This is just a quick post, as a response to a video that was posted this week that explores some of the challenges faced by artists working in Edmonton: http://prairieseen.tumblr.com/post/56440156936/talkin-bout-art-in-edmonton-part-1-big-fish The blog post itself bills the video as diverse, representing “people with diverse backgrounds in our fair city [who] have built careers for themselves in… Read More
Buffalo Bill and Other Reenactments — by Daniel Morley Johnson
by Daniel Morley Johnson This week in its “This Day in Journal History” column, the Edmonton Journal described a July 23, 1914 event that was attended by “15,000 of the city’s 72,000 residents.” Thousands had paid 25 cents to see a circus. Perhaps they sought light entertainment that was no doubt needed only a few… Read More
Why you need to understand Treaty 6
The upcoming election is an opportunity to address issues that are not currently being dealt with by our municipal representatives. I have been happy to see our city make strides in its awareness of Indigenous roots, and attempting to create stronger relationships with the Indigenous community through things like the Urban Aboriginal Accord and the… Read More
CBC Radioactive Interview
CBC Radioactive Interview CBC Radioactive has kindly linked to the audio from the interview I did with Rod Kurtz on Thursday in response to my blog post about the canal proposal in Pehonan. (Just click on the link above). I wish I’d explained Treaty differently — I should have emphasized that land was meant to… Read More
You call it Rossdale, we call it Pehonan
I’ve been promising Mike and Scott at The Charrette a piece on Rossdale for a few months now. But PhD life being what it is, I’ve struggled to get to it as I try to meet multiple competing deadlines. But I woke up early this morning to a story by David Staples on a proposal… Read More
letter to the editor
Earlier this week I sent in a letter to the Guardian, expressing my frustration with blatant and unreflexive cultural appropriation in the UK. Specifically: expressing my annoyance with fashionistas and festival-goers appropriating headdresses and tipis at festivals like Glastonbury. This is hardly new — Adrienne K. at Native Appropriations has been writing elegantly about this… Read More
