Family, friends, and beading – connecting through cultural skills
By Rick Garrick FORT WILLIAM — A group of beaders enjoyed learning how to do edge beading on home-tanned moose hide during the Bead Your Heart...
First Nation-owned bakery a thriving business
By Sam Laskaris CHIPPEWAS OF RAMA FIRST NATION – Whenever Alderville First Nation citizen Adam Crowe has an idea, he makes sure he follows through...
Lakehead University hosts cultural workshops led by Anishinaabe Elder
By Rick Garrick THUNDER BAY — Biigtigong Nishnaabeg Elder Beatrice Twance-Hynes recently shared two workshops, a Men’s Hand Drum Workshop and a Medicine Wheel Workshop, at...
Clayton King’s painting revealed at Waypoint
By Kelly Anne Smith PENETANGUISHENE – The unveiling of the large-scale painting Mno Ishkode took place on January 30 at the Waypoint Centre for Mental...
Connecting students with Indigenous role models through learning
By Rick Garrick THUNDER BAY — Red Rock Indian Band’s Sara Kae, a content provider with Connected North, shared some of her music during A Celebration...
Book review: Shirley: An Indian Residential School Story
Trigger warning: readers may be triggered by the subject matter of Indian Residential Schools. To access a 24-hour National Crisis Line, call: 1-866-925-4419. Community Assistance...
Fort William First Nation artist celebrates launch of new book
By Rick Garrick THUNDER BAY — Fort William artist Helen Pelletier is very happy with the Thunder Bay Art Gallery’s publication of Helen Pelletier: Wiigwas Manidoog...