Exploring Theme: "Indigenous Cultural Success"

For travellers who want to learn, Winnipeg offers many Indigenous cultural landmarks. It’s not where you visit, but the spirit in which you come that’s key. By Steve Lyons Special to the Star Toronto Star: Nothing has helped me see the world in a clearer way than actually getting out and seeing it. Learning about the history...

Writer and documentary maker Tanya Talaga, producer and writer Jennifer Podemski and APTN CEO Monika Ille on why Indigenous TV matters. Toronto Star: There’s a scene in Tanya Talaga’s docuseries “The Knowing” in which she and Indigenous elder Darrell Boissoneau visit a train bridge in Garden River First Nation in Ontario that, for more than...

NationTalk: On view: 101 beadworks by 44 First Nations, Inuit and Métis artists ranging from wearable art and portraiture to installation and video, connecting past and present. Beading is one of the defining mediums of contemporary Indigenous art on this continent. Until September 30, 2024, the National Gallery of Canada (NGC) will present Radical Stitch,...

From: Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada NationTalk: Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada, OTTAWA – Traditional Unceded Algonquin TerritoryToday, the Honourable Gary Anandasangaree, Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations; the Honourable Dan Vandal, Minister of Northern Affairs, Minister responsible for PrairiesCan and CanNor; the Honourable Patty Hajdu, Minister of Indigenous Services, Minister responsible for FedNor; and Member...

The Mary Webb Gathering Place is expected to open next summer CBC News: Construction is underway for Flat Bay Band-No’kmaq Village’s new healing centre. In an announcement on Friday, the facility officially got its name — which recognizes vital community member Mary Webb. The centre will be called the Mary Webb Gathering Place and it’s expected to open...

Historic totem pole was taken without consent in 1929 from First Nation in northwestern B.C. Brenna Owen · The Canadian Press  CBC News: A memorial totem pole belonging to members of the Nisga’a Nation in northwestern British Columbia is about to begin its journey home from the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh, where it has been...

NationTalk: Infrastructure Canada – Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory, Ontario — Today, the Honourable Marc Miller, Minister of Crown-Indigenous, Callie Hill, Executive Director of Tsi Tyónnheht Onkwawén:na Language and Cultural Centre, and Chief R. Donald Maracle, Elected Chief of the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte, announced a federal investment of $9.6 million to support the construction...

$130M redevelopment inching forward as title transferred to Southern Chiefs, but financing questions remain CBC News: There were only three floors open to the public when the former Bay department store in downtown Winnipeg was shuttered for good in November 2020. The Hudson’s Bay Company’s Manitoba flagship had been withering for decades, floor closure after floor...