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MANITO AHBEE 2012

Thanks to all that came out to the event in Winnipeg, MB! It was a Huge SUCCESS!

VISION STATEMENT

Manito Ahbee is recognized as a leader in transforming relationships to share Indigenous culture and heritage with the world.

MEANING BEHIND THE NAME

The name Manito Ahbee was gifted to the festival through ceremony, and is connected to its sacred site name sake. Manito Ahbee is one of the most important and significant traditional Aboriginal gathering sites in all of Turtle Island (North America).

The Manito Ahbee site is located in the western Whiteshell area of Manitoba, and marks the location where the Creator makes his home. Manito Ahbee, an Ojibway word means, “where the Creator sits.” The site is recognized and honoured by Aboriginal peoples across North America as a sacred place for all people. The name of the province, Manitoba, is itself derived from the name of this sacred site.

The festival represents an opportunity for Manitobans and visitors alike to experience the province as truly a ‘home for all people.’ Manito Ahbee thus ‘gathers people’, uniting both residents and visitors in a spirit of celebration, honouring the Creator and the seven sacred teachings: love, respect, courage, honesty, wisdom, humility and truth.

(Source: manitoahbee.com)

APTN is looking for an Online Producer for Digital Drum!

Under the direction of the Senior Manager of Marketing, the Online Producer (Digital Drum) is responsible for the development and execution of digitaldrum.ca and its creative content strategies in the areas of production, aggregation, acquisition and marketing of new/digital and social media geared towards Aboriginal youth.

Please submit your resume quoting Competition 11/12-29 and where you saw this

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Nick and Megan at the Dene Games.

Megan Jensen shares a bit of what she does with her free time. She actively participates in cultural and traditional teachings from artwork to performing with her Dance Group the Dakhka Khwaan Dancers.

Nick and Megan explore the snow sculptures created just before the games and the sculptures created for the 2012 Arctic Winter Games.

Meet Nick and Megan, they’re at the 2012 Arctic Winter Games in Whitehorse, Yukon. They’ll be blogging about the atmosphere, people, and excitement the games have brought to the City of Whitehorse.

Follow them on aptn.ca and digitaldrum.ca

A song from our Native American Brotha Stevie Salas.

Check him out and many amazing artists on Arbor Live on APTN. Go to www.aptn.ca for scheduling and more info!

This is the week that was the 2011 imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival.

A brief look at some of what takes place at imagineNATIVE.

It was an amazing festival this year in this new facility and every day had amazing screenings, media, and events.

Wapos Bay: Long Goodbyes is a great film! Based on the longtime series on APTN, the movie filled audiences with delight and did not dissapoint. The World Premiere was broadcast across the globe with isuma.tv and had further strengthened the popularity of the family stop-motion animation series.

To watch the movie, tune in to APTN December 3rd 2011 for the Network Television Premiere.

In Discussion with Buffy St. Marie

The 2011 imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival has so far been a great success. There are numerous screenings, amazing workshops involving youth, and plenty of new media exhibits and screenings. On top of all that there will be “The Beat,” screening of some new music videos as well as a performance from Buffy St. Marie, who set aside some time to sit down with Wab Kinew and take questions from the CBC reporter and all her fans in the audience.

She talked about her career full of musical accomplishments, art, politics, and the struggles of being a young aboriginal woman trying to create music during the 60s. Much of the discussion surrounded her pride of being an Aboriginal woman and how more recently she has had the opportunity of touring, playing, and writing with a young all Aboriginal Band.

Her words were strong, proud, and really gave a lot of inspiration to many in the audience. It was an honour to be In Discussion with Buffy St. Marie.