Long Lake drum group getting ready to travel with new songs
By Rick Garrick Long Lake #58’s Young Crew drum group of nine young drummers are enjoying the opportunity to learn new songs and travel to...
Robinson Treaty Annuities Trial hears from Ministry of Northern Development and Mines
By Dorothee Schreiber SUDBURY – This week the Robinson Huron Treaty Annuities trial heard from Ontario’s “fact witness” Scott Mantle, an accountant who also happens...
Red dresses mark the 11th Memorial March for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls in Sault Ste. Marie.
By Lynne Brown SAULT STE. MARIE – The 11th Annual Memorial March for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls took place on February 14. The...
Wikwemikong’s Babstock an all-star in the National Women’s Hockey League
By Sam Laskaris HAMDEN, CONNECTICUT – For the second consecutive year Kelly Babstock was an all-star. The 25-year-old Ojibwe forward is a member of the...
Constitutions, best practices discussed at Our Past, Present and Future conference
By Marci Becking SAULT STE. MARIE – Wiikwemkoong’s Ogimaa Duke Peltier and Nipissing First Nation Chief Scott McLeod made presentations on their constitutions, laws and...
We cannot become extinct: Implementation of our E-Dbendaagzijig has to happen now
By Marci Becking SAULT STE MARIE – Anishinabek Nation Citizenship Commissioner Jeannette Corbiere-Lavell says that she is pleased that we are at this point in...
Anishinabek leadership calls for consultation for successful partnerships
By Kelly Anne Smith NORTH BAY – “They have to talk to us right from the start, right from phase one of the project. “...
Ontario taking action on Indigenous Health Care
Partnership Between Province and Indigenous Communities Key to Efforts Ontario and Indigenous partners are working together to improve access to care and increase the involvement...
Robertson awarded Order of Ontario
By Colin Graf AAMJIWNAANG FIRST NATION – Elder Geraldine Robertson, 82, has been awarded the Order of Ontario for her work in educating people...
Anishinabek talk about history to make plans for the future
By Marci Becking SAULT STE. MARIE – Anishinabek Nation Grand Council Chief Patrick Madahbee and legal counsel Fred Bellefeuille spoke to participants at the Ka...
The Stanley verdict: A shadow over reconciliation
By Catherine Murton Stoehr NORTH BAY – More than 80 people held a vigil on Main Street in downtown North Bay Ontario on Saturday. Holding...
Healing through the arts with Maaniihs
By Kelly Anne Smith NORTH BAY – After giving an opening smudge for the Healing Through the Arts workshop, Maaniihs Mary Pheasant exclaimed, “My name...
‘No justice for Colten’ says Madahbee
ANISHINABEK NATION HEAD OFFICE (Nipissing First Nation) February 10, 2018 – The Anishinabek Nation joins Saskatchewan First Nation Chiefs in solidarity to support the family...
Sagamok ice fishing a big hit for LNHL teams
SAGAMOK ANISHAWBEK — Parents, grandparents and supporters of the Midget and Atoms Little NHL teams held two successful ice fishing derbies on Big Lake LaCloche...
Statement from National Chief Perry Bellegarde on Second Reading of Bill 262, An Act to Harmonize Canada’s laws with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
(Ottawa, ON) – Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Perry Bellegarde released the following statement following the second reading of Bill 262 – an Act...