Aysanabee: Telling Family Stories Through Songs
by Paula E. Kirman, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Listening to family stories isn’t just a way to make great memories – it can…
Arts, Culture
Orange Shirt Day and Threads of Change: Indigenous Teachings, Insight, and Voices in the Classroom
By Lesley Machon, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – I am writing today from my seat on Treaty 7 territory: the traditional lands of the…
Third annual Orange Shirt Day Run/Walk will be held on Sept. 30 in Edmonton and in Peace River
by Terry Lusty, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Where will you be on September 30th? What will you be doing that day? Well, Sept….
Braiding Sweetgrass in the Classroom: Cultivating Ecological Connection
By: Lesley Machon, Humanities Teacher (ANNews) – Screens dominate our collective attention at every turn, backlighting a profound need for humans to reconnect with the…
Powwow Dancer Ern Tobaccojuice: A journey of healing and advocacy
By Chevi Rabbit, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – In Maskwacis last month, the 2023 Samson Cree Nation Celebration Powwow was graced by Ern Tobaccojuice,…
Book Review: Reclaiming Anishinaabae Law by Dr. Leo Baskatawang
Reviewed by Rob Houle, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – For many communities across Turtle Island the struggle for self-determination includes the removal and replacement…
AU student Twylla Soosay is using virtual reality to teach Traditional Knowledge
(ANNews) – You might not expect someone to do a sewing project for their master’s thesis in a computing program… but this isn’t your average…
Canadian music icon Robbie Robertson is singing with angels
By Terry Lusty, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – The last member of the much-heralded group, The Band, has left Planet Earth. Jaime Royal Robertson,…
Feature artist for May 2023: Kalum Teke Dan
(ANNews) – Kalum Teke Dan is a talented artist whose powerful painting of a Warrior appears on the cover of the May 2023 edition of…
Feature artist for April 2023: Lana Whiskeyjack
(ANNews) – The stunning art on the cover of the April 2023 Alberta Native News is Kaskatinowipîsim – Frost Moon by multidisciplinary treaty iskwew scholartist…