Teachers give top marks to Rabbit and Bear Paws
TORONTO – Anishinabek author and children’s educator Chad Solomon has won the 2013 Children’s Literature Award sponsored by the Elementary Federation Teachers of Ontario (EFTO)....
Thunder Bay welcomes Aboriginal dollars
By Rick Garrick THUNDER BAY –Local businesses are being encouraged by the Chamber of Commerce to post “Status Cards Welcome” decals and to make their...
Throne Speech ‘colonial’: Madahbee
UOI OFFICES (Nipissing FN) October 17, 2013 – Anishinabek Nation Grand Council Chief Patrick Madahbee sees a colonial agenda in Wednesday’s Speech from the Throne....
Microfinance: A tool for nation-building
By Barbara Nahwegahbow TORONTO – Chief Isadore Day of Serpent River First Nation doesn’t see Serpent River’s microfinance strategy as letting the federal government off...
Research investigates loss of languages
VANCOUVER – Simon Fraser University researcher Marianne Ignace is leading a new initiative aimed at saving the region’s indigenous languages and the heritage they help...
Ottawa supports Niigaan project: ‘Looking to the future’
By Greg Macdougall OTTAWA – Niigaan: In Conversation, a project in Ottawa that brings Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples together for dialogue and discussion, recently received...
Practicing for the big race
Christian Island Elementary School students Grade 4-8 students Hannah Menchenton-Assance, Dakota Jolie, Braedon McCue, Laura Monague, Tiffany Cass, Mackayla Partridge and Andrea Cass practice for...