Niki Little | Wabiska Maengun is a mother, artist/observer, arts administrator, and a founding member of The Ephemerals. She is Anishininew/English from Kistiganwacheeng (Garden Hill, FN), based between Win-nipi (Winnipeg, MB) and Tkaronto (Toronto, ON). Her interests investigate cultural consumerism, Indigenous womxn, and community-based initiatives and Indigenous economies.

Niki is the Artistic Director for imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival. Previously, she was the Director for the National Indigenous Media Arts Coalition where she organized Listen, Witness, Transmit, a national Indigenous media arts gathering in Saskatoon, SK (June 12-15, 2018) that included round tables, performances, screenings, and exhibitions.

As an independent community connector, Niki co-curated níchiwamiskwém | nimidet | my sister | ma soeur, the La Biennale d’Art Contemporain Autochtone 2018 (BACA) in Montréal and surrounding areas (May 3 - June 19, 2018) and co-hosted Migration, a three-week on-the-land residency with Becca Taylor in Demmitt, AB, grounded in exploration around Indigenous economies and research as ceremony (August 13-31, 2018).

Image by Kali Spitzer