Sagamok Anishnawbek show strength and unity as they walk for addiction awareness
By Leslie Knibbs SAGAMOK ANISHNAWBEK FIRST NATION—On November 3, Sagamok Anishnawbek First Nation held their first annual walk and rally to recognize National Aboriginal Addiction...
First Nations Technical Institute celebrate high employment rates
By Rick Garrick TYENDINAGA MOHAWK TERRITORY—First Nations Technical Institute (FNTI) is celebrating a 93 per cent employment rate among last year’s graduates thanks to a...
Canada and Ontario advance reconciliation with historic apologies to the seven Williams Treaties First Nations communities
RAMA, ON (November 17, 2018) /CNW/ – Today, the Honourable Carolyn Bennett, Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations and the Honourable Greg Rickford, Minister of Indigenous Affairs...
Anishinabek Nation Chiefs seek to move governance ratification vote to late 2019
By Marci Becking LITTLE CURRENT – Anishinabek Nation Chiefs-in-Assembly met in Little Current on November 14-15 and have directed the Restoration of Jurisdiction department at...
Buffy Sainte-Marie visits the Toronto International Festival of Authors
By Christine Miskonoodinkwe- Smith TORONTO—A captivated audience learned how the collaboration of the authorized biography came about between author Andrea Warner and singer-songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie...
Anishinabek Nation leadership oppose Canada’s Indigenous Rights Framework
ANISHINABEK NATION HEAD OFFICE (November 16, 2018)—The Anishinabek Nation Chiefs-in-Assembly unanimously oppose and reject the federal government’s Indigenous Rights Framework. The Anishinabek Nation leadership join...
Research points to the need for a Northern Centre of Excellence for Addiciton and Mental Health in Thunder Bay
By Rick Garrick THUNDER BAY—The need for a Northern Centre of Excellence for Addiction and Mental Health was among the findings of a recently released...