Exploring Theme: "Cultural Issues"

World Intellectual Property Organization passed treaty to protect some traditional knowledge APTN News: Imitations of Inuit art and artifacts — mass-produced for profit — are all over the internet. A quick search for an ulu on Amazon, for example, brings up dozens of knives which claim to be the real thing. One such knife that Bernice...

APTN News: Métis artist Juliet Mackie was surfing the web one day when she found a design of a pair of beaded earrings that looked remarkably like one of her own. But in this case – they were cheap copies of her work being sold by an international corporation online. “I got surprised initially, then...

Airline says it’s reviewing its policies following ‘regrettable incident’ CBC News: Air Canada says it’s sorry after staff tried to stow away the headdress of the Assembly of First Nations’ national chief in cargo storage before the departure of a flight Wednesday. The company said in a statement Thursday it’s apologizing to National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak, who...

Indigenous artists, senator say legislation is needed to protect artists’ work You’ve probably seen Andy Everson’s work – without even knowing it. The K’ómoks and Kwakwa̱ka̱’wakw artist is the creative mind behind a popular Every Child Matters logo that’s on orange T-shirts across the country.  “The Every Child Matters [image] is near and dear to my...