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The REDress Project
The REDress Project focuses on the issue of missing or murdered Aboriginal women across Canada. It is an installation art project based on an aesthetic response to this critical national issue. The project has been installed in public spaces throughout Canada and the United States as a visual reminder of the staggering number of women who are no longer with us.
Learn about Ruth Cuthand
Artist Ruth Cuthand was born in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, of plains Cree, Scottish and Irish ancestry. Her creative practice ranges from printmaking, painting, drawing, photography, and beadwork and influenced by her childhood experiences of diseases, settler/Native relationships and living conditions of Indigenous peoples.
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Activist Filmmaker: Alanis Obomsawin
Alanis Obomsawin is an acclaimed director and activist filmmaker. Obomsawin always focuses on the importance of her roots and intergenerational bonds in preserving First Nations culture. Her works are driven by the desire to give Canada’s first peoples a voice.
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Indigenous Leaders: Shina Novalinga
Shina Novalinga is an Inuit throat singer. In the early 20th century, Christian missionaries banned throat singing, and much was lost. Shina along with her mother uses Tik Tok and Instagram to preserve throat singing and celebrate Inuit culture. Follow her on TikTok
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See the work of KC Adams
KC Adams is a Winnipeg-based Indigenous and social activist artist who brings out the dynamic relationship between nature (the living) and technology (progress) through art works. Visit her website to explore her art works ranging a wide variety of style.
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Visit IndigenARTSY.com
Learn about Indigenous arts and support Indigenous artists, by visiting the IndigenARTSY website created by the Indigenous Arts Collective of Canada. You can shop, search by artist and learn about medicines.
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Watch: Indigenous Cities
Experience stories from the cities you thought you knew, with Indigenous Cities, an audio storytelling experience, from Indigenous artists living in the cities known as Vancouver, Saskatoon, and Ottawa
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Listen: Métis in Space
Looking for a fresh take on Science Fiction? Listen to otipêyimisiw-iskwêwak kihci-kîsikohk (Métis in Space), a podcast of two Indigenous women reviewing Science Fiction through an Indigenous lens.
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Follow beaders on Instagram
Follow incredible Indigenous beaders on Instagram and consider purchasing their work, including:
Jaymie Campbell – White Otter Design Co
Syke Paul – RunningFoxBeads
Elias Jade Not Afraid – EliasNotAfraid
Lenise Omeasoo – AntelopeWomanDesigns
Hollis Chitto – Hchitto
Catherine Blackburn – CatherineBJewellery
Tania Larsson – Tania.Larsson
Tayler Gutierrez – Kamamabeadwork
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Follow Indigenous Women Photographers
Read and follow tea&bannock, a collective blog by indigenous women photographers, and get to know their incredible work.
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Watch: Brown Town Muddy Water
Brown Town Muddy Water honours the relationship between Indigenous people and the meeting place known as The Forks.
This film chronicles musicians who shaped Winnipeg’s main street in the 1960’s like the late Percy Tuesday, Errol Ranville and Billy Joe Green. For the emerging urban Aboriginal community, echoes of home sounded through music, dance, story and gatherings. Peoples lived experiences of emergence, segregation, racism, camaraderie and resistance are as resilient as the downtown streets of Winnipeg. The professional musicians that grew up on this notorious strip paved the road to success for forthcoming generations of Indigenous artists.
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Learn about Indigenous history while crafting
Lance Cardinal created Family Art Adventures to be more than just a craft show. He wanted to teach Cree and about Alberta’s Indigenous communities. He posts new episodes on Saturday mornings.
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Digital Art Gallery Tour
Take a digital tour of the Wanuskewin Art Gallery. Wrapped in Culture is a collaborative project that brings together ten Indigenous artists from Australia and Canada, led by Métis artist Rosalie Favell.
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Stories Are in Our Bones
Watch the NFB’s Stories Are in Our Bones
Filmmaker Janine Windolph takes her young sons fishing with their kokum, a residential school survivor who retains a deep knowledge and memory of the land. The act of reconnecting with their homeland is a cultural and familial healing journey for the boys, who are growing up in the city.
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Read writing on Reconciliation
Read the works of Richard Van Camp, a proud member of the Dogrib (Tlicho) Nation from Fort Smith, NWT, Canada from Fort Smith, NWT. He is a graduate of the En’owkin International School of Writing, the University of Victoria’s Creative Writing BFA Program, and the Master’s Degree in Creative Writing at the University of British Columbia.
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Watch N’we Jinan produced music videos
N’we Jinan works to amplify voices and stories of Indigenous youth by providing tools to create communication. They work to validate the narratives and experiences of young people and supplies platforms, like Facebook, through which they can share with and further relate to their greater community.
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Support Indigenous Theatre
Gordon Tootoosis Nīkānīwin Theatre is an ambitious theatre company based in Saskatoon that presents unique Indigenous theatre and youth programs. Attend their plays or donate. If Indigenous theatre is not in your community, read plays by longtime GTNT contributor, playwright/actor Curtis Peeteetuce or Canadian icon Thomson Highway.
Also, check out the Poundmaker Indigenous Performance Festival, with it’s goal of celebrating the talent and diversity of local Indigenous singers, dancers, poets, and actors.
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Read One Thunderous Voice: A Youth E-Journalism Project
One Thunderous Voice is a project that brings together Indigenous and non-Indigenous youth to engage in e-journalism projects at community events focused on Truth and Reconciliation. Teachers and students from two schools have joined forces: the Constable Robin Cameron Education Complex at Beardy’s & Okemasis Cree Nation, and Aden Bowman Collegiate Institute in Saskatoon, SK.
Read MoreFollow These Indigenous Visual Artists
Allen Sapp was a Cree painter from Red Pheasant Cree Nation who resided in North Battleford, Saskatchewan. His art and his story have become well known throughout Canada.
Daphne Odjig was a Canadian First Nations artist of Odawa-Potawatomi-English heritage. Her painting is often characterized as Woodlands Style. She was the driving force behind the Professional Native Indian Artists Association, colloquially known as the Indian Group of Seven.
Alex Simeon Janvier is a pioneer of contemporary Canadian Aboriginal art in Canada and a member of the Indigenous Group of Seven. He was born in Cold Lake First Nation and is of Dene and Saultaux descent.
Jerry Whitehead is a Cree artist from Peter Chapman First Nation. Powwow and powwow dancers have remained an important theme and inspiration for his work.
Christi Belcourt is a Métis visual artist and author best known for her acrylic paintings which depict floral patterns inspired by Métis and First Nations historical beadwork art. Belcourt’s work often focuses on questions around identity, culture, place and divisions within communities.
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Visit Indigenous Art Galleries
Find art galleries in your community that showcase the work of Indigenous artists. Visual and performance artists that focus on Indigenous historical, traditional and contemporary art can inspire and educate. Here are some around Saskatchewan: Wanuskewin, First Nations University Art Gallery, Sâkêwêwak Artists’ Collective Regina
Or visit The Allen Sapp Gallery: The Gonor Collection virtually or in person in North Battleford!
Read MoreDiscover the Indigenous Group of Seven
The Indigenous Group of Seven in Muskrat Magazine
Jackson Beardy (Cree), Eddy Cobiness (Ojibway), Alex Janvier (Dene, Saulteaux), Norval Morrisseau (Ojibway), Daphne Odjig (Potawatomi, Odawa), Carl Ray (Cree) and Joseph Sanchez (Pueblo, Spanish, German) are the Indigenous visual artists that are now recognized as The Indigenous Group of Seven. Read about their contributions!
Read Indigenous Poetry
Muskrat Magazine on Indigenous Poetry
CBC’s List of 5 Indigenous Poetry Collections
Saskatoon Indigenous Poets Society
Use these sources to connect with the outstanding voices in Canada’s poetry scene. Interested in spoken word poetry? Some prominent and inspiring voices include Tenille Campbell, Kevin Wesaquate, Zoey Pricelys Roy, and ecoaborijanelle.
Connect with us to recommend an Indigenous poet!
Read MoreDiscover new artists through the sākihiwē festival
sākihiwē festival (formerly Aboriginal Music Week) is a music festival in Winnipeg, Manitoba which presents Indigenous artists from around the world performing hip hop, electronic, traditional, world, folk, rock, country and blues music.
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Learn About the Significance of Indigenous Drums
The Native Drums web project is a diverse dialogue on culture, history and traditional knowledge with Indigenous cultural partners, educational institutions, government and private industry. Centred around the central themes of drums and music of Canadian First Peoples, Native Drums traces the history, mythology, and significance of the drum in traditional societies of Canada’s Eastern Woodlands, compared with Western Coastal regions in terms of history, arts and culture.
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Follow the Indigenous Music Awards
The Manito Ahbee Festival celebrates Indigenous arts, culture, and music in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The festival presents the Indigenous Music Awards and much more with a mission to celebrate Indigenous culture and heritage to unify, educate and inspire.
Read MoreListen to or Watch The Secret Path
This 10 song album by Gord Downie (the Tragically Hip) tells the story of 12-year-old Chanie Wenjack of Marten Falls First Nation. Young Chanie escaped from Cecilia Jeffrey Indian Residential School in 1966 and died while trying to make his way home.
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Listen to Indigenous Musicians
Indigenous Musicians on CBC Music
Listen to episodes of Reclaimed, CBC’s Indigenous music program. Get to know nominees and winners of the Indigenous Music Awards. Watch videos showcasing Canada’s top Indigenous musicians. Here are some lists and artists to start you off!
We hate trying to fit these genre-defying artists into categories, but hope it will help you find your next favourite artist.
FOLK, ROCK, SINGER/SONGWRITER Buffy Saint-Marie, Andrea Menard, Digging Roots, Susan Aglukark, Winston Wuttunee, John Arcand, Tomson Highway
ALTERNATIVE Tanya Tagaq, iskwē, Jeremy Dutcher, Melody McKiver
CLASSICAL Cris Derksen
COUNTRY Crystal Shawanda, Shane Yellowbird
ELECTRONIC A Tribe Called Red
HIP HOP T-Rhyme, Eekwol, Drezus, JB The First Lady, Joey Stylez
TRADITIONAL Northern Cree
Want to recommend an artist for this list? Send it to us!
Read MoreLearn About Indigenous Artists Working Towards Reconciliation
“Beyond the Secret Path” on CBC
From musicians to visual and performance artists to authors, learn more about six Indigenous artists making powerful work about Reconciliation.
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Watch a Short Indigenous Film for Younger Audiences
Look at the National Film Board’s website to find short films for younger learners (ages 6 – 11) by Indigenous filmmakers from across Canada.
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Watch an Indigenous Kids’ TV Show
Indigenous Children’s TV Shows
The Aboriginal Peoples Television Network has many Indigenous children’s TV shows to choose from, including for example Louis Says, a show about an Aboriginal elder who speaks mostly Cree and a 10-year old boy who speaks only English. Some episodes can also be watched online.
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Attend a cultural event at a Friendship Centre in your community
Friendship Centres provide services to urban Indigenous communities. Friendship Centres were first established in the 1950s, and there are now more than 100 Centres across Canada. Find your local Friendship Centre through the National Association of Friendship Centres or visit:
Aboriginal Friendship Centres of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon Indian & Métis Friendship Centres
Attend the John Arcand Fiddle Fest
A family-friendly festival packed with fiddle, guitar and jigging workshops and concerts, and a Métis cultural camp including finger weaving, beading, storytelling and dancing.
Read MoreListen to Indigenous Podcasts
Media Indigena
New Journeys
9 Great Podcasts hosted by Indigenous Women
From arts and culture to activism and current events, peruse these lists of Indigenous podcasts to listen and learn!
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Watch Elder in the Making
Elder in the Making is a 95 minute documentary about a Blackfoot First Nation man and a Chinese Canadian newcomer embarking on a spiritual journey across traditional Blackfoot territory rediscovering their shared heritage.
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Watch Reserve 107
Reserve 107 is a documentary about recent Reconciliation initiatives in the prairies. The film documents the Reconciliation of land between the Young Chippewayan First Nation and the town of Laird, Saskatchewan.
Read MoreWatch Muffins for Granny
Muffins for Granny Excerpt
Telling the urgent story of how the Canadian residential school system affected her grandmother’s life, filmmaker Nadia McLaren weaves together home movies with accounts from seven other survivors to document this painful period of Canadian history.
Watch We Were Children
We Were Children at the National Film Board
This National Film Board film explores the residential school experience through the perspective of two children. This film has disturbing content that would not make it suitable for youth.
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Read or Watch Wawahte: Stories of Residential School Survivors
In 2015, the Wawahte book was made into an educational documentary that combines archival images with clips of Residential School survivors sharing their stories.
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Watch or Read Indian Horse
Indian Horse is an award-winning novel by Richard Wagamese, which was also made into an outstanding feature film. It “sheds light on the dark history of Canada’s Residential Schools and the indomitable spirit of Indigenous people.”
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Watch short docs on Indigenous Peoples
CBC Docs has compiled a list of must-watch Indigenous documentaries and you can access them all at the above link.
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Visit National Film Board for Indigenous-made Films
Visit the National Film Board website to see their rich online collection of Indigenous-made films.
Read MoreWatch Indigenous Films & Series
Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN) is the source for Indigenous content–from movies to programs to news.
Inspired by the imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival in 2014, this list of Indigenous films is a great starting point for a journey into Indigenous cinema history: Indigenous Film Trailers.
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Support Indigenous Jewelry Designers
There are incredible Indigenous jewelry designers that you can support by purchasing their work. Make sure you’re buying from an authentic retailer or try shopping online directly from the artist!
Read MoreKnow What You Can & Can’t Wear to Avoid Cultural Appropriation
An Open Letter to Non-Natives in Headdresses
âpihtawikosisân is a blog about law, language and culture written by Chelsea Vowel from a Métis perspective. This article offers insight into what are restricted and non-restricted items and symbols when it comes to fashion and design.
“But Why Can’t I Wear a Hipster Headdress?”
Native Appropriations is a website that offers a forum for discussing representations of Indigenous peoples. This article explores the practice of non-Indigenous people wearing headdresses. It’s also a great site for discussions around stereotypes, cultural appropriation, news and more.
Know the Difference Between Cultural Appreciation & Cultural Appropriation
CBC’s radio show Tapestry explores the difference between cultural appreciation and cultural appropriation. Listen here to become more informed.
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