Haida basketmaker, 94, releases book about her life and craft: ‘I felt so strongly that the weaving art should continue’
Delores Churchill’s ‘From a Square to a Circle: Haida Basketry’ has been decades in the making and features family stories as well as a how-to guide on weaving Delores Churchill’s ‘From a Square to a Circle: Haida Basketry’ has been decades in the making and features family stories as well as a how-to guide on weaving
To celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day, IllumiNative shared this video abd said “to uplight our community, raise our voice and share our Native Power!”
What is Native Power? It’s a tradition of excellence we all carry and have the opportunity to recognize and celebrate every day. Uplift your Native Power by sharing this video using the hashtag #CelebrateNativePower.
Heroes by Wab Kinew
Dedicated to some heroes from the Aboriginal community
Lakota Nation vs. United States premieres at Tribeca Film Festival. Written and narrated by acclaimed Oglala poet Layli LongSoldier, co-directed by Jesse Short Bull and Laura Tomaselli, with original soundtrack by Raven Chacon, this powerful new documentary is a searing testament to the strength of the Oyate and a visually stunning rejoinder to the distorted image of a people long-shaped by Hollywood.
Gord Hill is a member of the Kwakwaka’wakw nation whose territory is located on northern Vancouver Island and adjacent mainland in the province of “British Columbia. He has been involved in Indigenous people’s and anti-globalization movements since 1990. He has published – The 500 Years of Resistance Comic Book (2010) The Anti-Capitalist Resistance Comic Book: From the WTO to the G20 (2012) The Antifa Comic Book (2018) Direct Action Gets the Goods: A Graphic History of the Strike in Canada (2019) The 500 Years of Indigenous Resistance Comic Book: Revised and Expanded (2021) all available online
This week is the anniversary of the start of the Oka Crisis, a 78 day armed stand-off between Mohawk Warriors and the Canadian state, so here a few of videos about it.
The Oka Crisis in 5 minutes
Waneek Horn Miller, Olympic athlete and Pan Am Games leader, talks about her painful, personal memories of the Oka Crisis.
Remembering the Oka crisis, 30 years later
Oka Crisis 1990 part 2
