Building his future with education and culture
By Maurice Switzer NIPISSING FIRST NATION – Kirby Shipman graduated from high school the day before he “came out” as a men’s traditional dancer at...
Anishinabek support protectors of the water in the Dakotas
UOI OFFICES (Nipissing FN) September 8, 2016 – Anishinabek Nation Grand Council Chief Patrick Madahbee extends support to the Standing Rock Sioux Nation, their leadership,...
Chippewas of the Thames First Nation Flag Raised at London City Hall to Commemorate the 220th Anniversary of the London Township Treaty
LONDON, ON (September 7, 2016)–Chief Leslee White-Eye was on-hand this morning to raise the Chippewas of the Thames First Nation’s flag at London City Hall...
Ontario Regional Chief, Isadore Day calls on Canada and the US to end ‘Oil Centrism’
OPEN LETTER: From clearing the Plains in Canada to bulldozing Sacred Sites in North Dakota: Governments and industry collaborate to commit atrocities against our Peoples...
Cultivating gardens to help cultivate food security and a healthy lifestyle
By Rick Garrick Biinjitiwaabik Zaaging Anishinaabek—An orchard with four different types of fruit trees along Lake Nipigon has been created in Biinjitiwaabik Zaaging Anishinaabek (BZA)...
Wee Tum Ma Keh Wina Food Symposium fed the mind, soul, and body
By Rick Garrick THUNDER BAY—Debajehmujig Theatre Group’s Joseph Osawabine recently learned how to cook geese at the Wee Tum Ma Keh Wina Food Symposium, held...
Book Review: ‘I am not a number’ creates teachable moments
Reviewed by Carrie MacKenzie “I Am Not A Number” by Dr. Jenny Kay Dupuis and Kathy Kacer, with illustrations by Gillian Newland, details the real...
Water First to reflect commitment to First Nations water issues
CREEMORE, ON – Seven years after its birth as a nonprofit providing clean water to remote schoolhouses in rural Uganda, Tin Roof Global has changed...
Tales of an Urban Indian: a journey of forgiveness, transformation, and redemption
By Rick Garrick IQUALUIT—Talk is Free Theatre (TIFT) kicked off its 15th anniversary season with the July 27-30, 2016, production of Tales of an Urban...
A conversation with Elder Stanley T. Peltier
By Sharla Peltier During the late winter of 2016, Nookomis Beedasige (Josephine Mandamin) announced plans for a Great Lakes Gathering at Ojibway Park in Garden...
Shingwauk Kaizhitaawaach Kakinohmaagaywigamig –Shingwauk Residential School
Shingwauk Kaizhitaawaach Kakinohmaagaywigamig Shing-wauk Ka-i-zhi-taa-waach Ka-ki-noh-maa-gay-wi-ga-ming nin-gee-a-si-goh-min pay-si-goh ka-in-ni-pahn-gi-shi-mooch Mee-ni-gee-sis. Waa-sug gee-pa-ta-gi-taa. Nin-gee-boo-zi-ni-min o-taa-baan Nakina a-ee tush nin-gee-in-na-goh-tub-bi-min way-ti Ba-wi-tig-ong. Nin-gee-i-zhaa-min way-ti pay-sig...
Letter to the Editor: Chief Miskokomon clarifies Walpole Island natural gas protest
Dear Editor, This letter is in response to your article dated August 30, 2016, “Walpole Island continues protest of natural gas.” I can appreciate that...
Dancing in the sun to heal from the Residential School Era
By Kelly Anne Smith NORTH BAY—“I make people laugh with my silliness because that’s the gift I was given to survive this life,” posted Cecile...
Ta-wish Anishinaabay –Still Anishinaabay
Ta-wish Anishinaabay O-taa-naang in-naa-bi-yung maa-ma-kaach ta-wish o-maa a-tay Anishinaabaymowin. Ka-ki-na kay-goon kaa-gee-bee-too-chi-gaa-tayg chi won-ni-too-yung Anishinaabaymowin ka-kun-na-waa-bun-daa-taa. Kun-na-waa-bun-daa-taa kay-goh-nayn ay-on-ji-gee-i-zi-way-bung. Maa-gi-zoh Anishinaabay i-noh-zi-win ay-on-ji-gee-i-zi-zayg? Anishinaabay i-noh-zi-win...
If This is The End, a play by Shandra Spears Bombay
By Barb Nahwegahbow What does a girl do when she finds out at the age of 19 that instead of being just one-eighth First Nation,...