Arts
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‘NDN Giver’ exhibition showcases the art — and responsibility — of potlatching
From mugs to prints, masks and blankets, a new Bill Reid Gallery display celebrates the ancient Northwest Coast gift-giving tradition
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Book remembers ‘fighting spirit’ of Gino Odjick, hockey’s ‘Algonquin Assassin’
Biography of late Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg left winger explores Odjick’s legacy as enforcer in the rink — and Youth role model off the ice
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Animated short ‘Pow!’ tells the story of Indigenous Youth learning to appreciate culture
The film by Cowlitz writer and comedian Joey Clift, inspired by a true story at a powwow, is set to screen at VIFF on Oct. 12 before online release later this year
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Nuu-cha-nulth, settler artists depict history of Yuquot with bentwood box camera
Carver Sanford Williams (Ahtsik-sta Qwayachiik) and photographer Ron Smid spent seven years completing the collaborative piece
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New theatre experience in sw̓iw̓s brings syilx Animal People to life
The immersive film ‘Whispers of the Trickster’ will be on display indefinitely at the Nk’Mip Desert Cultural Centre
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At MOV, Tŝilhqot’in Nation tells the story of a momentous repatriation: ‘We brought back history’
‘Nexwenen Nataghelʔilh’ celebrates the return of more than 60 artifacts, and ‘sets an example’ around how museums can work with Indigenous communities
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Kwakwaka’wakw artist Ernest Puglas explains how carving saved his life: ‘This is powerful’
As a new welcome pole is raised on Klahoose, Homalco and Tla’amin territories, its maker describes how, through art, ‘I have recreated myself’
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‘Truly amazing and really emotional’: Historic mortuary poles returned to Tla’amin Nation after decades-long search
The nation celebrated the repatriation during the opening of a new cultural centre, part of a wider reclamation for the community
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In the shadow of a Tkarón:to expressway, Secwépemc artist honours flora on forest floors
Tania Willard’s ‘Declaration of the Understory’ installation brings the ‘plant community beneath the forest canopy’ to the country’s largest city
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Amid a climate crisis, ‘Vital Signs’ documents the ‘relentless force’ of changing landscapes
The new exhibition at the Bill Reid Gallery features multimedia work from six First Nations artists touching on the personal and collective impacts of climate change