SweetGrass Band wins ‘Promising Group for 2014’ at bluegrass awards
By Mary Laronde ALDERVILLE FN – Chief JimBob Marsden’s bluegrass band, SweetGrass, has been named the “Promising Group for 2014” by the Central Canadian Bluegrass...
Aboriginal Pavilion – the best of indigenous arts and culture
By Barb Nahwegahbow Over a hundred people gathered at Toronto’s Fort York on November 18 to celebrate the launch of the Aboriginal Pavilion. A 14-member...
Book review: Don’t call it a comeback
By Christine Smith (McFarlane) The Comeback is a timely book in the sense that it is written at a time in which the political landscape...
Self-taught Native artist sells work world-wide
By Sharon Weatherall BEAUSOLEIL FIRST NATION – For 35 years now Ojibwe artist William Anthony Monague – “Abwaudung” – The Visionary or Dreamer, has been...
Beausoleil artist’s work featured at Georgian College campus
By Sharon Weatherall MIDLAND – Earlier this year, Beausoleil First Nation artist Clayton King was commissioned by Georgian College to create three First Nations paintings...
Norval Morrisseau biographer paints pages with words
By Laura E. Young SUDBURY – Armand Garnet Ruffo, author of a biography on Norval Morrisseau, paused, almost as if he was taking a deep...
Anishinaabe artists exhibit at Art Gallery of Ontario until end of November
By Barb Nahwegahbow TORONTO – Before and After the Horizon: Anishinaabe Artists of the Great Lakes, an exhibition currently at the Art Gallery of Ontario...