The views expressed by the artists and writers featured here are solely those of the contributor and do not in any way represent the views of Historica Canada. The display of these works does not constitute an endorsement of the subject matter of the artistic pieces in question by Historica Canada but rather the neutral presentation of our contest winners based solely on artistic merit. Winning works and other submitted works are published on the Historica Canada website and in other public forums including but not limited to social media, press releases, print posters, physical exhibitions or other publications. Our youngest categories, ages 6-9 and 10-13, are judged by program staff and the winning pieces are selected by our funders. The winning works of the competition are selected a jury of artists and writers from the Indigenous community based solely on artistic merit. Indigenous Arts & Stories (hereafter called “the competition”) accepts writing and 2-D art submissions from self-identifying status and non-status First Nations, Metis and Inuit youth, which relate to their culture and identity. An author is somebody who spends a lot of time thinking about his/her writing, so that other people someday will spend just as much time thinking about his/her writing. Yes, it’s easier to not write than write. Tahsatahsawen! (A Mohawk command roughly translated as “Get going!”)Īdvice from playwright and jury member, Drew Hayden Taylor: Just know that you did your best at the time. There will always be something you will want to rewrite later. But remember that your story will never be perfect. When you think that you’ve done the best job you can, send it in. Make sure that the story that’s in your head is the one that’s on paper. Put it away and after a week, look at it and rewrite again. Give yourself time to give the story your best shot. The Historica-Dominion Institute’s Our Story: The Canadian Aboriginal Writing Challenge is a contest that provides an online forum for young Indigenous writers. When you sit down to write, include the details of an event, a life, a movement that add life and believability to your story. And, if you already know about your history/culture, that’s great. So learn as much as you can about your history and culture from as many sources as you can – especially from people who can give you the flavour and details of an event that you won’t find in Wikipedia.
And when you set out to learn, know this: Google doesn’t know everything – especially when it comes to native people.
If you don’t know your history or culture – really know it – then learn about it. This is a contest about history, native history/culture in particular. Advice from author and jury member, Brian Maracle:
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