Election results for Fort William First Nation
Here are the Official Election results from Fort William First Nation held on April 7, 2013 for next 2 years. To the Office of...
Community Profile: Sheshegwaning FN – Council agenda aims for physical and fiscal fitness
By Melissa Cooper Since being elected in November 2011, Sheshegwaning First Nation council has kept busy diversifying a business portfolio that includes shares in...
‘Nish boys help Ontario skate to silver
By Sam Laskaris Troy Lajeunesse had a rollercoaster week at the National Aboriginal Hockey Championships. The 15-year-old centre, from Dokis First Nation, was a member...
Warriors honoured at York
By Brian Charles TORONTO --As people gathered along the Toronto shoreline, waiting for the fire to be lit for a sunrise ceremony, birds offering...
Book Review: Indigenous Peoples struggling against climate change
LAWRENCE, Kan. -- Climate change's effects are starting to be felt around the world, and indigenous populations are in many cases among the first to...
Book Review: History as humour
Who knew our history could be so funny? Apparently, Thomas King did, and we may forever be indebted to him for “The Inconvenient Indian: A...
Book Review: Kids’ book for everyone
Roy Vickers has done it again. With startling vivid colours and his trademark embossed symbols worked into skies, oceans and mountain, the B.C. First Nations...
Buckwheat is not wheat!
By Sarah Blackwell Buckwheat Squares I love this recipe! It is so versatile and can be made as sweet as you want it. Buckwheat is...
Changes boost energy
By Sarah Blackwell This column will feature the journey of one Anishinaabe family – mine – as we made the transition from sickness and disease...
Farm tales: It turns out that goats are wimps
By Jennifer Ashawasegai Not all hay is created equal. That was news to me last spring when I took my young Billy to the vet....
Granny stops grader
Oklahoma grandmother Nancy Zorn, 79, was taken into police custody after locking herself to a piece of heavy machinery, effectively halting construction on TransCanada’s Keystone...
Funding cap shadows education progress
By ROJ Staff In 1996 Canada put a 2% cap on increases for funding First Nations education. The 2% cap has entrenched discriminatory funding shortages...
Tidying up Mother Earth
A beautiful sunny day, Earth Day April 22nd, was an ideal time to spend outdoors. Five elders, all over 60, from the Ontario Native Women’s...
Books for Christian Island kids
With a special thank-you card after Coles Books declared their school the winner of $2,000 in new books. The Midland store placed in the company's...
Communities talk constitution
By Jon Cada Community Engagement Strategy (CES) sessions continued to generate self-government dialogue in 2012/2013. During this past year, the CES process delivered seven sessions...