Anishinabek Nation and Ontario sign Letter of Commitment
TORONTO (January 31, 2018) – Anishinabek Nation Grand Council Chief Patrick Madahbee and Chris Ballard, Minister of the Environment and Climate Change, met today to...
The Ribbon Skirt: Symbol of surviving cultural genocide
By Kelly Anne Smith NIPISSING FIRST NATION – Hearing her mother’s wisdom, Tala Tootoosis became brutally honest about her own path – began to...
Koganaawsawin: Monumental progress for First Nations Child Well-Being
By Lynne Brown SAULT STE. MARIE – Adrienne Pelletier, Director Social Services for the Anishinabek Nation, gave a powerful keynote address on the first morning...
Heroes in Health make great things happen in our communities
By Lynne Brown SAULT STE. MARIE –The third annual Anishinabek Health conference took place at The Quattro Hotel and Convention Centre in Sault Ste. Marie,...
Chiefs to confront federal government on lack of progress in standards of living
LONDON, ON (Jan 25, 2018) – On January 29th the Chiefs of the Association of Iroquois and Allied Indians will be meeting with critics, ministers,...
Ontario to double number of entrants for National Aboriginal Hockey Championships
By Sam Laskaris MEMBERTOU FIRST NATION – Thanks in large part to officials from one of the world’s longest running and largest Native youth tournaments,...
Ceremonial Feast carefully planned for Anishinabek Nation Memorial Round Dance
By Kelly Anne Smith NIPISSING FIRST NATION – About two hundred people gathered for a ceremonial feast to lead the night in a good way...
Public information sessions for possible Noront facility in Thunder Bay
By Rick Garrick Fort William and Thunder Bay Community Economic Development Commission (CEDC) representatives recently held two public information sessions for the Noront Resource ferrochrome...
Giipkinaagewin! Bingo held to promote Anishinaabemowin
By Kelly Anne Smith NIPISSING FIRST NATION – Dabbers were raised and ready for the first ball to be called in the packed Nbissing Secondary...
Beausoleil First Nation youth to hold election
CHRISTIAN ISLAND (JANUARY 24th, 2018) — Youth Chief Terra Roy and Deputy Youth Chief Lance Copegog of the Beausoleil First Nation Youth Council (BFNYC) have...
Full-day Kindergarten pilot project to include culture and language
By Rick Garrick Fort William community members are looking forward to an upcoming full-day Kindergarten pilot school through a partnership with the Thunder Bay Catholic...
Hundreds gather for Memorial Round Dance honouring Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
By Kelly Anne Smith NIPISSING FIRST NATION – The 2018 Memorial Round Dance to honour Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls drew hundreds to...
Pike fishing derby a success for Sagamok Eagles Tykes team
By Leslie Knibbs SAGAMOK ANISHNAWBEK – For the second year, Mark and Colleen Eshkakogan of Sagamok Anishnawabek First Nation organized a fundraising Pike Fishing Derby...
Threading what reconciliation means to them
By Rick Garrick THUNDER BAY – The creation of artwork from the printed pages of the Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission was...
Training program successful in northern Ontario
By Rick Garrick Hardy Giles Consulting has already provided heavy equipment operator employment opportunities for about 20 unemployed and underemployed Indigenous people through a recently-announced...