Pic River citizen now Chamber of Commerce chair
By Rick Garrick THUNDER BAY – Pic River’s Joe Moses aims to encourage more dialogue between Aboriginal and non-aboriginal stakeholders as the 2015 chair of...
Pelletier to receive posthumous Congressional Medal of Honour in Washington
By Laurie McLeod-Shabogesic WASHINGTON, D.C. (Feb. 3) – The Devil’s Brigade (also known as the Black Devils) have received the highest honour the US has...
Festival features indigenous filmmakers
By Heather Campbell SUDBURY –The success of indigenous women filmmakers across Canada is worth celebrating and the University of Sudbury’s department of Indigenous Studies did...
Book encourages Anishinaabeg cultural literacy
Review by Heather Majaury As an educator interested in adult literacy I found this book particularly interesting. This book is written in clear language –...
Bringing treaties into the classroom
By Marci Becking SUDBURY – Former teacher and fluent Anishinaabemowin speaker Gloria Oshkabewisens welcomed some 140 educators and principals to the Miigwewin education conference by...
Youth helps species at risk in Highway 400 expansion through Magnetawan
By Rick Garrick Magnetawan’s Terry Jones is proud of the work he completed last summer for his Robinson Huron community’s Species at Risk project to...
Restoring tallgrasses part of Black Oak Savannah project
By Rick Garrick Alderville’s Cheyenne Blaker has been fighting invasive species with fire to restore the tallgrass prairie environment at her Williams Treaty community’s Black...
Student featured in APTN’s ‘Dream Big’ series
By Rick Garrick CURVE LAKE FIRST NATION – Raina McCue is aiming for a career as a performance teacher after being mentored by a performance...
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Creating art helps people heal
By Rick Garrick Rocky Bay’s Shaun Hedican enjoyed teaching his spiritual self-portrait workshop to an overflowing class of First Nations youth on Jan. 15 at...
Kina Gbezhgomi opens urban office, work continues on becoming a child welfare agency
By Laura E. Young SUDBURY- In every marathon there are key moments en route to the finish line. Kina Gbezhgomi Child and Family Services celebrated...
Grandmother of Indigenous literature is resilient and determined
By Christine McFarlane TORONTO – Lee Maracle, a member of Tsleil Waututh First Nation in North Vancouver, BC is many things to many people. Though...
Learn your history, teachings and language
By Christine McFarlane TORONTO – Susan Blight is from Treaty#3 and a citizen of Couchiching First Nation but her ancestors are from Couchiching, Naicatchwenin, Mitaanjiigaming...
Invisible: the Academy Awards, racism and aboriginals
By Kristin Grant The controversy over all 20 of this year’s Academy Awards acting nominees being white has me questioning is this outcry itself racist...
Role models make all the difference
By Christine Smith (McFarlane) TORONTO –Sylvia Plain, 29 of Aamjiwnaang First Nation knows what its like to be strong and to be a role model...