Kettle & Stony Point ‘adjusting’ constitution after ‘no’ vote
By Greg Plain KETTLE & STONY POINT FN – Chief Tom Bressette says his First Nation’s draft Constitution will be “adjusted” after an April 25...
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...
New slogan minted at Anishinabek Education Symposium: Say ‘Yes’ to the AES!
UOI OFFICES (Nipissing First Nation) – The draft education self-government agreement between the Anishinabek Nation and Canada got an in-depth review by First Nation leaders...
Navajo lead fight to formally oppose ‘redskins’
By Gale Courey Toensing Indian Country TODAY MEDIA NETWORK.com The Navajo Nation Council has adopted a bill opposing the use of the name ‘redskins’, a...
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...
Anishinabek education needs ‘two sneakers’
By Marci Becking NIPISSING FN – Anishinabek Nation interim youth rep Quinn Meawasige likens an Anishinabek Education System to having one foot in a...
Ring of Fire First Nations to share in revenues
THUNDER BAY – Ontario Regional Chief Stan Beardy extended his congratulations to the nine Matawa member First Nations and the Ontario government on the Ring...
Reconciliation: changing what we say about each other
By Murray Sinclair Special to CBC News Now that the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s seventh and final national event is over, some have asked, “What’s next?” From...
‘Redskins’ help keep racism alive: United Nations
GENEVA – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, James Anaya, has called on the owners of the Washington Redskins Football team...
Kettle Pointers guided rowdy fishing party
By Laurie Leclair In 1907, the Indian Agent William Nisbet wrote, “At Kettle Point and Stony Point the principal industry besides farming is acting as...
Learning Clan system builds Anishinabek Nation unity
By Tammy Desmoulin SAULT STE. MARIE, MI – Learning the Anishinabek Nation clan system is the first step towards building unity within the nation. Anishinabek...
First Nations education bill fails the test
By Daniel Wilson Politics is a messy business, so it is helpful to have clarity now and then. Certainly, partisan posturing often can muddy the...
‘We need a real say in how our kids are taught’: Madahbee
UOI OFFICES (April 14, 2014) – Just promising more money for First Nations education won’t make it better, says Grand Council Chief Patrick Madahbee, unless...