Anishinaabe artist finds healing through artwork
By Colin Graf AAMJIWNAANG FIRST NATION— It took a lot of nudging and encouragement from family and friends to get Jill Joseph started down the...
Anishinaabe storyteller film cradles the heart
By Kelly Anne Smith NORTH BAY— At the screening of his film, Cradling the Heart: An Anishinaabek Creation Story, Terry Dokis asked the full lecture...
Changing the language around FASD will help people live with their strengths and challenges
By Laura E. Young SUDBURY – Victim. Villain. A lifelong sentence. These are words and negative perceptions that people working in the field of Fetal...
Nipissing First Nation youth intern goes to Peru
By Summer Fisher NIPISSING FIRST NATION— Nipissing First Nation youth Summer Fisher was accepted into an International Aboriginal Youth Internship with Canada World Youth, to...
Indigenous multidisciplinary artist to host 13th Annual Outside Looking In Gala in Toronto this Spring
By Rick Garrick NORTH BAY — Indigenous multidisciplinary artist Tamara Podemski is looking forward to hosting the 13th Annual Outside Looking In Gala on May...
Anishinabek vote on Governance Agreement
ANISHINABEK NATION HEAD OFFICE (March 6, 2020) – The work we are doing is the building of the Anishinabek Nation Naaknigewin – our Naaknigewin. This...
Sarnia City Council adopts a land declaration to be spoken before each Council meeting
By Colin Graf SARNIA— With guidance from a committee with members from three area First Nations, Sarnia City Council here has adopted a land declaration...
First Nations call for Ontario commitment to meaningful engagement on Great Lakes
By Kelly Anne Smith NORTH BAY— Dokis First Nation academics are among the authors of a study calling for a strong commitment from Ontario for...
Keeping them safe, bringing them home: Heritage and burials protocols and community involvement
By Laurie Leclair Many of the participants in the Heritage and Burials consultations shared stories about their own experiences with repatriation. There were similarities throughout,...
Laurentian, Waubetek lay groundwork for future cooperation
University signs letter of interest with Indigenous business development company TORONTO (March 3, 2020– Laurentian University is pleased to announce the signing of a letter...
Land Back – A new song in support of the Wet’suwet’en Nation and to the Indigenous-led movements across Turtle Island
Friends, The Halluci Nation would like to dedicate our song in support of the Wet’suwet’en Nation and to the Indigenous-led movements across Turtle Island and...
‘We are not thugs, we are treaty partners and rights holders,’ says Fort William Chief at Land Protector rally
By Rick Garrick THUNDER BAY — Fort William First Nation Chief Peter Collins and Nishnawbe Aski Nation Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler spoke out against a...
Developing heritage and burial protocol as a step towards decolonization
By Laurie Leclair With the publication of the Anishinabek Nations’ Community Heritage & Burials Consultation Protocol Template (2019) alongside of the Anishinabek Nation’s Toolkit for...
Alderville First Nation honours Olympic athlete
By Alderville First Nation Chief David Mowat I am proud to say that Mississauga Ojibway marathon runner Fred Simpson Sr. (1878-1945), was inducted into the...
The importance of advocacy, respect and trust
By Laurie Leclair For nearly five years, Anishinabek Nation’s Heritage and Burials Committee has been travelling across Ontario, asking its members for feedback regarding the...