Photographer Nadya Kwandibens is the recipient of the 2018 Ontario Arts Council Indigenous Arts Award. This award, created in 2012, celebrates the work of Indigenous artists and arts leaders who have made significant contributions to the…
By now, perhaps you’ve heard of The Great American Read, a program sponsored by the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) to encourage reading? The television show premiered in May with a two-hour special, and…
ROSY SIMAS, NATIVE CHOREOGRAPHER, TO HOLD COMMUNITY RESIDENCY IN SAINT PAUL TO DEVELOP NEW MULTIMEDIA DANCE PROJECT TO HONOR INDIGENOUS WORLD SAINT PAUL, Minn. — Rosy Simas, respected Haudenosaunee (Seneca Nation, Heron Clan) choreographer based…
IQALUIT, NUNAVUT (Canada) – There’s nothing like children’s television programming for getting cute songs stuck in your head. Now, parents in Canada can go around singing those songs in the Inuktitut language. On…
SANTA FE, N.M. – When Osage artist and fashion designer Wendy Ponca describes her latest collection as “universal,” she means it. “I’m hand screen-printing my silks with original symbols that are universally recognized…
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.: In January 2018, Cannupa Hanska Luger (Mandan-Hidatsa-Arikara-Lakota) put out a call for people from across the United States and Canada to create handmade clay beads using instructions he provided. For…