Former Nipissing Warrior and Elder kicks off documentary premier as Master of Ceremonies
By Kelly Anne Smith NIPISSING FIRST NATION—Being a Nipissing Warrior hockey player taught Elder John Sawyer life lessons. For Sawyer, the value of the experience...
Nipissing Warriors players and fans unite community in new documentary
By Kelly Anne Smith NIPISSING FIRST NATION—There was a full house for the premiere screening of the Nipissing Warriors Documentary at the Garden Village Community...
Pic Mobert’s Come Here Look for the Good Life gathering draws large attendance
By Rick Garrick PIC MOBERT FIRST NATION—An Elder’s emotional comments about his children being taken away to residential school encouraged others to share their experiences...
First University of Toronto community Powwow revival deemed ‘a needed cultural shift’
By Christine Smith McFarlane TORONTO—The Indigenous Studies Students’ Union hosted the Honouring Our Students Powwow, the first powwow held at the University of Toronto in...
Silent to their graves about Residential School trauma
By Kelly Anne Smith NORTH BAY—For the third consecutive week in February, the number of people turning out for a two-hour Truth and Reconciliation learning...
Award winning Fort William artist shares silkscreen printing techniques with Thunder Bay youth
By Rick Garrick THUNDER BAY—Fort William artist Christian Chapman shared his silkscreen printing techniques with youth during a Feb. 24 Neechee Studio workshop at Definitely...
Youth for Water: empowering future generations
PETERBOROUGH--How do you respond to youth who are feeling frustrated and powerless in the face of environmental issues? You empower them. Creative genius, environmentalist, and...
Public eager to learn about Truth and Reconciliation teachings
By Kelly Anne Smith NORTH BAY—Indigenous cultural trainer George Couchie says you can’t change what you don’t understand. Working to uplift Indigenous Peoples from an...
Kina maamwigdoo-wiikendaasmin — ‘We Are All Learning Together’
By Kelly Anne Smith NORTH BAY—To start the cultural training session open to the public, Nipissing First Nation Chief thanked everyone for coming out on...
Fort William youth canoe builders featured in Ontario Tourism documentary film
By Rick Garrick FORT WILLIAM FIRST NATION—The Fort William canoe builders who created an 18-foot birch bark canoe last summer are featured in The Canoe...
Crees in the Caribbean pulls emotional chords in captivated audience
By Rick Garrick THUNDER BAY—Drew Hayden Taylor enjoyed the opening performance of his Crees in the Caribbean play by Six Nations actor Gary Farmer and...
Aamjiwnaang First Nation Heritage and Culture group host special workshop tomorrow
By Colin Graf AAMJIWNAANG FIRST NATION—First Nations looking for reconciliation in Canada have to start by looking in an unexpected place….inward. That’s the idea being...
‘Significant architect of Canadian cinema and culture’ receives deafening standing ovation
By Barb Nahwegahbow TORONTO—When Alanis Obomsawin learned that she was receiving the Clyde Gilmour Technicolor Award from the Toronto Film Critics Association (TFCA), there was...
Mini-moccasin workshop passes on teachings, techniques, and knowledge
By Rick Garrick THUNDER BAY—Fort William’s Helen Pelletier recently shared her knowledge about making moccasins with about 50 youth at a Neechee Studio mini-moccasin workshop...
Indigenous artists dazzle in launch of Hard Rock Medical’s new season
By Kelly Anne Smith NORTH BAY—A call for celebration was answered with the Capitol Centre full of stars from the successful television series Hard Rock...