tag: ontario

Duke Redbird
Duke Redbird’s activism initially rose from hardship, and he turned to writing after encountering racism and discrimination in school.
Sweetgrass Ice Cream by Zach Keeshig
What’s on The Menu? Join Native America Calling’s special feature on Indigenous food.
Killers of the Flower Moon
The Osage Nation is celebrating a major milestone for a film that shares an otherwise difficult time in the tribe’s history.
Piapot, Saskatchewan
A Canadian news documentary focuses on the Native identity claims of one of the most celebrated performers in entertainment history.
Henry Boucha - Warroad Warrior
Henry Boucha (Ojibwe) served as an inspiration for many Native hockey athletes and fans. He passed away on September 18, 2023, at the age of 72.
Iqaluit, Nunavut
Criminal charges have been laid against three family members who lied about being indigenous for personal and monetary gain.
Geewadin Elliott
A Native man from Canada who dedicated his life to economic development in Indigenous communities was killed in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Elizabeth Hoover
A scholar who has made a name for herself in Native food sovereignty has vowed to stop claiming to be of “Mohawk/Mi’kmaq descent” despite doing so for decades.
The Pretendians
A new documentary tackles a topic that continues to generate controversy. Why are so many people claiming to be Indian?
Richard Oakes
Richard Thasriwasatse Oakes changed our culture, our politics, our economies.
Pope Francis
No Native entity knows the answers and to truly heal we need our children returned to our homes.
Prince Rupert, British Columbia
Three young Indigenous people died under mysterious circumstances in Prince Rupert in British Columbia. The investigations into their deaths were inadequate.
Pope Francis
Tens of thousands of Native children suffered abuse at residential schools run by the Catholic Church, all with the compliance of the Canadian government.
Michelle Latimer
What we are facing has been, and continues to be, a settler colonial crisis, which under its current guise, seeks to replace us.
Black Hills Land Defenders
As the political landscape changes, the LandBack movement gathers momentum as never before.
Wendy Phillips
Indigenous ceremonies have been central to Indigenous health and well-being since time immemorial.
Doug George-Kanentiio
True peace will come about when Native residential school children, now buried, arise and are returned to the embrace of their ancestors in their home territories.
Orange Shirt Day
People ask why the residential-boarding school survivors, their respective families and supporters wear orange.
Derek Chauvin Trial March
Killing another human is what police officers can do with an almost complete immunity from prosecution.
indigenousfashionweek
Indigenous Fashion Week Toronto once again took the world by storm, only virtually this time around.