Quill and Quire - Canada's magazine of book news and reviews • 24th May 2023

Celebrated author Michelle Good expands the conversation about colonialism in new nonfiction work - Quill and Quire

Since her debut novel, Five Little Indians, was released in 2020, Michelle Good has received hundreds of emails from people thanking her for opening their eyes to the residential school experience. One woman even apologized for being a racist all of her life, and she wrote that reading Good’s book – which humanizes five young adults as they navigate life post-residential school – had changed her into a better person.

Chatelaine • 5th April 2023

5 Indigenous Makers On What Sustainability Means To Them

From durable materials and compostable packaging to innovative fabrics and circular fashion programs, here's how ethical practices have shaped their businesses.

Vogue • 19th December 2022

How Two Young Climate Activists Are Tackling Water and Food Insecurity Across North America

With a name derived from the Lakota tribe’s historical Tokala Society—a group of warriors who showed bravery and leadership from a young age—Tokala is a photography series spotlighting the next generation of BIPOC climate activists. Here, in part three, meet two activists working on the eastern shores of Canada and the US to improve water and food security within their own communities and far beyond.

www.cbc.ca • 19th December 2022

In 2022, Kent Monkman went legendary with a celebration of the spirit that survived colonization | Arts

His ROM solo show Being Legendary brings an incisive eye to the story of Indigenous knowledge across time

New York Times • 25th November 2022

In ‘Spirit Rangers,’ Elders Playing Elders

Two Native American acting legends, Wes Studi and Tantoo Cardinal, have shared a dozen film sets since 1990, beginning with “Dances with Wolves,” but never the same scene. It took “Spirit Rangers,” a children’s Netflix show overflowing with Indigenous talent, to pair the two onscreen at the same time, albeit in animated form.

FASHION Magazine • 24th November 2022

The Santa Fe Indian Market Spotlights Indigenous Excellence In Fashion

One hundred years of fashion can feel like a long time, with styles evolving and, more often than not, returning. (We see you, low-rise jeans.) But for the designers who took part in the 100th edition of the Santa Fe Indian Market in New Mexico, clothing is about so much more than trends.

The Globe and Mail • 14th October 2022

Jeff Barnaby’s indelible mark on Indigenous cinema will be felt for generations to come

Before entering the theatre to watch Jeff Barnaby’s Blood Quantum at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2019, I heard buzz for the type of Canadian movie that rarely gets excitable word-of-mouth. But this was different: an Indigenous-focused film that was also a zombie thriller.

CBC • 12th October 2022

Why I'm excited my kids can finally see playful Indigenous representation in Netflix's Spirit Rangers | Arts

The animated series features an all-Native writers' room and a crew of over 100 Indigenous creatives

Macleans.ca • 5th October 2022

How Kent Monkman's alter ego is challenging colonial history

The Cree artist Kent Monkman has a striking alter ego: Miss Chief Eagle Testickle, a time-travelling, shapeshifting, gender-fluid agent of imagination who appears in many of his works. With her flowing dark hair, glamorous outfits and red-soled Louboutin heels, she stands out in Monkman’s work alongside his depiction of settlers and colonists.

Elle Canada • 19th September 2022

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.

FASHION Magazine • 26th August 2022

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.

Quill and Quire - Canada's magazine of book news and reviews • 3rd August 2022

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).

Macleans.ca • 22nd July 2022

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.

TheBay.com • 24th June 2022

Bold Lines, Bright Future

Ojibway artist Patrick Hunter on seeing Canada through a different lens.

The Bay.com • 2nd June 2022

Bead by Bead

Blu Hummingbird designer Brit Ellis on making art through a Haudenosaunee lens.

Macleans.ca • 18th May 2022

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)

thestar.com • 13th May 2022

‘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.

TEACH Magazine • 9th May 2022

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.

Good Side • 12th April 2022

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.

Hot Docs • 1st April 2022

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.