Category: Issue 5

Painting like this can be viewed on www.jasynlucas.ca but all are sold as they sell fast.

About the Artist: Jasyn Lucas was born in 1979 in Flin Flon Manitoba. He was a product of the Sixties Scoop. He spent first few months in a foster home, and then was adopted into the Lucas Family before his first birthday. Born Jason Bighetty, his new parents would change the spelling to Jasyn Lucas.…

By Desiree Balfour While transcribing Drs. Joseph Atoyebi and Ying Kong’s interview with Jasyn Lucas, I was able to relate to Jasyn’s life’s story from the bits and pieces that I gathered. It helped me too to change my outlook in life as I get older. When I was younger, I tried University right after…

Introduction: Hello, my name is Jasyn Lucas, I live here in Thompson. I graduated here in 1997. I’ve moved to Vancouver for a couple of years, did some art school, now I’m back in Thompson. I’ve been running my own business for about 13 years as a professional artist, an Indigenous artist and painter. I’ve…

by Darrell Lathlin Our Aboriginal languages are our identities. They are the most common artifact that make our Indigenous cultures distinct. Our Cree language makes our Cree people different from other peoples. Not speaking our language will result in the death of our culture because our future generations will not be able to relate with…

by Cherish Halcrow My Kokum lives in Cross Lake (Pimicikamak Cree Nation). Before we began out interview, I explained to her that the purpose of this interview is to record her story about the legend of the loon. Interviewer: Tansi! My name is Cherish Halcrow. This is my Kokum. Interviewee: I am Kokum of Cherish.…

by Mervin Jr. Thomas It is essential for all non-Indigenous peoples who work and live on reserves to learn about the languages, traditions, and history of the Indigenous peoples, the original owners of the land. Some individuals may not understand and may ask why it is important to learn about the histories that are associated…

by Peggy Lathlin  Whether we realize it or not, as Indigenous students, we are often faced with one crisis after another as we attempt to better ourselves through higher learning. For instance, our overall health can sometimes put a damper on our study at university because we may be too sick to get anything done…

by Collette McKay Tansii, I am a mother to two beautiful children; a girl whose spirit name is kiwètin iskwèw (North Wind Girl), and a boy whose spirit name is Piponàskos (Young Snow Bull). Together with their father and myself, we reside in Opaskwayak Cree Nationii. I have been a community member of O.C.N. &…

by Alicia Stensgard Interviewee: William DumasInterviewer: Alicia StensgardDate of Interview: September 16th, 2019Location of Interview: Thompson, MBList of Acronyms: WD= William Dumas, IN= Interviewer Translator/Spell-Checker: Ron Cook and Maggie Moodie IN: My name is Alicia Stensgard. Today I will be interviewing Knowledge Keeper William Dumas from South Indian Lake. If you’d like to introduce yourself…