Biidaaban Kinoomaagegamik School garden grows kindness
By Leslie Knibbs SAGAMOK ANISHNAWBEK FIRST NATION— On October 25, a dedication of the ‘Kindness Rock Garden’ took place at Biidaaban Kinoomaagegamik School in Sagamok...
4th Annual Indigenous & Ingenious promises another stellar Show & Sale
TORONTO–Distinctly, uniquely Indigenous works by 18 talented artists, artisans and designers will be showcased and available for sale in Toronto at Indigenous & Ingenious on...
Wiikwemkoong High School robotics team head to FIRST Robotics Competition in the new year
By Rick Garrick WIIKWEMKOONG UNCEDED TERRITORY—The Wiikwemkoong High School robotics team is looking forward to another year of FIRST Robotics Competitions beginning in the new...
Indigenous Interprofessional Primary Care Team to offer traditional programs to support First Nations
By Kelly Anne Smith NORTH BAY—Indigenous peoples in the Nipissing-Timiskaming region will have access to a full range of health care services now that an...
Aamjiwnaang First Nation environmental activist teams up with University of Toronto researchers
By Colin Graf AAMJIWNAANG FIRST NATION—Environmental activist Vanessa Gray is teaming up with researchers from the University of Toronto (U of T) to create new...
Anishinabek Nation leadership honour Warriors on Remembrance Day
ANISHINABEK NATION HEAD OFFICE (November 9, 2018)— Remembrance Day is a time dedicated to honour and remember the members of armed forces – the husbands,...
Interpreting the interpreters: a treaty week challenge
By Laurie E. Leclair In the nineteenth century, treaty diplomacy between the Crown and a First Nation usually followed a specific pattern: several months, maybe...
Land for goods: the Crawford Purchases
By Dr. David Shanahan At the end of the American War of Independence, large numbers of white settlers who had remained loyal to Britain, as...
Four Nations Alliance Belt: A lesson in Indigenous Diplomacy
By Laurie E. Leclair The “Four Nations Alliance Belt” can be found in the Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford England under the accession number 1896.7.1. It...
The accidental treaties
By Dr. David Shanahan Treaties are important documents. They deserve careful consideration. However, in a couple of weeks in 1836, one man, without any formal...
Anishinabek Nation hosts Treaties Recognition Week education events
ANISHINABEK NATION HEAD OFFICE (November 5, 2018)— Anishinabek Nation leaders and educators highlighted treaty education resources at a living library event held at the Harris...
Chippewas of Rama First Nation woman elected as NAIG Council president
By Sam Laskaris ORILLIA – Dale Tamara Plett got a bit more than she bargained for when she attended a recent annual general meeting in...
Anishinabek Nation remembers Wiikwemkoong Elder and WWII Veteran
By Rick Garrick WIIKWEMKOONG UNCEDED TERRITORY—Wiikwemkoong Elder Andy (Andrew) Manitowabi is fondly remembered by many for starting up Andy’s General Store and initiating plans to...
Koganaawsawin to staff up April 1
By Marci Becking BIINJITIWAABIK ZAAGING ANISHINAABEK – Social Services Director Adrienne Pelletier has big plans for Koganaawsawin. “We want a better deal for an Anishinabek...
Chief’s Island grave story
By Laurie Leclair On Thursday, November 8, 1923, a workman putting through a new sewer line across a property on St. Mary’s Street made the...