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For our final print edition of RezX Magazine, we feature activist, modern day decolonizer and former band councillor for Poundmaker, Colby Tootoosis on our cover. Other stories that fill out this edition include a reaction to the recently announced MMIWG (Missing and Murdered...

On August 3, 2016 Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada Minister, Carolyn Bennett, and Federal Justice Minister, Jody Wilson-Raybould announced the Terms of  Reference for the National Inquiry on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, as well they announced the names...

Some Say Stories are an Art There are many ways to explain storytelling. In spiritual ways, First Nations people understood the art and used this method as a key to communicate and to share historical knowledge. Since the beginning of time, however, almost all peoples around the...

SASKATOON – The number of Aboriginal students at the University of Saskatchewan (U of S) continues to rise. Official fall enrolment numbers confirm that 2,236 students at the U of S self-declare as Aboriginal, the highest number yet for the university. This total consists of...

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 –...

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...

Regina, SK – It was hard to mistake the sounds of drumming and singing in the University of Regina halls during the annual round dance last Friday. For the last three years, the Indigenous Students’ Association has hosted a round dance at the university for students, staff,...

Regina, SK – Last weekend, the First Nations University of Canada’s held their annual Winter Fest, which had many cultural and non-cultural activities for students and families. From jigging, neck bone eating contests to tug of wars and football, it was a way for...

What a night.  A small group of youth greeted us warmly as we waited to enter the gymnasium for the Taste of Scott (Scott Collegiate). The music was playing softly; and the room quickly filled with other eager guests clutching tickets to trade for the buffet of offerings that...