First Nations
Midnight Oil Sets Up Series of Live Concerts For The Makarrata Project
Midnight Oil Sets Up Series of Live Concerts For The Makarrata Project Midnight Oil received the Gold Medal for Human Rights from the Sydney Peace Foundation on Nov. 26 — photo credit: Pete Dawson Australian activist rock band Midnight Oil is supporting its 12th studio album, The Makarrata Project, with February and March performances in its homeland…
Q&A: Robbie Robertson on Why He Kept Quiet for Years About His Heritage
Q&A: Robbie Robertson on Why He Kept Quiet for Years About His Heritage Robbie Robertson on the Six Nations Reserve with his first ax — photo courtney of R.R.Robbie Robertson’s memoir, Testimony, covers a short but transformative period in the 73-year-old’s life — from birth to 1976. The former guitarist and principal songwriter in The Band, now a…
Q&A: Film Director Adam Garnet Jones Explores Unique First Nations Theme
Q&A: Film Director Adam Garnet Jones Explores Unique First Nations Theme Director Adam Garnet Jones — photo courtesy of Wolfe Video..Fire Song, by Canadian writer and director Adam Garnet Jones, is an LGBT drama never told before on screen and it is one that goes above and beyond the focus of sexuality. Released today (Nov. 8) on DVD and video-on-…
Q&A 'We Can't Make The Same Mistake Twice' Says Film Director Alanis Obomsawin
Q&A 'We Can't Make The Same Mistake Twice' Says Film Director Alanis Obomsawin National Chief Shawn A-in-chut Atleo addresses students — photo via National Film BoardBetween 2007 and 2016, the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) and the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada were locked in lengthy, sometimes Herculean…