Dibaajmowin – Jidmoo niin (Squirrel)
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‘Possible’ tornado on Christian Island
By Sharon Weatherall BEAUSOLEIL FIRST NATION – Christian Island members are still cleaning up downed trees and debris following a wicked storm that hit the...
Book Review: ‘Healing Histories’ – A look at Indian Hospitals and the treatment of tuberculosis
Review by Karl Hele Laurie Meijer Drees. Healing Histories: Stories from Canada’s Indian Hospitals. Edmonton: University of Alberta Press, 2013. Healing Histories is a marvelous...
AFN National Chief expresses need to support indigenous youth on World Suicide Prevention Day
OTTAWA, Sept. 10, 2014 – On World Suicide Prevention Day, Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Ghislain Picard reminds First Nations and all Canadians...
Mini pow-wow raises Fetal Alcohol Spectrum disorder awareness
By Rick Garrick THUNDER BAY – Patience is the key to parenting children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, according to a grandmother from Long Lake...
Maadaadizi in Marina Park an opportunity for new students
By Rick Garrick THUNDER BAY – Pic Mobert’s Howard Twance encourages First Nation students to pursue their post-secondary education goals, even if it takes them...
Ontario Regional Chief Calls ‘Canadians for a new partnership’ a vital step forward in educating Canada about First Nations priorities
TORONTO, ON (Sept 9, 2014) — Ontario Regional Chief Stan Beardy supports the Canadians for a New Partnership announcement made last week by former Prime...
Chief Bigwin identified in photo from 1933
Letter from Fred Watkin I was verifying an old picture of my mother Ruth seen in the photo here with a First Nations man...
Robinson-Huron Treaty Chiefs call on the Crown to honour its promises and provide resource revenues
SAULT STE. MARIE (Sept. 9, 2014) – Chiefs from the Robinson-Huron Treaty territory, acting on behalf of some 30,000 beneficiaries of the 1850 Robinson-Huron Treaty,...
‘Treaty beneficiaries due for a raise’: Madahbee
UOI OFFICES (September 9, 2014) – First Nations parties to the Robinson-Huron Treaty haven’t seen their benefits increased in 140 years. Chiefs from the Robinson-Huron...
Chippewa lets the sun shine in
By Greg Plain CHIPPEWAS OF THE THAMES FIRST NATION – At the end of last fiscal, 10kW solar sites that are operational throughout Chippewa of...
Book Review: Oral History on Trial
Reviewed by Karl Hele Since Delgamuukw (1997) Canadian courts have failed to effectively incorporate oral narratives into Western legal practice. Bruce Granville Miller’s examination of...
Robinson Huron treaty Chiefs to enforce treaty promises
SAULT STE. MARIE – On September 9th, 2014 – the 164th anniversary of the Robinson-Huron Treaty of 1850 – First Nations signatories will announce a...
A love for the game 60 years later
By Laurie Leclair Social media was very busy this July chronicling The Big Scoop Supreme’s success in the Masters Women’s Division at the 2014 Canadian...
Ipperwash Series Part 3: Grassy Narrows confirms the need to implement Linden’s recommendations
The Labour Day long-weekend marked 19 years since the reclamation of Ipperwash Provincial Park, part of Aazhoodena (Stoney Point) ancestral lands. What began as a...