Native American People

01/30/2026

We are big AHO

01/29/2026

4 of many great Native ActorsGraham Greene,Tantoo Cardinal,
Will Sampson,
Michael Greyeyse

01/28/2026

I will never meet colonial beauty standards. My face shape is too round, too squishy they said. My eyes squint too close together they told me. My skin complexion changes too often from ivory in the winter to a deep brown in the summer that resembles dirt they yelled. My body is too stocky and compact, way too big b***d they discerned.
I am proud I will NEVER meet colonial beauty standards because my ancestors carved me carefully by hand as they did their beautiful ivory pieces. My face is shaped so that my aunties could give me big Iñuk kisses on my cheeks and my ancestors could find me in the great beyond. My eyes squint so that I could see across the blinding snow to find my way home. My skin changes from ivory to dirt brown just as my land changes throughout the seasons. My body is stocky and compact so I can preserve energy throughout the long cold winters. Colonial beauty standards COULD NEVER

01/28/2026

01/27/2026

Today in 1941, Gordon Tootoosis was born. He was the grandson of Yellow Mud Blanket, who was the brother of Chief Poundmaker.
His father was Indigenous activist John Tootoosis and his sister was Jean Cuthand Goodwill, an Indigenous activist as well.
As a child, he was put into residential school where he was treated harshly and forbidden to speak his language.
After leaving the school, he devoted himself to social work and helping children and young offenders. He also became an accomplished Indigenous dancer & rodeo roper.
Tootoosis began his acting career in 1974 in Alien Thunder alongside Chief Dan George. His career slowly began to pick up throughout the 1980s.
His best-known role was as Albert Golo in 52 episodes of North of 60 in the 1990s. For his role as Albert, he received two Gemini nominations.
He appeared in several major films including Legends of the Fall & Pocahontas in the 1990s. He also had a regular role on MacGyver from 1988 to 1991. He won a Gemini Award for his brole in Wapos Bay: The Series.
Tootoosis was a co-founder of the Saskatchewan Native Theatre Company with Tantoo Cardinal.
Throughout his career, he offered to help, support, training and encouragement to aspiring Indigenous actors.
He received the Order of Canada in 2004. He died in Saskatoon on July 5, 2011.

01/27/2026

Oh Great Spirit who gave us the sacred breath of life and you live within all our hearts. We stand here humbled with a prayer from our heart to your all knowing heart. Oh Great Spirit teach us the laws of nature so we may live in harmony with all your life, send us the spirit of our Ancestors so they may guide us to live as one with Mother Earth.
Oh Great Spirit help us to see the great web of life that connects us all so we may live as one happy family, give us the ancient knowledge of the old ways so we may share healing, balance and peace within us and to all our surroundings. Oh Great Spirit who lives within water, fire, earth and air, give these sacred elements your blessing of purity so Mother Earth and all her life will receive your healing