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The Artful Dodger Café and Music Emporium was full of energy as the Red Ride Tour made its stop in Regina. The concert featured tour organizer and musician Kristi Lane Sinclair along with Juno Award winner Derek Miller and local Regina artists Snake Oil Salesmen. The Red Ride...

Filmmakers hope an IndieGoGo crowd funding campaign will help fund an independent short film in Northern Alberta. Gods Acre tells the story of Frank: an Aboriginal bushman in his 50’s who has spent his entire life living off the land in isolation, following the roots and customs...

Up Ghost River: A Chief’s Journey through the Turbulent Waters of Native History Edmund Metatawabin and Alexandra Shimo Alfred A. Knopf Canada Publishing, 2014 317 pp. $20.06 Hardcover Amazon.ca ISBN 978 0 307 39987 8 Winner 2015 – CBC Bookie Award for Non-Fiction Finalist 2014 –...

I am in a community where I know no one except the people in the drum group I travel with. And yet as I sit here with my camera attempting to capture some beautiful images, I am struck by the sense of belonging I feel here. I love everything about the powwow. I am fascinated by...

A Call for Action on Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women: From Ignorance to Awareness to Responsibility In 2010, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper was quoted as saying “there is no history of colonization in Canada.”  In 2014, in reference to the call for a national...

Last month, I had the chance to travel to White Bear First Nation. I was grateful for the opportunity to join Joely Big Eagle and Lorne Kequahtooway from Buffalo People Arts Institute. They were offering individuals a chance to practice hide cleaning. As my colleague...

The number of reports, inquiries and recommendations that have been discussed and directed at us for our own well-being in Canada is astounding. The saying that we’ve been studied to death isn’t an oxymoron anymore for us, it’s a reality. So why call and demand...

Regina, SK – The MacKenzie Art Gallery is pleased to announce that 7: Professional Native Indian Artists Inc. received three awards for publishing at the Saskatchewan Book Awards on April 25, including the University of Regina Faculty of Education and Campion College Award for...