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Anishinaabe Kwe
Photographer & Lino Artist
Mississaugas of the Credit
Community Stories Coordinator @woodlandculturalcentre

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Our 39th Weesageechak Begins to Dance Festival returns! 🌿

From November 19th - 29th, enjoy new works and works-in-development by Indigenous artists across Turtle Island and beyond, along with fun and captivating events over the course of the festival!

Stay tuned for the full festival lineup! 🍂

📸 Photos from W38 by @katedaltn

#weesageechak39 #w39 #nativeearth #indigenoustheatre #indigenousart

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Two weeks ago I had the absolute HONOUR of hosting for the very FIRST time and performing in the 2Spirit Caberet held by @nativeearthperformingarts at @buddiesto 🪶

What a freaking surreal night 😍 Nanaskamowin (i am thankful) for everyone who showed up to support, to help set up backstage and all the YUMMY food 🤤

And what a blessing it is to be able to celebrate Indigenous Queer/Two-Spirit art alongside some really powerful humans 🥹 Two-Spirit medicine is soooo important and sacred af.

DEFINITELY won’t be the last time I get my gay hands on hosting 🤭

I love this life and all the crazy adventures it takes me on 🥰

📸 @katedaltn

#burlesque #twospirit #2spirit #2spiritcaberet #toronto

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A special preview of @woodlandculturalcentre Indigenous Art 2026 is coming to The Brown Homestead!

On display June 6 - 19 only.

Be the first to get a look the afternoon of Sat, June 6 at the opening reception and talk with exhibit curator Alex Jacobs-Blum and featured artist Kate Dalton. Swipe 👉 to learn more about Kate.

Register to save your spot through our link in bio.

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Matriarchs Uprising is going on tour in BC!
@matriarchs_uprising

We will be performing in Kelowna June 15th & 16th, and Victoria June 19th & 20th. We have an amazing line up of mixed bills throughout the whole week, with works by Sophie Dow @agrimony.arts and Olivia C. Davies @odela_arts

I will be performing my solo works ʔa·kinq̓uku and slip away in Kelowna, and group work naⱡa in Victoria alongside @katiecouchie @codyberry.o and @kristindeamorim

Ticket info in my bio! I hope to see you there 💜

Photo credit
1. Denis Martin
2. @chrisrandlephotography
3. @katedaltn

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Matriarchs Uprising is less than a week away! @matriarchs_uprising
I’m so happy to be bringing ʔa·kinq̓uku back to the west coast, further along in its journey.

You can catch me in these events throughout the festival:

🌀Indigi-Dance on Screen Talking Truths Circle
Co-hosting with Sophie Dow
Monday Feb 16th, 5pm-6pm on Zoom

💞Talking Truths Circle Conversation and Feast
Wednesday Feb 18th, 12:00pm-1:30pm

🔥ʔa·kinq̓uku
Featured in a double bill with Sophie Dow and Beany John in carriers and keepers of the ancestral portals
Thursday Feb 19th, 7pm

🍿Indigi-Dance on Screen Live Screening
Co-hosting with Sophie Dow
Saturday Feb 21st, 2pm

👯‍♀️Community Workshop
Co-leading with Sophie Dow
Saturday Feb 21st, 3pm

All events are at The Dance Centre! Visit the link in my bio for more information and registration

I am so grateful to continously be a part of this wonderful festival. Can’t wait for next week!

ʔa·kinq̓uku
Lineage of Support
- Kahawi Dance Theatre’s Inviting the Land to Shape Us Lab
- Pakitinam Choreographic Mentorship with Raven Spirit Dance
- Mentorship from Christine Friday
- Support from Native Earth Performing Arts, TOLovein, and O.Dela Arts

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Thank you 2025!

One of the most rewarding, exciting, yet toughest years to date. Forever grateful to everyone who made this year shine ✨

1. naⱡa at @matriarchs_uprising
2. @tangentedanse residency with @viktoise
3. Toronto Arts Foundation Awards
4. slip away @tangentedanse
5. Read more books this year than I ever have!
6. Spring time in MTL
7. Braiding the Land tour with @ravenspiritdance @kiamaufestival
8. Seeing my brother on stage @flint_smoke @jeff_sutherland
9. The Creswicks do Ontario
10. @drewberry15 wedding festivities
11. Waves Lanuage conference with Ktunaxanin̓tik
12. Algonquin with @zacharycardwell @carterbbsmith
13. slip away at the Indigenous Theatre Festival at UVIC
14. Bringing ʔa·kinq̓uku back to the source with @andrewsterliing_
15. Family at @kyla__ray wedding
16. Post combo celly at CIT @jaeliwow
17. Bear Island with @fridaycreeations
18. AGAAMING by @codyberry.o with @amomiohk @jyaks
19. ʔa·kinq̓uku @nativeearthperformingarts
20. Bonus if you scrolled this far, my confused teaching face caught on camera. I love my students with all my heart

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As Weesageechak Begins to Dance 38 comes to a close, we’d like to thank our wonderful staff and festival team! Cheers to another amazing festival 💛

#Weesageechak38 #Wees38 #NativeEarth #NativeEarthPerformingArts #IndigenousArt #IndigenousTheatre #TorontoTheatre #IndigenousStories #AkiStudio #HomeOfContemporaryIndigenousPerformance

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We are excited to announce - Ohontsà:ke nitioné:non onkwakara’shón:’a - Our Stories from the Land, an exhibit reflecting on the stories of what is now YKF from an Onkwehon:wé (Original Peoples) contemporary lens.

This exhibit brings together Indigenous artists to reflect on their relationships with the land through seasons, ceremonies, and stories.

While it is important to know our shared history and truths; it is vital to understand the contemporary reality for those Indigenous peoples living on and around this land today.

Curated by Janis Kahentóktha Bomberry as a continuation of Dibaajimowin by Emma Rain Smith (Bkejwanong/Walpole Island), this exhibit reminds us: true understanding begins when we listen to the stories the land holds.

Featured artists include Elizabeth Doxtater, Lorrie Gallant, Sara General-Deer, Karennotakies Barnes, Kate Dalton and storytellers Phil Monture and Clarence Cachagee.

📍 YKF Departure Lounge
✈️ Passengers only —boarding pass required!

(@rwmuseumarchive partnered with #YKF to create this exhibit, funded by the Province of Ontario, Regional Tourism Office 4 and @RegionofWaterloo)

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📸 @katedaltn
Event: “Weesageechak Begins to Dance Festival 37”
🎭 Comedy Night @nativeearthperformingarts
🫶🏽Miigwetch for having us & also for so many lovely photos.
(We meant to post sooner but we were all so busy and catching up on the end of our year) Happy New Year in this Gregorian Calendar which is now 2025. Even though the 13 Moon Calendar is on Turtles back we still celebrate 2025 today. AHO! 🎉

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We here at Native Earth want to honour Weesageechak Begins to Dance with Weesageechak Wednesday! To celebrate all those who have created and supported Indigenous creativity 🩵

Weesageechak Begins to Dance is our development festival where we bring together almost 100 local, national and international Indigenous artists. It has been the root of many works that have now been seen across the country and the world. In these last few years, we have seen the enormous impact of the work we do at the festival. The need to continue supporting artists to create work remains constant. Help us make that difference 🩵

Visit nativeearth.ca/donate or call us at (416) 531-1402

Photos taken by @katedaltn (pictures 1 & 3-10) and @jaysongallopphotography (pictures 11-13)
Pictured (l-r):
1 — Natasha Barlow in “Thunder” by Natasha Barlow

3 — Artistic Director Joelle Peters and Managing Director Himanshu Sitlani opening Music Night

4 — Music Night performance from Zeegwon Shilling

5 — (from l-r) Denise B. McLeod & Samantha Mandamin in “The NDN Act Presents: NDN Problems” by The NDN Act

6 — (from l-r) Katia Ferderber, Nick Nahwegahbow, and Jeremy Proulx in “Y.A.N.A.” by Lacey Hill

7 — Jessica Zepeda in “mi historia que no es única” by Jessica Zepeda

8 — The NDN Act in “The NDN Act Presents: NDN Problems” by The NDN Act

9 — Montana Summers in “Conditions to Strike” by Montana Summers

10 — Dillon Strasser Einish in “Y.A.N.A.” by Lacey Hill

11 — Daniela Carmona Sánchez in “Son Semilla” by Daniela Carmona Sánchez

12 — (from l-r) Chanin Lee, Danielle Charette, Jordon Fiddler, Katia Ferderber, Kole Durnford in “Deserters” by Kenneth T. Williams

13 — Weesageechak Begins to Dance

#Weesageechak37 #Wees37 #NativeEarth #NativeEarthPerformingArts #IndigenousArt #PerformingArts #IndigenousTheatre #CommunityEngagement #SupportIndigenousArtists #CulturalHeritage #TorontoTheatre #IndigenousStories

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We here at Native Earth want to honour Weesageechak Begins to Dance with Weesageechak Wednesday! To celebrate all those who have created and supported Indigenous creativity 🩵

Weesageechak Begins to Dance is our development festival where we bring together almost 100 local, national and international Indigenous artists. It has been the root of many works that have now been seen across the country and the world. In these last few years, we have seen the enormous impact of the work we do at the festival. The need to continue supporting artists to create work remains constant. Help us make that difference 🩵

Visit nativeearth.ca/donate or call us at (416) 531-1402

Photos taken by @katedaltn!
3rd photo by Jayson Gallop

Pictured (l-r):
1 — Montana Summers in “Conditions to Strike” by Montana Summers

3 — Jeremy Proulx in “Flight” by Candace Brunette-Debassige

4 — Music Night performance from Amy Desjarlais

5 — Nick Nahwegahbow in “Y.A.N.A.” by Lacey Hill

6 — Katia Ferderber in “Y.A.N.A.” by Lacey Hill

7 — Music Night performance from Evan Redsky

8 — Aleria McKay in “homecoming” by Aleria McKay

9 — Natasha Barlow in “Thunder” by Natasha Barlow

10 — Montana Summers in “Conditions to Strike” by Montana Summers

11 — Jessica Zepeda in “mi historia que no es única” by Jessica Zepeda

12 — Jamie Whitecrow in “The NDN Act Presents: NDN Problems” by The NDN Act

13 — Music Night performance from Lacey Hill

14 — Jacob Wanuch opening stand-up performance at comedy night

#Weesageechak37 #Wees37 #NativeEarth #NativeEarthPerformingArts #IndigenousArt #PerformingArts #IndigenousTheatre #CommunityEngagement #SupportIndigenousArtists #CulturalHeritage #TorontoTheatre #IndigenousStories

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I SEE YOU #6 Gardening My Life by Jainesh Raj Bali is OUT! (LINK IN BIO)

Here’s the final edition of I SEE YOU! Raj, great chef, entrepreneur and food business owner, is my very first employer in Canada. I used to work under him and make dips, soup, puffs, all kinds of stuff. We bonded over our time in the kitchen often with our favorite music in the background—our never-ending chit-chat would span from our queerness to hilarious TV shows to deep meditational thoughts rooted in our respective cultures. He always made sure to feed and include everyone working there, so it literally felt like a family (I actually met my soul brothers there. I see you Yash and Alex!) Even after I left the job, we have organized many gatherings together, always with delicious food at the center🍲

The text he wrote for this project explains his deep philosophy behind his attitude towards others. He encourages us to see human relationships as flowers and plants, which could be nurtured or damaged depending on how we tend to them. What’s written here is truly eye-opening and I began looking at my relationships under the new light. Honestly, I have seen his ups-and-downs and he also has seen mine for the past few years, so his patience and resiliency shown in this text really touched and motivated me. Raj, my big queer brother, thanks for seeing me and letting me see you🙏

Hope you’ll enjoy reading his piece! Link in bio!

Text by @brownguyrealness
Photo by @katedaltn
Copy edited by @ashendripicon

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監訳 @mutarjamah

🙏ABOUT I SEE YOU🙏
Rooted in Toronto’s BIPOC communities, I SEE YOU is an art project to collectively explore the meaning and importance of acknowledgment through creative writing and portraits.

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