Cranberry harvest full of tradition and goodness
By Rick Garrick ATIKAMEKSHENG ANISHNAWBEK – Traditional artisan Ken Wabegijig enjoys harvesting –and eating – wild cranberries from a bog near his mother’s home community...
Thunder Bay welcomes Aboriginal dollars
By Rick Garrick THUNDER BAY –Local businesses are being encouraged by the Chamber of Commerce to post “Status Cards Welcome” decals and to make their...
Ottawa supports Niigaan project: ‘Looking to the future’
By Greg Macdougall OTTAWA – Niigaan: In Conversation, a project in Ottawa that brings Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples together for dialogue and discussion, recently received...
Practicing for the big race
Christian Island Elementary School students Grade 4-8 students Hannah Menchenton-Assance, Dakota Jolie, Braedon McCue, Laura Monague, Tiffany Cass, Mackayla Partridge and Andrea Cass practice for...
Medicines everywhere we walk
By Rick Garrick FORT WILLIAM FN – Traditional healers once travelled for years to trade medicines and learn from one another on the slopes of...
Christian Island kids walk for Terry Fox
By Sharon Weatherall BEAUSOLEIL FN –Christian Island Elementary School goes all out every year for Terry Fox. The entire 90-student school population participates in the...
Sisters in Spirit vigil remembers murdered and missing Aboriginal women
By Margaret Hele SAULT STE. MARIE – Vigils to honour Canada’s 600 missing and murdered Aboriginal women were held on Oct. 4. The Zonta Women’s...