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Yahoo
5 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Sean Sherman's Indigenous Food Lab is leaving Midtown Global Market
Sean Sherman's Indigenous Food Lab is leaving Midtown Global Market originally appeared on Bring Me The News. The Indigenous Food Lab Market from NATIFS, the nonprofit founded by "Sioux Chef" Sean Sherman, is leaving the Midtown Global Market on June 7. It will move into the group's Wóyute Thipi Building in the former Seward Co-op Creamery at 2601 Franklin Ave. S in Minneapolis. NATIFS announced its acquisition of the building earlier this year. When completed, it will also house a commissary kitchen for producing Indigenous foods for public schools and hospitals, NATIFS offices, coworking space for Indigenous and other BIPOC businesses, and its new ŠHOTÁ Indigenous BBQ by Owamni restaurant. The Indigenous Food Lab Market, a cafe and retail space with Indigenous-made products, opened in the Midtown Global Market in 2023. It was founded as part of NATIFS' overall mission to foreground sustainable, Indigenous food culture. The nonprofit recently announced that the Indigenous Food Lab will expand to Bozeman, Mont., with hopes of opening in late 2025. An opening date for the market at the Wóyute Thipi Building has not yet been announced. Its production kitchen will remain at Midtown Global Market, and its food education initiatives will remain active, NATIFS said in an story was originally reported by Bring Me The News on Jun 3, 2025, where it first appeared.
CBC
12-03-2025
- Entertainment
- CBC
Postville artist's work among Indigenous pieces to hang on Confederation Building walls
Bronson Jacque hopes art can show the Inuit's connection to nature Work by a Postville artist will hang on the walls of Confederation Building as part of an effort toward reconciliation and celebrating Labrador's Inuit population and culture. The first of six pieces of Indigenous-made art procured by the province, a painting titled The Journey by Bronson Jacque, was unveiled at a ceremony on Wednesday. Jacque says the painting was inspired by the desire of youth in his community to connect with their culture. "Growing up, I always felt that there was a negative stereotype toward being Indigenous, and I always felt like I had to be someone else," Jacque told CBC News. "There was a shift, and we were all on this journey back to ourselves, back to our communities." Jacque says he wanted the painting to evoke the feeling of being embraced by nature — shown through a circular formation of a caribou, polar bear, minke whales and seals. He hopes it will also help people embrace their Inuit culture while resonating with others. "If you're not from the community, or not from a place where these things are familiar to you, I do hope that you feel a familiar feeling. I hope you feel a welcoming feeling," he said. "For the people who do see things in the painting that they can relate to, I hope that they're able to see themselves in a place where they weren't necessarily going to feel the most welcome before." WATCH | Johannes Lampe believes there's healing in the creation of Indigenous art: Media Video | N.L. celebrates Nunatsiavut Inuit with new art installation at Confederation Building Caption: 'The Journey' by Bronson Jacque is on display at the Confederation Building. The Inuk artist from Nunatsiavut says he was inspired by the youth of his community, who are proud and unapologetic of their Indigenous heritage and culture. Open Full Embed in New Tab Loading external pages may require significantly more data usage. Among the speakers during Wednesday's unveiling was Indigenous Affairs Minister Scott Reid as emcee, who has served in the portfolio since July. On at least two occasions, Reid referred to the Inuit of Nunatsiavut as Innu. In speaking to the crowd that had gathered, Reid said the province was "honouring the Innu people of Nunatsiavut through the expression of art." Later, when introducing two singers and dancers who told the crowd they were from Nunatsiavut, Reid referred to them as "the Innu performers." Reclaiming culture Each of Newfoundland and Labrador's five Indigenous governments and organizations — the Nunatsiavut Government, Innu Nation, NunatuKavut Community Council, Qalipu First Nation and Miawpukek First Nation — will be represented in time, along with a statue to honour the culture of the Beothuk. Nunatsiavut President Johannes Lampe called the sharing of artwork an important tool to showcase the Inuit culture of Labrador. "In Nunatsiavut, our artists and craftspeople have always been storytellers using natural materials to share the experiences, struggles, traditions and beauty of Inuit life," Lampe said. "Through art, we find a way to reclaim what was taken. Through craft, through painting, through carving, we heal. We teach and we celebrate our resilience."
CBC
05-03-2025
- Business
- CBC
Trade war could be 'crushing' for Alaska town that depends on the Yukon, residents say
Social Sharing Alaska business owner Mike Healy has one word to describe the international trade war that began on Tuesday between the U.S. and Canada. "Chaos," he said. "I've been talking to people around town and in the office and everyone seems to have a different version of what's going to happen." Healy, who owns the Skagway Brewing Company in Skagway, Alaska, is one of many people in his town who are worried about what punishing new tariffs will mean for his business, and his community. The only road to the small coastal town of about 1,200 people is through the Yukon and B.C., and many residents and businesses rely on Whitehorse — a two-hour drive away — as a shopping, supply and travel hub. Healy said he typically makes a trip to Whitehorse every two weeks or so, often spending hundreds of dollars each time on groceries and hundreds more on business supplies, including CO2 and nitrogen needed for his brewery. He's afraid that may all change now. "It just doesn't seem like we've gotten very good, straight information on what to expect when we try to come back through the border," he said. Healy said he's already had to make some tough decisions, such as pausing plans to expand his business and to construct some new housing. "You know, I see our cost of lumber going up due to these tariffs. I see steel going up, increasing because of these tariffs. So we're just stopping, we're just halting," he said. "And it's a shame because Skagway needs a lot more housing." Nina Seizov, who owns Skagway Mercantile, a gift shop in town, is also anxious about how the trade war might affect her life and livelihood. She called the tariffs "horrible," saying she "can't imagine how this is gonna work." Like Healy, she makes regular trips to Whitehorse to stock up on things that are often more expensive back in remote Skagway. "We have really high shipping amounts. So the cost of inventory, the cost of everything, is a little bit higher in Skagway. And then if you're going to add on this tariff, we just don't know if this stuff will sell at that price," she said. Seizov is grateful that she and her partner recently built a manufactured home in Skagway that they bought through a Whitehorse supplier. She's not sure whether they would have been able to do that if the new tariffs were already in place. Seizov says she also typically sells many Canadian goods, including Indigenous-made products, in her gift shop but she's unsure whether that will now be more difficult with the added cost of tariffs. 'The citizens bear the brunt of this cost' In a recent letter sent to Alaska's state congressman and senators — all Republicans — on behalf of Skagway's municipal government, Mayor Sam Bass expressed concern about how a trade war "may impact life and safety in our community." He said people in Skagway depend on Whitehorse for goods and services — and also emergency services at times. "Thus, our good relationship with our Canadian neighbors is essential to saving lives," he wrote. "The proposed 25 per cent tariff on all Canadian goods and the potential Canadian response could result in a crushing increase in the cost of living in our remote community, causing negative impacts to nearly every facet of our community," he wrote in the letter, sent before the tariffs came into effect on Tuesday. Speaking to CBC News on Tuesday, Orion Hanson, a member of the local assembly, said he had a "tremendous amount of concern" about the potential increased cost of living in Skagway and whether it will become just too hard for people to stay there. "I don't see any benefit from this whole plan, this whole scheme. I think only the citizens bear the brunt of this cost. I don't see how the common person gets anything out of it," he said, about the tariffs. Hanson is also concerned about what it might mean for the traditionally close, neighbourly relations between Skagway and the Yukon. A prolonged and devastating trade war could mean "the animosity between our two countries in heightened," he said.
