Dilico Anishinabek Family Care celebrates 2024 Step Up Kids Awards recipients
By Rick Garrick FORT WILLIAM FIRST NATION — Dilico Anishinabek Family Care celebrated the 10 recipients of the 2024 Step Up Kids Awards on Nov....
Fort William First Nation partners with Mishkogeeshik Art & Supply to host Traditional Belt Making Workshop
By Rick Garrick FORT WILLIAM FIRST NATION — Fort William hosted a traditional belt-making workshop by Mishkogeeshik Art and Supply’s Kelvin and Georgina Redsky and...
Exhibition aims to revive the creation of tikinagans
By Rick Garrick THUNDER BAY — An exhibition of about 260 tikinagans and cradle boards from across Turtle Island was featured during the Anishinabek Nation’s...
Fort William First Nation Elder shares Water Walks lecture at Thunder Bay Museum
By Rick Garrick THUNDER BAY — Fort William Elder Sheila DeCorte highlighted her most recent water walks, including the Naadowewi-Gichigami (Lake Huron) Water Walk this...
Annual pow wow welcomes students to higher education in North Bay
By Kelly Anne Smith NORTH BAY—Hundreds of students attended the 19th Annual Welcome Back Powwow on the grass by the pond at North Bay’s Education...
Lakehead University Bora Laskin Faculty of Law students learn from the land
By Rick Garrick NEEBING — Two groups of Lakehead University Bora Laskin Faculty of Law students recently attended the Gaa-maada’ooniding Law Camp 2024 at the...
Language Carriers honoured at Nbisiing Nishnaabe 36th Annual Dewegigewaad Pow Wow
By Kelly Anne Smith NIPISSING FIRST NATION—The Nbisiing Nishnaabe 36th Annual Dewegigewaad Pow Wow has a powerful theme of community strength in the language. Mindy...
Traditional Bow Making workshop connects participants to culture
By Rick Garrick FORT WILLIAM — Fort William’s Culture and Recreation department recently held a Traditional Bow Making workshop by John Belanger on Sept. 4-5...
Aanmitaagzi artists Fringe performance a storytelling delight
By Kelly Anne Smith NORTH BAY— ALL MY R(el)ATIONS played the On the Edge Fringe Festival on the cool, green grass on Oak Street in...
Fort William Historical Park’s Anishinaabe Keeshigun hosts pow wow
By Rick Garrick THUNDER BAY — Fort William Historical Park’s Anishinaabe Keeshigun featured a pow wow and a variety of activities, entertainment, contests, and craft...
Upcoming gathering to connect Anishinaabe wild rice harvesters
By Rick Garrick BIIGTIGONG NISHNAABEG — Lakehead University researcher Keira Loukes and Biigtigong Nishnaabeg educator Rhonda Lyons are looking forward to holding the Following Manoomin:...
HighWater Press celebrates 15 years of publishing Indigenous pedagogy
By Kelly Anne Smith WINNIPEG — Many of Canada’s celebrated Indigenous storytellers have been published by HighWater Press, such as Jenny Kay Dupuis of Nipissing...
Anishinabek Water Walkers set to honour water this month
By Rick Garrick THUNDER BAY — Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory’s Sharon Manitowabi and a group of Anishinabek Water Walkers from both sides of the Medicine Line...
Land-based education a passion for Miss Indigenous Canada contestant
By Kelly Anne Smith GARDEN RIVER FIRST NATION- Anjolene Pine is competing in the inaugural Miss Indigenous Canada pageant. Anjolene is a Registered Behavioural Technician...
Weengushk International Film Festival announces 2024 programming
LITTLE CURRENT – Artistic Director Dr. Shirley Cheechoo CM is pleased to announce programming for the 7th Annual Weengushk International Film Festival (WIFF) taking place...