Magazine

January/February 2007: Indian Country

Volume 41, Number 1

Indian Country — Art, Politics and Resistance, features artwork by six cutting-edge Aboriginal artists from Manitoba, coverage of Indigenous struggles from across Canada, and profiles of Indigenous activists who are changing the world. Articles include Cathy Mattes on painting over stereotypes in Aboriginal art, Taiaiake Alfred on pathways to an ethic of struggle, Peter Kulchyski on land claims and the continuing colonial conquest of Canada, Anthony Hall on law and lawlessness in British Columbia, Kathy Buddle on film and media arts activism in Indian Country, and, as always, much more.

• Regulars

• New Clothes, Same Old Canadian Thinking
  Editorial
• The Horowitz Paragraph
  Gad Horowitz
• Indian Country
  Kahentinetha Horn
• Labour Report
  Geoff Bickerton
• Québec Communiqué
  Pierre Dostie
• VultureCulture
  Ed Janzen
• On the Edge
  Lesley Hughes

• Opening Arguments

• The Canadian Wheat Board Under Attack
  Terry Pugh
• Deep Roots and Conflict in Oaxaca
  Tommy Jonsson
• Pricing our Water is Not the Issue
  Ricardo Acuña

• Indian Country: Art, Politics and Resistance

• The Violence of the Letter
  Peter Kulchyski
• Aboriginal Artists Defying Expectations
  Cathy Mattes
• Web Exclusive: An Interview with Colleen Cutschall
  Cathy Mattes
• Pathways to an Ethic of Struggle
  Taiaiake Alfred
• Dam(n) Development
  Ramona Neckoway
• The Hauntings of Colonialism
  Anthony J. Hall
• Anti-Hero Avengers and the Not-So-Lone Ranger
  Kathleen Buddle
• Mistahimaskwa, Big Bear, A Hero Worth Commemorating
  James Wastasecoot
• Music of Oppression, Music of Resistance
  Rick Hesch

• All That’s Left

• Buffy Saint-Marie, An Unsung Hero for Far Too Long
  Colleen Simard
• Singing the Métis Story
  Dennis Pilon
• Don Cherry for Prime Minister?
  Simon Black
• Shane Koyczan: Keeping Life Honest
  Erin Millar