‘Get brown or get lost!’
By Barb Nahwegahbow TORONTO – “Get brown or get lost!” That’s what Hayden King told an audience of 50 people gathered to learn how settlers...
System failing, not First Nations youth
By Kelly Crawford M’CHIGEENG FN – Federal government control of First Nation education was the topic for a teach-in hosted by Kenjgewin Teg Educational Institute...
First Nations kids get the basketball bug
By Marci Becking MISSISSAUGI FIRST NATION – Josh Carpenter dreams that someday his basketball tournament will be as big as the Little NHL. Carpenter –...
Director aims to make the invisible, visible
By Marci Becking NIPISSING FN – Andree Cazabon knows that her films are not always easy to watch. But the determined director with roots in...
Travel with cold-weather emergency kit
By Holly Brodhagen Winter has set in. We have snow on the ground and Jack Frost is nipping at our ears. Well, actually, Jack Frost ...
Chief takes bridge issue to CN brass, INAC
By Maurice Switzer & Rick Garrick FORT WILLIAM FIRST NATION – Chief Georjann Morriseau, continues to put the pressure on CN officials and the federal...
First Nation donors needed
By Kelly Crawford M’CHIGEENG FN –A local nurse can vouch for the importance of First Nations getting information about rare blood disorders. “I have been...
What if missing women were from posh neighbourhoods?
By Peter Globensky Do you know any women or girls who live in the posh neighbourhood of Forest Hills in Toronto? Or perhaps the toney...
Rabbit and Bear Paws
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Admitting mistakes, Stephen Harper style
By Daniel Wilson I’ll admit it. I was wrong. I thought the Conservative government would never make a real investment in First Nations education. That...
Loners can be pensive, or work up a sweat
By Richard Wagamese I’ve never really been much of a guy’s guy, a man’s man or any of those buddy-buddy things a man is supposed...
Message from Grand Council Chief Re: FNEA
RE: FIRST NATION CONTROL OVER FIRST NATIONS EDUCATION ACT TO: Anishinabek Nation citizens SUBJECT: Feb 7, 2014 Announcement re: FNEA FROM: ...
Cultural teachings help employability
M’CHIGEENG FN – Participants in the Kenjgewin Teg Educational Institute’s A.I.M.S. program have nothing but praise for the 12-week job-readiness initiative. “The program taught me...
Farm tales: Free rooster nice bonus
By Jennifer Ashawasegai ALBAN – A few days after the new year chimed in, I jumped on Kijiji and found an ad for two free...
Moccasins draw mixed emotions
By Jennifer Ashawasegai PARRY SOUND – Viewers of the “Walking With Our Sisters” exhibit experienced mixed emotions. They see 1,600 moccasin vamps (tongues) that are...