Tag Archives: Heritage

MixedMedia Pt 6: Living Your Culture Quietly

Part 6 of an exploration of mixed descent Indigenous persons in pop culture. This chapter features Forge
, Danielle Moonstar, Pow-wow Smith, and more.

MixedMedia Pt 5: A Volatile Mixture

Part 5 of an exploration of mixed descent Indigenous persons in pop culture. This chapter features Clara Bow, John Wayne’s Ethan Edwards, Namor, and others.

MixedMedia Pt 4: Adoption / Appropriation

Part 4 of an exploration of mixed descent Indigenous persons in pop culture. this chapter features Speedy, Kevin Costner, Jake Sully, Daniel Day Lewis’s Hawkeye and more.

MixedMedia Pt 3: Family Divisions

Part 3 of an exploration of mixed descent Indigenous persons in pop culture. This chapter features a deep dive into Hawk, Son of Tomahawk from DC Comics.

MixedMedia Pt 2: An Undiminished Identity

Part 2 of an exploration of mixed descent Indigenous persons in pop culture. This chapter features Elora Danan, Maya Lopez/Echo, Sarah Rainmaker, Ratonhnhake:ton, and more.

MixedMedia Pt 1: Ethnogenesis or Not

Part 1 of an exploration of mixed descent Indigenous persons in pop culture, including Katniss Everdeen, Louis Riel, Elrond, Declan Harp and more.

New History Talks: Queer History in Alberta

Understanding the past can help us understand the present. Join Tom, our resident historical storyteller, in unearthed stories of queer pioneers! Stories of same sex relationships, stories of gender-bending and gender-challenging, and even a few stories of Depression era movies and books available in Alberta with strong queer themes. QUEER PIONEERS Stories of Sex, Gender,Continue reading “New History Talks: Queer History in Alberta”

Clio’s Armada: In the News

The town of Port Glasgow is embarking on a second replica of their claim to fame: the first commercially successful steamship. Built in 1812, Henry Bell’s Comet began taking passengers and changed the world of powered ships. For me, part of the interesting story here is that the new replica is not built to beContinue reading “Clio’s Armada: In the News”

Clio’s Armada: Gli Gli and the Kalinago (Carib) Canoe Tradition

Tom Long, 2024 Dugout canoes continue to fascinate me, as do Indigenous voyages of reconnection. Thus the 1990s journey of the Gli Gli, an Indigenous gommier canoe, in the Caribbean caught my attention. Gli Gli was the brainchild of two artists, one of whom was Kalinago and the other a white Virgin Islander, and theContinue reading “Clio’s Armada: Gli Gli and the Kalinago (Carib) Canoe Tradition”