Maryanne Pearce’s Database: An Awkward Silence

A database that lists 3329 murdered, missing indigenous women in Canada

Read these names, they are real women with families and loved ones, and this list just keeps growing.

The Urban Rez: Viceland’s RISE

Part of the new VICELAND show Rise, The Urban Rez is episode five, and this is the chilling description…

Karihwanoron: Precious Things

You have to watch this video about a Mohawk immersion school founded to keep the Mohawk language and culture alive.

The Awareness Project: Inuit ‘I.D.’ system

Barry Pottle’s exhibition of 19 photos brings attention to the controversial Inuit…

The Oka Crisis

The Oka Crisis was a 78-day standoff (11 July–26 September 1990) between Mohawk protesters, Quebec police, and the Canadian army. The point of tension was a proposed expansion of a golf course and development of condominiums on disputed land that included a Mohawk burial ground.

the Haudenosaunee Confederacy

Heading into the Word on the Street (literary festival) I noticed that part of my host notes refer to the event being held on the “traditional territory of the Haudenosaunee.” The event is held down at the Harbourfront Centre in Toronto, so, it made sense to do a bit of…

Seven Fallen Feathers: Racism, Death and Hard Truths in a Northern City

Artist Spotlight: Ferron

The Highway of Tears