Feature Image: Gakijiwanong Anishinaabe Nation, 2023. (Photo courtesy of Outside Looking In) A celebration of Indigenous dance, music and visual art will take center stage at Toronto’s Meridian Hall as award-winning Anishinaabe artist Tamara Podemski produces Outside Looking In’s 17th Annual Showcase. The two-performance showcase (11 a.m. and 7 p.m.) will take place on Friday, ... The post Tamara Podemski Produces Canada’s Largest Indigenous Youth Showcase in Toronto appeared first on MUSKRAT Magazine ..read more

lək̓ʷəŋən (Lekwungen) Traditional Territory, of the Esquimalt and Songhees Nations (Greater Victoria, B.C), March 12, 2024: Introducing smart automation to support First Nations’ traditions and governance with a strategy and timeline tool for elections management; creating a quicker and easier way to accommodate community needs. OneFeather have announced the release of the Elections Estimator, a tool that uses ... The post OneFeather Launches New AI Tool for First Nations’ Elections appeared first on MUSKRAT Magazine ..read more

Image: Sequoia Gift Box, courtesy of sequoia.ca. Sequoia Proudly Indigenous is pleased to share that March 19, 2024 will be our 20th Anniversary and we could not be more proud of this achievement for a female owned business during Women’s History Month. “I cannot believe it’s been 20 years. I did name the business Sequoia ... The post Sequoia Proudly Celebrates its 20th Anniversary appeared first on MUSKRAT Magazine ..read more

Calgary, AB – TELUS Spark Science Centre presents Indigenous Science Night: Frequencies, an evening of Indigenous science programming featuring Knowledge Keepers, speakers, scientists, and artists, on Friday, March 22, 2024, from 5:00 PM to 10:00 PM. This Indigenous Science Night welcomes guests of all backgrounds to learn the stories and science of the first thunder ... The post INDIGENOUS SCIENCE NIGHT: FREQUENCIES, AT TELUS SPARK! appeared first on MUSKRAT Magazine ..read more

In my hands I held centuries. When I was visiting the Nova Scotia Archives in Wikumkewiku’s September 2023, I looked over treaty documents under the helpful, watchful gaze of the archivists who worked there. The faded signatures of the 18th century Peace and Friendship Treaties were illuminated by warm lights on the paper-thin hide. As ... The post Treaty Road appeared first on MUSKRAT Magazine ..read more

Based on a collaborative audio-visual exhibition of the Truth and Reconciliation (TRC) Calls to Actions, Treaty Space Gallery and CIMADE Lab’s “94 Calls to Action,” which runs from January 15 to February 2, 2024 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, invites viewers to record a Call to Action in order to add their voice to the choir. ... The post 94 Calls to Action Upholding Accountability at the Treaty Space Gallery appeared first on MUSKRAT Magazine ..read more

Featured Image: Inuit throat singer Nina Segalowitz and Métis multidisciplinary artist Moe Clark, TheWords and Music Show:Enkonkara Tonhase – Let Me Tell You A Story. Photo by Shannon Webb-Campbell, 2023. Colonial borders and academic pedagogy like to keep things separate, to compartmentalize. To define, determine and separate. But Indigenous Peoples have celebrated and fused stories and songs ... The post The Words and Music Show: Enkonkara Tonhase – Let Me Tell You A Story appeared first on MUSKRAT Magazine ..read more

Feature Image: Migration Cycles (2002). Lithograph (14/20). Government of Newfoundland and Labrador Collection, The Rooms. When I travelled to Ktaqmkuk this past summer to see Mi’kmaw-settler artist Jerry Evans’ retrospective Weljesi at the Rooms Provincial Art Gallery in St. John’s, I stood before his incredible vast body of work and cried tears of joy. The celebration of ... The post Jerry Evans’ ‘Weljesi’ appeared first on MUSKRAT Magazine ..read more

Feature Image: Installation view of Emmitukwemk : The Visit, 2023. Image courtesy of The Blue Building Gallery. Photo: Ryan Josey. One month before internationally renowned Mi’kmaw artist Ursula Johnson was preparing for a three-month long residency in Venice, Italy as part of a Fellowship with Ocean Space and TBA21 in 2022, she heard a voice ... The post Ursula Johnson’s Emmitukwemk: The Visit appeared first on MUSKRAT Magazine ..read more

“In setter colonial nations like Canada and Israel, true peace and justice require some form of truth and reconciliation. But reconciliation and healing do not come without truth. And the truth is, a genocide is being carried out in Gaza AND the West Bank right now. It’s been underway for 76 years.” Azeezah Kanji is ... The post Truth Before Reconciliation in Palestine appeared first on MUSKRAT Magazine ..read more