen magazines I read and worn by all my friends. But after those years, I stopped seeking out perfume in a serious way. Rather, it came to me.
Journalist Brandi Morin tells her own difficult stories in debut memoir - Quill and Quire
Brandi Morin opens her debut memoir, Our Voice of Fire: A Memoir of a Warrior Rising, with her visit, along with a New York Times reporter and photographer, to the home of Tina Fontaine’s great-aunt Thelma Favel for a piece on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG).
Paulina Alexis is Reservation Dogs’ breakout star
It didn’t take long for Reservation Dogs to secure Hollywood’s stamp of approval. In the year since its debut, the FX dramedy—which is co-created by Oscar-winner Taika Waititi—has clinched a Peabody, a Golden Globe nomination and an Independent Spirit Award for best ensemble cast. The team itself is an entertainment industry anomaly, though: every single one of the show’s writers and actors is Indigenous—including fan favourite Paulina Alexis.
Bold Lines, Bright Future
Ojibway artist Patrick Hunter on seeing Canada through a different lens.
Bead by Bead
Blu Hummingbird designer Brit Ellis on making art through a Haudenosaunee lens.
How Top Chef Canada's Siobhan Detkavich spends her money
Last year, 22-year-old Siobhan Detkavich became the youngest chef—and first Indigenous woman—ever to compete on Top Chef Canada. This summer, she’ll be back in the kitchen as the chef de partie at Mission Hill Winery in B.C. Detkavich spent a little more than usual this week, just for fun.
For someone who cooks, I’m weirdly okay with eating the same thing every day. This week’s meal prep involved ground turkey, sweet potatoes, broccoli, apples and oranges, all of which I bought at Costco ($100)
‘Shoresy’ puts Indigenous characters at centre ice
“Shoresy,” the much-anticipated “Letterkenny” spinoff, is first and foremost a love letter to scrappy minor league hockey teams and it is also rich with Indigenous representation.
And it was important that the show, which premieres Friday on Crave, get both elements right.
Is It Time to Update the Citizenship Test?
You never get a second chance to make a first impression” is a phrase often attributed to Will Rogers, a citizen of the Cherokee Nation. For many newcomers to Canada, their first impression of the Indigenous peoples living on their ancestral lands in Canada often comes in the form of an outdated study guide for the citizenship test.
How Can Indigenous Knowledge Help Fight Climate Change?
Imagine working each day as part of a small but mighty group that is dedicated to restoring damaged lands back to their healthful, natural state.
That’s precisely what the team at Kayanase gets to do.
Based on the Six Nations of the Grand River Territory in southwestern Ontario, Kayanase is an Indigenous-owned and -operated ecological restoration company and native plant nursery.
Redux: Zacharias Kunuk & Paul Aarulaaq Quassa | Hot Docs
The camera is tightly focused on the faces of Igloolik Elders gathered around a long table filled with notepads and coffee mugs. What initially looks like a non-essential meeting of community members is actually the vital discussion at the centre of (Unikkaat Sivunittinnit) Messages from the Past.
Redefining Indigenous cinema
Oftentimes, with Indigenous stories on screen, there is the burden of sliding in decades of context into a film. The effects of colonialism to current day systemic racism, and everything in-between, often seeps into films created and written by us. Indigenous filmmakers have to consider who their audience is – someone who inherently knows this history, or someone brand new, which shifts the approach. Must they explain XYZ in an organic way or will it drag out the story they came to tell?
How an Indigenous-led team aims to offer better hospital care for First Nations patients in Ontario | News
‘It's more than just treating the medical need that is presenting itself,’ says Dr. Karen Hill
Indigenous Filmmaking Now: An Overview
Although Canada’s media establishment may claim things are better, where are the opportunities for Indigenous film and TV creatives this year and next? It’s still a tough slog as a producer or filmmaker to receive funding, get opportunities to be employed in higher and mid-level positions where the decisions are made, or to have any control. There are success stories, but many Indigenous filmmakers in documentary, film, and TV are struggling to get the support they need from the major Canadian funding bodies.
The New Innovators List 2022: #4 Cheekbone Beauty
In the crowded beauty space, an Indigenous-owned brand stands out by leading with principles
Sister Bear Designs
AN ANISHINAABE RUN BEADWORK BUSINESS TAKES OFF IN THE NORTH
The family behind Sister Bear Designs talks about their new Thunder Bay storefront and why their designs have struck a chord with the community.
The sticky history of maple syrup in Canada
Is there anything perceived as more Canadian than maple syrup? The red leaf that grows on the maple tree is, after all, the symbol on the Canadian flag. While the lands that the country sits on do produce 85 per cent of the world’s maple syrup, the delicious topper of many a pancake and waffle is, first and foremost, a First Nations food.
Buying Indigenous-made for the holidays
While the fall-back for holiday shopping is often major online retailers or big box stores (I’m guilty of this too), here’s another option: support Indigenous makers.
Why buy Indigenous-made? There are so many incredible makers and a million places to support them. Often they don’t have the benefit of a huge platform to sell from, or get their name out there, so you’ll find collaborations in this list too.
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