‘Good stories are good medicine’
By Carrie MacKenzie KINGSTON – On May 10-12 “The Breakout Project” hosted groups of original, forward- thinkers from all over Canada. These teams were rivals...
Bobb wins Indigenous Artist Award
By Kelly Anne Smith NIPISSING FIRST NATION – 150 artists from across Canada have been awarded a REVEAL Indigenous Artist Award from The Hnatyshyn Foundation....
Chief Dan George’s great-grandson reflects
Compiled by Kelly Anne Smith Lament for Confederation – Chief Dan George in 1967 How long have I known you, Oh Canada? A hundred years?...
Help find Josiah Begg, age 14 missing since May 6
NEWS RELEASE Thursday May 11, 2017 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NAN COORDINATING SEARCH FOR JOSIAH BEGG THUNDER BAY, ON: Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) is coordinating an...
Update on Jordan’s Principle from Ontario
To: All Ontario First Nation Chiefs and Councils Dear Chief and Council: Re: Update on Jordan’s Principle On July 5, 2016, the Minister of Health...
Elder Paul Williams passes into the Spirit World
AN Head Office (Nipissing First Nation) May 9, 2017 – Grand Council Chief Patrick Madahbee offers his condolences to friends and family in Wiikwemkoong Unceded...
Family is community, family is your clan
By Marci Becking TORONTO – “CAS is an industry. Our kids aren’t for sale. We have a law and a proposed system that will work,”...
International Indigenous HIV & AIDS community organization launched at UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
VANCOUVER, April 25, 2017 /CNW/ – The Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network (CAAN), International Indigenous Working Group on HIV and AIDS (IIWGHA), and The Māori, Indigenous...
Iroquois Caucus, Anishinabek Nation issue Declaration, send letter to Trudeau regarding Radioactive Liquid Shipments from Chalk River
(Kahnawake – April 21, 2017) The Iroquois Caucus and the Anishinabek Nation wish to announce that they have issued a Joint Declaration regarding their serious...
ONWA supports ‘For the Earth and Water’ water walk with Josephine Mandamin
Starting on April 20, Grandmother Josephine Mandamin is once again walking for the water. She will start the journey at Spirit Mountain, Duluth MN, and...
Mother and daughter have to wait until May for judge’s decision
By Marci Becking NORTH BAY — Tears streamed down young Shania’s face outside the North Bay courtroom after learning she will have to wait until...
Karen Restoule appointed Associate Chair of Ontario Parole Board
ANISHINABEK NATION HEAD OFFICE (April 18, 2017) – On behalf of the 40 communities of the Anishinabek Nation, Grand Council Chief Patrick Madahbee sends out...
Systemic racism will only end through implementation of cultural competency training for all police officers
Ontario Regional Chief Isadore Day Welcomes Recommendations of Independent Police Oversight Review; However, Systemic Racism Will Only End Through Implementation of Cultural Competency Training for...
‘Mill Colonialism’ in Sturgeon Falls
By Catherine Murton Stoehr Stephen High had been teaching history at Nipissing University for only two months in 2002 when the news broke that the...
Letter from veteran heading to the 100th anniversary of Vimy Ridge
My name is Roland Biidwewidam Monague. I am Anishinabe from Christian Island in Southern Ontario. I am a retired Anishinabe Veteran who served with the...