Today on Urban Nation LIVE, home to my alter-media-ego on Winnipeg’s STREETZ FM, I had the opportunity to discuss the provocative thesis of my friend Chris Powell‘s new book, “Barbaric Civilization: A Critical Sociology of Genocide.” An assistant professor of sociology at the University of Manitoba, Powell’s thesis is provocative because he applies the book’s radical premise — that “civilization produces genocides” — not only to places like Rwanda and Nazi [...] . . . → Read More: INTERVIEW: Prof. Chris Powell on why ‘Canada’ and ‘genocide’ can and should belong in the same sentence
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Quick plug for a Kickstarter project trying to raise funds for a doc about a small, beleaguered Indigenous community on Isle de Jean Charles, Louisiana. According to filmmakers Evan Abramson and Carmen Elsa Lopez, the area’s coastal marshland is eroding at the equivalent of one football field every 30 minutes … Only a half-mile of Isle de [...] . . . → Read More: VIDEO: Island Indians’ last stand against forces of nature and commerce Appreciated energy behind this community-centered documentary telling the two-decades long history behind Vancouver’s annual march — now thousands-strong — in memory of murdered or missing women from the Downtown Eastside, “a neighbourhood deeply misunderstood.” Co-creators Alejandro Zuluaga and Harsha Walia have produced a doc that earnestly explores the “realities of women organizing for justice,” as [...] . . . → Read More: VIDEO: “Survival, Strength, Sisterhood” tells 20 year story of BC’s missing/murdered women march Amnesty International is presenting four simple yet engaging slideshows created by the Yakye Axa and Sawhoyamaxa communities in Paraguay, both of whom are “fighting to regain the right to live on their ancestral lands.” Other project partners include Photovoice and Tierra Viva. Below is one of the photographic slideshows, “Through Our Own Eyes: Water, Food and [...] . . . → Read More: PHOTOS: Indigenous communities in Paraguay tell their own stories The recent court-ordered release of a 50-second, silent video showing an Ottawa Police officer kicking Terry Delay, a homeless Aboriginal man, while in custody has me recalling other contentious clips. There’s enough of them out there that I thought I would make a compilation; I was struck by the number of them I could recall without [...] . . . → Read More: VIDEO: On-camera clashes between police and Aboriginal people Better late than never with the Nov. 16 edition of MEDIA INDIGENA on ‘THE WORD’ with host Lady V and MI’s Rick Harp as they discuss Aboriginal accounts to follow on Twitter for political junkies, and how Canada’s “Statement of Support” for the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples got immediately tested [...] . . . → Read More: AUDIO: Discussing Canada’s soft support of the UN Declaration; Aboriginal Political Twitterers Ho-leh, did the sparks fly at this debate in Vancouver. First, a little backstory: Ezra Levant, author of Ethical Oil: The Case for Canada’s Oil Sands, was originally scheduled to face off against Ben West of the Wilderness Committee over the premise of Levant’s book. And for most of the night, that’s just what they did. [...] . . . → Read More: VIDEO: Alberta Tar Sands debate gets down and dirty THE WORD’s Lady V and MI’s Rick Harp cover three recent posts this time out: on-line Native American voter activism and analysis; a new poll revealing a possible generation gap in how Canadians view Aboriginal peoples’ role in building the country; and, the controversial move by Chiefs in southern Manitoba to take seats on the [...] . . . → Read More: AUDIO: Native post-mort on US midterms; how Canada’s youth see Aboriginal history differently; Chiefs’ conflict of interest On this week’s chat with THE WORD’s Lady V, we announced details of our ticket giveaway for the ELECTRIC POWWOW, happening tonight in Winnipeg as part of Aboriginal Music Week. (Psst! One ticket is still up for grabs as of 12:28 pm Winnipeg time)! We also quickly discuss our comparison of the politics of potash with the [...] . . . → Read More: AUDIO: Ticket giveaway to ELECTRIC POWWOW DJ night in Winnipeg; the politics of potash and privatization 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’ As we busy ourselves preparing a longer piece about imagineNATIVE’s Opening Night Screening of BOY, we thought you might like this sneak preview of our post-screening chat with the film’s director Taika Waititi. We asked him why one of his main characters decided to name his 3-man gang ‘The Crazy Horses,’ plus, what we might expect [...] . . . → Read More: VIDEO: imagineNATIVE 2010, DAY 1 > Opening Night chat with Taika Waititi 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 Earlier today on THE WORD — guest hosted by Chris Spence — MI’s Rick Harp filed the first of many “live on location” reports from the 2010 imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival in downtown Toronto, ON. We also previewed our interview with acclaimed Aboriginal author Joseph Boyden, conducted by MI’s Martha Troian. MI on STREETZ, Oct. [...] . . . → Read More: AUDIO: imagineNATIVE 2010 sneak preview; author Joseph Boyden on STREETZ FM’s ‘THE WORD’ This week on MI’s Tuesday talk with THE WORD — first heard live on STREETZ 104.7 FM — Rick Harp and Lady V discuss the question of whether the recent Ontario court ruling on prostitution makes life safer or scarier for Aboriginal sex workers, as well as MI’s upcoming “live,” on-the-scene coverage of imagineNATIVE 2010. MI [...] . . . → Read More: AUDIO on STREETZ: Does ON court ruling help/hurt sex workers & imagineNATIVE 2010 Has it been a week already? MEDIA INDIGENA was back on STREETZ 104.7 FM — for its weekly Tuesday talk, heard first live on-air and on-line at noon central, 1 pm eastern — and this time, MI’s Rick Harp and THE WORD’s Lady V chatted about what they would have asked Winnipeg mayoral candidate Sam [...] . . . → Read More: AUDIO: MI & STREETZ discuss Winnipeg mayor no-show, Sisters in Spirit vigils, Islamic & Indigenous, ‘Mohawk Girls’ TV As we told you in a previous post, vigils for hundreds of missing and murdered Aboriginal women were held in over 70 communities across Canada on Monday. Martha Troian (Lac Seul Anishinabe) was at the vigil held on the steps of Canada’s Parliament and produced this multimedia presentation for MEDIA INDIGENA. Sisters in Spirit 2010 from MEDIA INDIGENA [...] . . . → Read More: SLIDESHOW: Sisters in Spirit vigil on Canada’s Parliament Hill This week’s MEDIA INDIGENA moment on THE WORD on STREETZ 104.7 FM — first broadcast live on-air and on-line every Tuesday at noon central, 1 pm eastern — had Rick Harp and Lady V discussing the failures of media coverage regarding accused serial-killer Robert Pickton. They also promoted an exciting opportunity for one lucky aspiring journalist [...] . . . → Read More: AUDIO: Critiquing coverage of Robert Pickton trial; CBC / Aboriginal film fest internship Last week, I caught a fascinating presentation at the University of Manitoba by David Hugill about his new book, Missing Women, Missing News: Covering Crisis in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. According to the publisher’s blurb, Hugill’s book ”examines newspaper coverage of the arrest and trial of Robert Pickton, the man charged with murdering 26 street-level sex workers from Vancouver’s [...] . . . → Read More: AUDIO: Interview with David Hugill, author of ‘Missing Women, Missing News’ This week on our regular segment with host Lady V of THE WORD, MI’s Rick Harp covered a cavalcade of content: our poll on Aboriginal people and the long-gun registry, Top 10 settler excuses, Gemini nominees, and some awesome Australian hip-hop. Call it a sweet week in review. To hear MEDIA INDIGENA live on [...] . . . → Read More: AUDIO: MEDIA INDIGENA Week-in-Review on THE WORD Photos from yesterday’s rally for First Nations education in Ottawa. Slide Show + -Full Screen Photography by Tim Fontaine & Martha Troian . . . → Read More: PHOTOS: First Nations education rally |
     
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