Category: Muses From The North

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…

We at Muses from the North (MFTN) are very pleased to present to the reading public the 5th installment of our student-oriented journal. This 5th issue of MFTN is a special one. In fact, it is the first of two special issues which will showcase articles submitted only by UCN students living on some of…

​About the Artist: Ellora Reddy studied at UCN for her first two years and now she is studying at the University of Manitoba towards her bachelor degree in Environmental Science. Her illustration for the story, “I want to go to school,” was published in the second issue of Muses from the North. In the 2018…

Ghostly Interpretations in Maxine Hong Kingston’s Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood among Ghosts and Toni Morrison’s Beloved By Taylor Flett In most novels of Gothic literature, the element of the supernatural often appears in the forms of ghostly apparitions, haunted spaces of homes or buildings, monstrous creatures or unexplained manifestations that bring terror in…