Virtual FASD Awareness Day Pow wow a big success despite COVID-19 challenges
By Rick Garrick THUNDER BAY — The FASD Awareness Day Pow Wow 2020: Honouring Mothers, Honouring Families was held as a virtual event this year...
Building Indigenous Food Sovereignty in 14 First Nations in Northern Superior region
By Rick Garrick THUNDER BAY— Indigenous rural development economist Winona LaDuke spoke about heading to the sugar bush when the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic...
Kicknosway launches Anishinabek lacrosse corporation to teach skills, culture and history
By Sam Laskaris OHSWEKEN – Isaiah Kicknosway had some big plans for 2020 after launching a non-profit lacrosse corporation this past December. Because of the...
Landmark agreement commits southwestern Ontario post-secondary institutions to promote opportunities for First Nations students
By Colin Graf DELAWARE NATION AT MORAVIANTOWN— A landmark agreement committing universities and colleges in southwestern Ontario to promote post-secondary education opportunities for First Nations...
Local rally held to bring awareness to support Mi’Kmaw self-regulated lobster fishery
By Dan Mendoza STURGEON FALLS— Sipekne’katik First Nation citizen Alex Maloney might be nearly 2,000 kilometres from his home in Nova Scotia, but that didn’t...
Book review: Kaandossiwin: How We Come to Know
Reviewed by Karl Hele Kaandossiwin: How We Come to Know is an exploration of how, as an Anishinaabekwe, author Kathleen Absolon (Minogiizhigokwe) came to know,...
The Clench defalcation specific claim settlement
By Laurie Leclair In 1845, Canada, or rather Upper Canada, appointed 55-year old Joseph Brant Clench, a militia officer and life-long Indian Department employee, as...