Mountain Biking

First Journey Trails: In Indigenous Communities, the Benefits of Biking go Beyond Economic

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Most off-road cycling associations in British Columbia can trace their beginnings to battling to legitimize rogue trail builds, but Indigenous communities have been fighting over land rights for much, much longer—and on a far greater scale.

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CLIMBING

Building Connection through Climbing

Cassie Ayoungman musters and shares the healing power of the mountains.

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Grateful To Be On The Land

Iikaiksimatsa’pao’p (Grateful to Be on the Land) is a story of healing, belonging and reclaiming space in the mountains. This new short film follows Cassie Ayoungman—climber, community advocate, and founder of Soul…

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Live It Up Podcast: MTB Coach & Guide Jay Bearhead

As one of the main characters in Red Bull’s documentary The Engine Inside, Jay Bearhead has seen it all: residential schools, drug abuse, alcoholism and homelessness. But it’s his rise…

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Live It Up Podcast: Sandy Ward

For the 50th episode of Live it Up with Mountain Life, host Feet Banks connects with Sandy Ward (Kelkeláokik)—snowboarder, mountain biker, filmmaker, guide to be, and a trailblazer at helping Indigenous youth reconnect to the land and their culture through sport.

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Walk Gently: A Design Platform for Indigenous Voices

A new product collection from Cole Sparrow-Crawford and Arc'teryx puts Indigenous designs front and centre.

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Mountain Biking

Escaping Routine: Seeing the Land Through Indigenous Eyes

Using a mountain bike to access not just some beautiful places, but to connect to the landscape in a new and exciting way.

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Mountain Lifer

Sweetgrass on the Dashboard

If we are not emotionally tuned into nature, we find it easy to destroy the ecosystems that sustain us.

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Mountain Biking

The Reconciliation Trail

Mountain bike trails are helping First Nations heal, bridging the gap between cultures with the universal language of fun.

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Artist Profile: Elevating Awareness

The story behind an Indigenous-created installation at Blue Mountain Resort.

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Friday Flick: Chumash Powered

A new short film from Patagonia highlights the age-old craft of building Indigenous Chumash canoes on the coast of southern California.

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Bringer of Light: A Conversation with N’alaga

N'alaga is a weaver, teacher, dancer, singer and a Land-Based Cultural Empowerment Facilitator who also comes from a family of notable snowboarders. "N’alaga" translates to "bringer of light”, and that is exactly what she does through her work.

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Photography

UNCEDED: A Photographic Journey into Belonging

It’s difficult to say where ideas come from, but at least part of the impetus for the UNCEDED photography exhibit came from the consistent late-night clown show of drunk and/or ignorant guests roaming the cobblestones of Whistler Village.

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Mountain Lifer

Talon Pascal, Culture Keeper

Talon Pascal has been described as “an elder’s soul shining out from a 17-year-old’s body,” and his passion for rediscovering traditional Lil’wat Nation culture and art certainly supports this.

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Friday Flick: Surviving the Trauma of Residential Schools by Skateboarding

Skateboarding saved Joe Buffalo. The pro skater survived Canada's cruel Residential School system, as did several generations of his family. But his survival was far from assured...

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Tribal Waters

A new film examines the epic struggle over the Wind River's vast water resources inside a Native American Reservation.

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Paddling

The Great Canoe

Much more than a mode of transportation, the cedar canoe provides an integral and tangible link to culture, history, community and homelands for local Indigenous Nations.

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Inuk Warrior Princess: Marika Sila

Indigenous in Alberta, with Inuk actor and influencer Marika Sila.

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The Last Wish of a Cultural Giant

Lloyd "Buddy" Wesley leaned over the table with a sad grace as he sorted through his papers in preparation for his weekly Stoney language and culture class at Canmore’s artsPlace. I stood in the doorway on that warm evening in early June 2021, and watched him for a moment, taking him in. I could tell something was bothering him; he was carrying the weight of the world on his back.

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Smenhem: Those Who Come After Us

Intergenerational healing through language and land.

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First Journey Trails: In Indigenous Communities, the Benefits of Biking go Beyond Economic

Building Connection through Climbing

Grateful To Be On The Land

Live It Up Podcast: MTB Coach & Guide Jay Bearhead

Live It Up Podcast: Sandy Ward

Walk Gently: A Design Platform for Indigenous Voices

Escaping Routine: Seeing the Land Through Indigenous Eyes

Sweetgrass on the Dashboard

The Reconciliation Trail

Artist Profile: Elevating Awareness

Friday Flick: Chumash Powered

Bringer of Light: A Conversation with N’alaga

UNCEDED: A Photographic Journey into Belonging

Talon Pascal, Culture Keeper

Friday Flick: Surviving the Trauma of Residential Schools by Skateboarding

Tribal Waters

The Great Canoe

Inuk Warrior Princess: Marika Sila

The Last Wish of a Cultural Giant

Smenhem: Those Who Come After Us

Silent Siege

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