December 2011
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Top five Indigenous artists we wanted to book this...
Tiki Taane, Samantha Crain, Kashtin, Wanbdi, and Yelawolf round out the top five Indigenous artists that we wanted to book in 2011, but couldn’t (due to availability or room in our festival). Tiki Taane tikidub.com Tiki Taane is a multi-platinum award winning artist and considered a pioneer in the New Zealand music scene with a career spanning nearly 15 years.  Although affectionately...
Dec 23rd
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Is 2012 going to be your year?
As 2011 comes to a close, we will all reflect on the year that was, but also reflect on all that has been. Aboriginal, First Nations, Inuit, Metis, Native American, Indigenous, and so on and so forth are the names original peoples have been given to describe us as a whole. But, we are each unique and individual nations, defined by our heritage and primarily our lands. The land has shaped our...
Dec 22nd
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Dec 21st
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Aboriginal RCMP officers face racism, says... →
A former RCMP officer who claims to have faced racism and bullying in the police force says she was not the only aboriginal Mountie to have experienced discrimination. Marge Hudson, who was Manitoba’s first female aboriginal RCMP officer when she joined the force in 1979, says she quit in 2009 as a result of years of harassment, bullying and racism in the workplace.
Dec 21st
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The 8th Fire - Documentary Series →
The 8th Fire is an amazing series of documentaries. “A 500 year old relationship … coming out of conflict, colonialism and denial.  A special series on CBC TV, Radio and CBC.ca premiering in January. Watch 8TH Fire Dispatches now from a team of Aboriginal storytellers from across the country. Up to 40 stories. New ones will be added every day.”
Dec 21st
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sagepaul: i’m a hustler baby, that’s what my daddy’s made me … still a sick track. RACHIE, let’s go on an adventure with this!
Dec 21st
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Dec 20th
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Ottawa’s handling of Attawapiskat crisis draws UN... →
A United Nations official had harsh words for Ottawa Tuesday over the housing crisis in Attawapiskat, calling conditions in the first-nations community “dire” and noting the problem appears to be widespread. “I have been in communication with the Government of Canada to express my deep concern about the dire social and economic condition of the Attawapiskat First Nation,” James Anaya, the...
Dec 20th
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Tootoo on 2 Part 8 Stay tuned for more “Tootoo on 2”
Dec 19th
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Tootoo on 2 Part 7
Dec 19th
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Tootoo on 2 Part 6
Dec 19th
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Tootoo on 2 Part 5
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Tootoo on 2 Part 4
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Tootoo on 2 Part 3
Dec 19th
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Tootoo on 2  Part 2.
Dec 19th
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A Series of Video from Jordin Tootoo.  Part 1.
Dec 19th
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Dec 19th
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Gone - Movie Trailer →
This looks exciting! Do you have some movies you are excited about?
Dec 19th
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Wrath of the Titans  →
Clash of the Titans only did fairly at the box office, because it wasn’t shot in 3D but was later altered to be a 3D movie. This doesn’t work so well. Wrath of the Titans appears to be an exciting sequel, I like the trailer. 
Dec 19th
pupunahsh asked: why have you tagged the dark night rises as native?
Dec 19th
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The Dark Knight Rises (Official Trailer) →
So I posted the bootleg version of the Dark Knight Rises, but due to the leak, WB quickly released the official version. Watch it here at Apple Trailers.
Dec 19th
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The Dark Knight Rises Full Trailer (via Gizmodo) →
A bootlegged version of the Dark Knight Rises trailer has been upped, and it’s… it’s—look, this thing is amazing and I’m probably going to take a week of vacation in July to watch the movie on repeat in a theater the whole time. The trailer gives the lay of the land of “peacetime” Gotham…
Dec 19th
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Dec 16th
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Call for Submissions - Aboriginal Music Week 2012 →
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 (in office – not post marked) Aboriginal Music Manitoba will be producing the fourth annual Aboriginal Music Week in Winnipeg from October 30 - November 4, 2012 and the organization is currently accepting applications from Aboriginal and Native American recording artists for performance spots. The 2012 festival schedule will include five nights...
Dec 16th
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Dec 15th
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THINK GEEK!!!! →
You lookin for some great gift ideas for that hard to shop somebody? Go to ThinkGeek.com!
Dec 15th
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Megwe'g: Edge of America (Movie - 2003) →
lols08: Inspired by a true, made-in-New Mexico story, this upbeat feature follows a girls’ high school basketball team as they learn how to win. Led by their coach, the girls discover the values of passion, dedication, and discipline as they climb from the bottom of their division to compete for the state…
Dec 15th
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Dec 14th
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The MONSTER ENGINE →
The Monster Engine is a book, a demonstration, lecture and a gallery exhibition. The premise for all three came from one single question: What would a child’s drawing look like if it were painted realistically? 
Dec 14th
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CERN physicists find hint of Higgs boson →
These red lines show how the LHC’s Atlas experiment registered the arrival of four particles called muons. They could have been the byproducts of a short-lived Higgs boson—or they could have been more humdrum events. CERN’s LHC particle accelerator will continue smashing protons into each other to spot the statistical significance that means the Higgs really has been...
Dec 14th
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Facebook launches suicide prevention tool: Will it... →
Bullying and youth suicide has become the subject of intense debate and scrutiny in Canada in recent months, following the deaths of several teens who were tormented by their peers.
Dec 14th
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UN ready to probe violence against aboriginal... →
The United Nations is prepared to conduct an inquiry into Canada’s cases of missing and murdered aboriginal women, two Canadian groups lobbying for the action announced on Tuesday. But federal consent is required before the process begins. Read more: http://www.theprovince.com/life/ready+probe+violence+against+aboriginal+women/5858082/story.html#ixzz1gWqKhGIG
Dec 14th
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Opinion: Sending cash to reserves no solution for... →
If only a promised federal donation of another 22 modular homes for Attawapiskat was the answer to Canada’s aboriginal housing crisis. It is not.
Dec 14th
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Attawapiskat 'grandstanding' triggered tale of... →
CTVNews.ca Staff Date: Wed. Dec. 14 2011 8:13 AM ET An aboriginal victim of sexual abuse who came forward to tell her own dark tale about the community of Attawapiskat said it was “grandstanding” on the part of the chief and council that prompted her to share her story.
Dec 14th