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...
Ghosts haunt lead characters
By Laura Robinson VANCOUVER – Drew Hayden Taylor has produced a number of plays with Firehall Theatre in Vancouver’s downtown eastside but God and the...
Put off roads, not education
By Christine Smith McFarlane TORONTO – Politicans can put off building roads because they’re trying to reduce budget deficits, says Paul Martin, but that approach...
Negotiating to close graduation gap
By ROJ Staff The education negotiations are in high gear now, moving forward to finalize the draft arrangements with Canada this fiscal year. Negotiators are...
Car dealership has loyal First Nations customers
By Marci Becking AJAX – Car salesman Bobby Dickinson and his team at Village Chrysler Dodge Jeep are extra busy these days and it’s all...
Anishinaabe Anokiiwin Aanokiitoojig/Chiefs Committee on Governance update
By Esther Gilbank THUNDER BAY — The Chiefs Committee on Governance has welcomed two new members — Lake Huron representative Ogimaa Duke Peltier, Wikwemikong Unceded...
COO provides health benefits guide
TORONTO – The Chiefs of Ontario have produced guides for First Nation members with status to learn about the health benefits they have access to...