Debassige caps season with silver medal

By Sam Laskaris KAHNAWAKE, Que. – Deidre Debassige capped her successful hockey season with yet another medal from a prestigious tournament. The 17-year-old  from M’Chigeeng...

‘What kind of Indian are you?’

By Richard Wagamese When I was small an adopted cousin once asked me, “What kind of Indian are you?” Back then the question shocked me....

‘Decolonizing’ universities has a price

By Karl Hele MONTREAL  – If you want to decolonize post-secondary institutions, have an Indigenous presence, and see our worldviews presented there are two fairly...

Public safety should be really simple

By Maurice Switzer It’s so much easier to keep things simple. So please don’t talk to me about diluted bitumen having a viscosity of 201...

Shoe donation shows character

By Sharon Weatherall BEAUSOLEIL FN – Students at Christian Island Elementary School (CIES) will be running in style this spring, thanks to a generous donation...

Student’s mom tried to see Atleo

By Jorge Barrera APTN National News Vicki Monague drove six hours from her home community of Beausoleil First Nation to Ottawa in hopes of confronting...

Grits or Tories: Who’s worse?

By Karl Hele Who’s better for First Peoples – Liberals or Conservatives? With the recent raft of unilateral legislation affecting First Nations– including several proposed...

Kindergarteners clean house on Earth Day

By Greg Plain CHIPPEWAS of the THAMES FN – The 14 children of Fiona Braidwood’s Senior Kindergarten class were on cleanup duty April 22, celebrated...

Still a speaker after 60 years in city

By Barb Nahwegahbow TORONTO – It was the late 1950’s when Mary Fox left her home on Wikwemikong Unceded Indian Reserve and set out for...