‘Hand-y’ in Wasauksing
WASAUKSING FN – Sage Jeffries proudly displays his hand-sewn deer hide moccasins made with healthy future generations in mind. Grade 5 and 6 students recently...
Band funding can’t cover spiralling education costs
By Marcia Manitowabi Don’t rely on your First Nation to provide funding for little Johnny when it’s time for him to go to university. The...
Anishinabek News opens pages to new readers
UOI OFFICES – The Anishinabek News will soon be a more attractive and timely product seen by thousands more readers. After 24 years of serving...
Blanket for survivors
The following is the letter presented with blankets to survivors at the Indian Residential School monument ceremony on March 25, 2013 Dear Survivor: On behalf...
Harper’s last stand to be fought over First Nation land
By Laura Robinson TORONTO – In Toronto’s beautiful new Daniel Spectrum Arts and Culture Hall, and across the street from a sparkling new “swimming hole”,...
Pic Mobert creates an economy with hydro projects
By Rick Garrick PIC MOBERT FN – The construction of two hydroelectric dams on its traditional territory will provide the foundation for a more prosperous...
Chamber of Commerce make good business sense
By Barret Dokis The Anishinabek Nation's Economic Blueprint calls for the establishment of an Anishinabek Business Association, which would be like a chamber of commerce....
Be Safer message on Highway 17 West
NIPISSING FN – Union of Ontario Indians HIV/AIDS Program coordinator Jody Cotter and her daughter/artist Maddison stand underneath a new bright animated billboard on the...
Deputy political champion
By Doris Peltier If someone would have told me a few years ago that Chiefs in one tribal region would one day pass a resolution...
Farm Tales: One kid leads to another
By Jennifer Ashawasegai My four kids happened by accident. By this, I mean, I didn’t intend on having a small herd of goats or a...
Thinking about food in a better way
By Christine McFarlane TORONTO – “Diabetes affects Aboriginal peoples at alarming rates, and it is a disease that can be prevented, if we learn to...
Bill C-45 draws attention on World Water Day
World Water Day, which is held annually on March 22nd, is a means of focusing attention on the importance of freshwater and advocating for the...
Veterans join forces
Visiting Elder and Canadian veteran Sam Hearns, Alderville FN, was joined by First Nation political veteran Elijah Harper at a Youth and Elders Conference staged...
Look for jobs with transferrable skills
By Laura Dokis Deciding on a career path is challenging at any stage in life and in particular when you may be focused on working...
Teaching kitchen confidence
NORTH BAY – Kelly Crawford-Bellissimo, mother of Danika, 11, and Dakota,7, citizens of Nipissing First Nation, knew that her family needed to do something about...