‘Aftershock’ features last generation of Residential School survivors
By Colin Graf AAMJIWNAANG FIRST NATION – Reconciliation is something that needs to take place not only between racial communities in Canada, but also within...
NWAC reprimands media for perpetuating damaging stereotypes in Tina Fontaine murder trial
February 1, 2018 –The Native Women’s Association of Canada is adamantly opposed to the media’s use of victim-blaming rhetoric and negative, unfounded stereotypes in their...
Significant victory for First Nation children in care
Chiefs of Ontario convince Canadian Human Rights Tribunal to order Canada to fund Band Representative Services and Mental Health Services (Ottawa, February 1, 2018) Today,...
Biinjitiwaabik Zaaging Anishinaabek and Red Rock artists part of Converging Lines exhibit
By Rick Garrick THUNDER BAY – Birch bark is featured in the work of two artists from the Northern Superior Region at the Thunder Bay...
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...