IWD 2024: how will you inspire inclusion?

With well over a century of history and change, the first International Women’s Day (IWD) was held in March 1911. According to the campaign website,…

TIFF – Hey Viktor! Review by Adrian Jacobs (warning: this review has spoilers!)

Cody Lightning (writer, producer, actor, director), Hannah Cheeseman (actor, producer), Samuel Miller (co-writer), and Simon Baker (actor) – photo by Adrian Jacobs © 2023 Smoke…

Family Feud Canada kicks off season 5 with first-ever teachers’ week

CBC announced the eight Canadian schools that will be represented in the first-ever Family Feud Canada Teachers’ Week, premiering Sept. 18. Hosted by Gerry Dee,…

Reservation Dogs nominated for Peabody Award

Reservation Dogs was nominated for a Peabody award alongside 41 other nominees vying for the same, in categories that include: entertainment, arts, children’s/youth, podcast/radio, interactive…

Netflix’s Rez Ball announces star-studded cast

Rez Ball, an all-American underdog story about Indigenous kids told from the inside-out, is coming to Netflix and we now know who has been cast…

Logan Staats awarded TD Indigenous Songwriter Award

The SOCAN Foundation announced Logan Staats as the recipient of this year’s TD Indigenous Songwriter Award. The acclaimed Mohawk artist from Six Nations of the…

Tkaronto Music Festival set to make hometown debut

Tkaronto Music Festival (TKMF) continues to cement its legacy as one of the premier Indigenous-centred music festivals in southern Ontario. TKMF 2023 will celebrate National…

Six Nations youth partakes in New York Fashion Week

Jurnee Perkins is only seven years old but her confidence is out of this world. Her stage presence has already landed her the title of…

Swiss museum returns two artifacts to the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) confederacy

MONTREAL — Two artifacts sacred to some of Canada’s Indigenous peoples are now back on the home territory after a Swiss museum returned them to…

Game of the Week — Episode 7: Chess

Chess is a timeless game of strategy and cunning, one that has been enjoyed by countless generations across the globe. Whether you are an experienced…

Halluci Nation music featured for new Apache character in Fortnite

Award-winning Indigenous electronic duo The Halluci Nation is celebrating the opportunity of a lifetime with the launch of a collab with Epic Games. Halluci Nation’s…

Don Burnstick signs with Darren Ross Agency

Legendary comedian Don Burnstick says laughter is good medicine and will be sharing even more of those laughs across the country since being added to…

Mentor Jas Morgan joins Audible Indigenous Writers’ Circle

Dr. Jas M. Morgan was selected to be one of several mentors in the 2022 Audible Indigenous Writers’ Circle. The Audible Indigenous Writers’ Circle is…

SN’s January Rogers joins Audible Indigenous Writers’ Circle as a mentor to emerging writers

January Rogers has been selected to be one of several mentors in the 2022 Audible Indigenous Writers’ Circle. The Audible Indigenous Writers’ Circle is a…

‘Rosie’ director Gail Maurice on the difficult road to making a queer Indigenous film

TORONTO — Metis filmmaker Gail Maurice fought for years to get her debut film “Rosie” onto the big screen while staying true to telling an…