Showcasing Indigenous talents at Reconciliation Art Gala
By Kelly Anne Smith NORTH BAY – Jubilant patrons filled the Capitol Centre’s WKP Kennedy Gallery on opening night of the Indigenous Art Gala Teamwork...
Dr. Mushquash to be inducted into Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars
By Rick Garrick OTTAWA – Pays Plat’s Christopher Mushquash is honoured to be one of 70 scholars who are being inducted into the Royal Society...
Anishinabek Nation launches two new elementary books to kick off Treaties Recognition Week
WHITEFISH RIVER FIRST NATION — Two new elementary books that explain treaties to elementary students were launched today at Shawanosowe School in Whitefish River First...
Nipissing First Nation to elect Youth Chief
By Kelly Anne Smith NIPISSING FIRST NATION – Nipissing First Nation governance wants the Youth to have an official voice at the community’s decision table....
Grand Chief congratulates Kelly Crawford, Education Director for the Anishinabek Education System
ANISHINABEK NATION HEAD OFFICE (Nipissing FN) Oct. 30, 2017 – Anishinabek Nation Grand Council Chief Patrick Madahbee congratulates the newly hired Education Director for the...
Sunsets and rants with Les Couchie
By Kelly Anne Smith NIPISSING FIRST NATION – Les Couchie has a German Sheppard who is friendly with squirrels and chipmunks. The little creatures follow...
Artistic projects honour Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women, Residential School Survivors
By Colin Graf AAMJIWNAANG FIRST NATION – Residents have recently unveiled two artistic projects to remember and honour both Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women...
Lajeunesse to finish off junior career with the Sudbury Wolves
By Sam Laskaris SUDBURY – Troy Lajeunesse had a fairly good inkling he was going to finish off his junior career with a franchise other...
Nipissing Warriors headed to Hockey Hall of Fame
By Kelly Anne Smith NIPISSING FIRST NATION – The Nipissing Warriors are having another wave of fame. They were an all-Anishinaabe team playing in the...
Anishinabek Nation celebrates lifetime achievements
CHIPPEWAS OF RAMA FIRST NATION—On the evening of Wednesday, August 16, the Anishinabek Nation 7th Generation Charity (AN7GC) hosted the 19th annual Anishinabek Evening of...
Headrick off to Boston Bruins’ rookie camp
By Sam Laskaris ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA – Owen Headrick is about to get his first taste of life as a National Hockey League player. The 20-year-old...
Slow Pitch tournament honours Connor Pelletier-Commanda
SERPENT RIVER FIRST NATION – Over the Labour Day weekend, scores of people came to play in or watch a memorial slow pitch tournament on...
Zack-Coneybeare headed to hoops academy
By Sam Laskaris GARDEN RIVER FIRST NATION – Jackson Zack-Coneybeare completed his high school studies this past spring. But the 17-year-old from northern Ontario’s Garden...
Anishinabek Nation releases official education vote results
ANISHINABEK NATION HEAD OFFICE, (Nipissing First Nation) August 30, 2017—The 23 Participating First Nations who successfully ratified the Anishinabek Nation Education Agreement celebrated the historic...
‘A lot of assimilationist policies obviously impacted my life’
By Barb Nahwegahbow TORONTO – Christine Migwans has a passion for both developing and reading theory related to colonialism, Indigenous people and genocide. “Anti-colonial theory...