Chippewas of Rama First Nation woman elected as NAIG Council president
By Sam Laskaris ORILLIA – Dale Tamara Plett got a bit more than she bargained for when she attended a recent annual general meeting in...
Anishinabek Nation remembers Wiikwemkoong Elder and WWII Veteran
By Rick Garrick WIIKWEMKOONG UNCEDED TERRITORY—Wiikwemkoong Elder Andy (Andrew) Manitowabi is fondly remembered by many for starting up Andy’s General Store and initiating plans to...
Koganaawsawin to staff up April 1
By Marci Becking BIINJITIWAABIK ZAAGING ANISHINAABEK – Social Services Director Adrienne Pelletier has big plans for Koganaawsawin. “We want a better deal for an Anishinabek...
Chief’s Island grave story
By Laurie Leclair On Thursday, November 8, 1923, a workman putting through a new sewer line across a property on St. Mary’s Street made the...
Victory and loss in the Robinson Huron Treaty Trial
By Catherine Murton Stoehr SUDBURY—The audience at a Robinson Huron Treaty trial panel was startled this week when, half-way into a measured, lawyerly PowerPoint presentation...
Nipissing First Nation could draft own cannabis law
By Kelly Anne Smith NIPISSING FIRST NATION—Nipissing First Nation (NFN) has the inherent right to its own cannabis law and could be drafting a new...
Anishinaabe University of Sudbury students presented with scholarship awards
By Rick Garrick SUDBURY—Three University of Sudbury Indigenous Studies students are looking forward to being able to focus more on their studies after being presented...