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Cast your vote on Depp’s modern take on old Hollywood Indian sidekick . . . → Read More: POLL: Is Johnny Depp’s ‘Tonto’ a salute or slight to native people? Your guide to Aboriginal politicians in provincial and territorial governments As I’ve pointed out in my previous ‘Who’s Who’ posts, a small but growing number of Aboriginal people have been running for and winning seats in the federal government. Now here’s a quick overview of how many Aboriginal people are already sitting in provincial and territorial [...] . . . → Read More: An Aboriginal Who’s Who of Canadian Politics: Provincial/Territorial Version After a record number of Aboriginal candidates participated in the last federal election, just how browner is Canada’s parliament? As you can see in this updated ‘Who’s Who’ of Aboriginal politicians in Canada’s Parliament, the numbers have risen slightly, but the biggest gains have been within the Conservative ranks. Read on! The House of Commons Made up of [...] . . . → Read More: UPDATED: An Aboriginal Who’s Who of Canadian Politics If you can speak any of this country’s 65 or so Aboriginal languages, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) may have a job for you. According to an ad on their website, Canada’s spy agency is seeking “Translators / Interpreters – Foreign and Aboriginal Languages” who among other things, “possess an excellent ability to work [...] . . . → Read More: Aboriginal language speakers: Canada’s spy agency wants you! It’s federal election time in Canada and across the country campaigns are in full swing. Whether you choose to vote or not, here’s a quick look at Aboriginal involvement in the 41st federal election, and information about some interesting ridings to watch. Keep in mind that, as per Elections Canada rules, the deadline for nominations is [...] . . . → Read More: An Aboriginal Who’s Who of Canada’s 2011 Federal Election The Department of Indian & Northern Affairs Canada (INAC) seems poised to oversee the process of verifying Métis identity, at least according to a contract award notice on the government’s tendering service website, MERX. A branch of INAC, the Office of the Federal Interlocutor for Métis and Non-Status Indians has tentatively awarded a contract of between $50,000 to 100,000 for [...] . . . → Read More: Canada to oversee Métis identity process? aptn National News had a very interesting story on Friday (Jan 14/11) which you can now view on their website. After supposedly hearing a flood of complaints from its residents, the Cree community of Ouje-Bougoumou in northern Quebec has taken the rather unusual step of banning ‘native spirituality practices’ including sweatlodges, pow wows, rain dances, etc. It [...] . . . → Read More: Quebec First Nation bans ‘native spirituality’ With so many people getting news & info from social networks, we thought it prudent to see which Aboriginal politicians and groups are capitalizing on this trend and using Twitter to get their message out. Of the five Aboriginal elected Members of Parliament in the House of Commons, only three are on Twitter: Leona Aglukkaq (Inuit), CON [...] . . . → Read More: An Aboriginal Who’s Who of Canadian Politics (Twitter version) On the 4th night at imagineNATIVE 2010, Rick Harp caught up with Cree director Kent Monkman. His film, ‘Dance to Miss Chief’ was screening as part of the festival’s ‘Dancing Queenz’ program. . . . → Read More: VIDEO: imagineNATIVE 2010, DAY 4 > Screening: ‘DANCING QUEENZ!’ Amidst the hip-hop-rock of Red Slam Collective, the soulful sound of Inez and the funktastic flow of Martha Redbone, MEDIA INDIGENA caught up with artist Tasha Hubbard at THE BEAT, imagineNATIVE’s annual Saturday music event, moved this year to Toronto’s legendary Lee’s Palace. We asked Hubbard why she makes a point of coming to the festival year [...] . . . → Read More: VIDEO: imagineNATIVE 2010, DAY 4 > ‘THE BEAT’: Music Night It was a sold-out house that greeted the director of New Zealand’s top-grossing film of all time, Taika Waititi on imagineNATIVE’s Opening Night screening, on Thursday, Oct. 20. The Canadian premiere of ‘BOY’ was a much-anticipated movie from an artist who’s become a fan favorite after many return visits to the festival. MEDIA INDIGENA was there to capture [...] . . . → Read More: VIDEO: imagineNATIVE 2010, DAY 1 > Opening Night Screening: ‘BOY’ File Under Miscellaneous 7 min | 2010 | Canada Written & Directed by Jeff Barnaby. Starring Glenn Gould Screening as part of imagineNATIVE’s “Moon Shine: Shorts Program,” Thur. OCT 21 @ 9:15 pm, Al Green Theatre (750 Spadina Ave.) MI Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5) —————— ◊ —————— A nightmarish medical facility with shades of Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four is the setting of [...] . . . → Read More: REVIEW: “File Under Miscellaneous” at imagineNATIVE 2010 Things got off to a great start today with opening comments from imagineNATIVE staff and board members along with stirring performances by traditional dancers and drummers at the official Welcome Reception, held every year at Toronto’s Native Canadian Centre. In the “live on location” videos below, we catch up to two of the many, many people [...] . . . → Read More: VIDEO: imagineNATIVE 2010, DAY 1 > Welcome Reception What should be a pretty interesting meeting takes place tomorrow in Ottawa, where the Senate Standing Committee on Aboriginal Peoples is going to examine “the progress made on commitments endorsed by Parliamentarians of both Chambers since the Government’s [2008] apology to former students of Indian Residential Schools.” In other words, how far has Canada come since [...] . . . → Read More: Canada’s Senate set to hear how far we’ve come post-Apology Photos from yesterday’s rally for First Nations education in Ottawa. Slideshow: Fullscreen: Photography by Tim Fontaine & Martha Troian . . . → Read More: PHOTOS: First Nations education rally Remember when I said that, beginning Sept. 1, the province of Ontario was going to be honouring point-of-sale tax exemptions for its (8%) portion of the 13% Harmonized Sales Tax (HST)? Well, it seems some retailers didn’t get the message. While shopping today, I flashed my trusty Secure Certificate of Indian Status at both Walmart and [...] . . . → Read More: Why are First Nations still paying Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) in Ontario? Quick update to Rick’s post: Ken Wyatt has been elected to Australia’s House of Representatives, making him the first indigenous MP in that country’s history. But ABC Australia is reporting that Wyatt has been receiving hate mail, something the Aboriginal politician dismissed. “Let’s move on from that — what’s more important is the way in which we move [...] . . . → Read More: UPDATE: Australia elects first Aboriginal MP Not sure why I’m so tickled by this, but during a recent arctic tour Canada’s Prime Minister reportedly got down to some local drumming in Inuvik, NWT. And I’m pretty sure that’s newly appointed Minister of Indian & Northern Affairs John Duncan right beside him. If anyone has video of this pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeease send it our way. [...] . . . → Read More: Harper busts a move in Inuvik Are you a Status Indian living in Ontario? Have you bought anything there in the past two months off-reserve and paid sales tax? If ‘yes’ on both fronts, beginning Sept. 1, you can submit your claim for a refund of the Ontario portion (8%) of the province’s new 13% Harmonized Sales Tax (HST). To claim it, you [...] . . . → Read More: HST rebates: A how-to for Status Indians living in Ontario In this installment of our weekly Tuesday sitdown on STREETZ 104.7 FM, Rick Harp and THE WORD host Lady V discuss the website “BEAT NATION” – home of hip-hop Indigenous-style – and touch on a debate over the appropriateness of hip-hop being used to share Aboriginal cultures. Rick also talks about Australia’s Desert Art Centre which uses [...] . . . → Read More: AUDIO: Discussing contemporary Aboriginal cultures on STREETZ-FM |
     
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