Biinjitiwaabik Zaaging Anishinaabek celebrates 31st Traditional Annual Pow Wow
By Rick Garrick BIINJITIWAABIK ZAAGING ANISHINAABEK—Anishinabek Nation Grand Council Chief Glen Hare enjoyed participating in Biinjitiwaabik Zaaging Anishinaabek’s (BZA) 31st Traditional Annual Pow Wow after...
Anishinabek Nation citizens honoured with an Anishinabek Lifetime Achievement Award
By Rick Garrick CHIPPEWAS OF RAMA FIRST NATION—Biinjitiwaabik Zaaging Anishinaabek’s Timothy Hardy and Fort William First Nation’s Leonard F. Pelletier were among 11 Anishinabek Nation...
Hockey stars appear at Espanola youth camp
By Sam Laskaris ESPANOLA—A professional women’s hockey player was one of the featured instructors at a two-day girls’ camp in Espanola this past week. Kelly...
Talented Indigenous artists sing out at music festival fundraiser
By Kelly Anne Smith NIPISSING FIRST NATION—Kelly McLeod-Shabogesic gave a friendly greeting. “Heyaaii you made it!” to Geneviève Couchie as she walked close to the...
Kairos Blanket Exercise touches the heart of 800 youth
By Rick Garrick THUNDER BAY—A mass Kairos Blanket Exercise (KBE) was held with about 800 youth participants on Aug. 16 during the Canadian Lutheran Anglican...
People don’t learn on stat holidays
By Maurice Switzer Each year when I was a student at Lakefield Public School, all 300 members of our student body—from kindergarten to Grade 8—had...
Bilateral technical table discusses opportunities in procurement
THUNDER BAY–The Anishinabek Nation met with representatives of the Ministry of Transportation on July 4 and 5 in Thunder Bay. Regional Deputy Grand Council Chief...
Kettle and Stoney Point First Nation conduct blanketing ceremony
KETTLE AND STONEY POINT FIRST NATION–In an emotional ceremony that was a movement by the Community of Kettle and Stoney Point First Nation (KSPFN), the...
Indigenous youth lands volleyball scholarship, gives back teaching skills camp
By Kelly Anne Smith NORTH BAY—Tessa Pizzale has graduated from being a Laker to a Panther and this August she passed along her skills and...
Little NHL to host inaugural fundraising golf tournament in September
By Sam Laskaris MANITOWANG—The long-running Little Native Hockey League (LNHL) tournament is still a couple of years away from celebrating its milestone 50th anniversary. But...
Indigenous youth spend time at the Canadian Armed Forces youth camp
By Rick Garrick FORT WILLIAM FIRST NATION—Camouflage and assault boat training were among the highlights for a group of Indigenous youth at the Canadian Armed...
Funding your agricultural business
By Lynn Moreau NIPISSING FIRST NATION—Are you interested in starting a new agricultural business or in expanding or improving an existing farm enterprise? The Canadian...
Biinjitiwaabik Zaaging Anishinaabek artist delivers workshop for Fort William First Nation citizens
By Rick Garrick FORT WILLIAM FIRST NATION—A group of Fort William citizens are sporting jackets, t-shirts and bags with bear paw and tomahawk designs thanks...
Deputy Youth Chief Lance Copegog condemns Michelle Rempel’s undemocratic actions
CHRISTIAN ISLAND, ON (August 20, 2018) — Lance Copegog, the Deputy Youth Chief of the Beausoleil First Nation Youth Council, has released the following statement...
Youth inspired by the Aanmitaagzi Summer Arts Program to create art
By Kelly Anne Smith NIPISSING FIRST NATION—The creative, energetic youth of The Aanmitaagzi Summer Theatre Arts Program has helped Big Medicine Studio bring art to...