Photography featured at Life Promotion Youth Showcase
THUNDER BAY – Long Lake #58’s Autumn Longpeter-Esquega wants to “get into art” after her photography was featured at the National Aboriginal Youth Suicide Prevention...
Dokis’ Lajeunesse growing with the Sarnia Sting
By Greg Plain SARNIA – Troy Lajeunesse is a 17 year-old left wing hockey player from Dokis First Nation and has been playing with the...
Mnaasged thanks businesses who helped at Christmas
By Greg Plain MUNSEE-DELAWARE – Mnaasged Child and Family Services delivered six “Thank You” plaques to local organizations and businesses that have made a big...
The ‘Wet Cues’ win back-to-back in 8-ball
By Greg Plain SARNIA – Four men from Aamjiwnaang First Nation swept the Ontario Valley National 8-Ball League Association (OVNEA) tournament on Feb. 8 without...
Being a team player the focus of this year’s Little NHL
By Rick Garrick This year’s 44th Annual Little NHL (Native Hockey League) tournament is incorporating a focus on team players instead of star players. “Let’s...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Indian taco, clan animals part of indigenous emoticons app
By Rick Garrick Wikwemikong’s Miranda Recollet plans to launch an indigenous emoticons app at the App Store on Jan. 25. “I kept it light and...
Ojbway graveyard by the residential school
By Richard Wagamese My brother Jack had passed away before I made it back to my people. I was twenty four and all I learned...
Morriseau credits volunteerism and ceremony to success
By Rick Garrick Fort William Chief Georjann Morriseau and possible federal Liberal candidate, credits volunteerism, ceremony and her family for her success as one of the...