It’s been said that education is what you are left with after forgetting everything you learned in school. And unfortunately for us, American history books already forgot to mention a few things: like human beings inhabiting North America for over 20,000 ...
8 Feb 2015 - Stephen Quirke
Or, how I learned to stop worrying and love the ‘bomb’ train Is our weather getting funny? Some bushes and flowers started to bloom near the end of January this year, and in the spring cherry blossoms were blooming weeks early. This capped a winter with ...
30 Jun 2015 - Stephen Quirke
Indigenous peoples’ struggles go unseen by much of the world. IC Magazine's editor is working to change that. On June 30, Carol Linnitt of the online news magazine DeSmog Canada reported that a controversial crude oil pipeline had just been defeated ...
30 Jul 2016 - Stephen Quirke
Elden Hillaire, of the Lummi Nation, discusses threats to the region’s tribal lands on the heels of Trump’s executive orders concerning the Dakota Access and Keystone XL pipelines President Donald Trump made headlines just days after his inauguration when ...
16 Feb 2017 - Stephen Quirke
Concerned property owners in Coos County are pushing back after the blocked proposal resurges In the whirlwind of deregulation and corporate jubilance surrounding President Donald Trump, Canada-based Veresen Inc. hopes to find some new wind in its sails. ...
16 Mar 2017 - Stephen Quirke
Columbia River Gorge Commission upholds denial of permits for rail lines in Mosier, Oregon In a victory for residents, tribal communities and environmental groups, the Columbia River Gorge Commission has upheld a Wasco County decision to deny Union Pacifi ...
16 Jun 2017 - Stephen Quirke
The artist, stuntman and motivational speaker discusses sobriety, his big break and Native representation in the film industry When Duane Howard arrived at the Canadian street paper Megaphone for an interview, he had just finished working on a talk he wou ...
7 Jul 2017 - Rosemary Newton
Woodrow grew up on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation in South Dakota Woodrow Eagleman has an easy-going manner with an underlying strength that protects himself and others when needed. His names describe that inner strength. “Woodrow” comes from relati ...
5 Jan 2018 - Leonora Ko
With the opening of Cully Park, Portland has its first Native Gathering Garden Along one edge of Northeast Portland’s Thomas Cully Park, prairie grasses sway and softly crackle in the breeze. Shaved tree trunks, tall and straight, border a graveled circul ...
6 Jul 2018 - Amanda Waldroupe
Underrepresented elsewhere, First Nations people in Canada are working to create an Indigenous Walk of Fame to commemorate their work in the entertainment industry There is only one Indigenous person on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame: Jay Silverheels, the Mohaw ...
14 Sep 2018 - Cam Welch