When I was a boy growing up in my home community of Attawapiskat on the James Bay coast, I was deathly afraid of looking at the full moon.
Peawanuck’s Louis Bird shared his community’s contact story during a Long Stories session on the last day of the 2016 Toronto Storytelling Festival at Toronto’s Harbourfront Centre.
“This...
Gull Bay’s Kevin Belmore has created a protest painting featuring animals leaving in a canoe over man’s destruction of the environment.
“It’s called Animal Protest — they are protesting...
Nick Sherman’s performance at and nomination to the Aboriginal People’s Choice Music Awards is Wawatay’s #1 Entertainment story of the year.
“I was really excited to share the stage with...
A Moose Cree artist who received a preeminent national award geared towards emerging artists in the contemporary Canadian arts scene is Wawatay’s Arts Story of the Year.
Duane Linklater...
When I was a boy growing up in my home community of Attawapiskat on the James Bay coast, I was deathly afraid of looking at the full moon.
I grew up...
I’m happy to see the ongoing support and assistance in our northern remote communities to help our people cope with so many lifelong and generational issues...