Provincial federation of friendship centres publishes new book
By Sam Laskaris TORONTO – The Ontario Federation of Indigenous Friendship Centres (OFIFC) now has a new way to show off its accomplishments. The group...
Wiikwemkoong youth hoop dancer takes home award for powerful music video
By Rick Garrick TORONTO — Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory hoop dancer Emilee Ann Pitawanakwat and musicians Andrea Ramolo and Kinnie Starr were recently recognized with the...
Podcast inspires Indigenous cultural understanding
Road to Your Name is Back with Season 3 TORONTO – The Road to Your Name podcast is back for its third season and promises to...
Northern Superior Region dancers hopeful for upcoming pow wow season
By Rick Garrick NORTHERN SUPERIOR REGION — Northern Superior Region dancers have mixed hopes for the upcoming pow wow season after two years of cancelled...
Serpent River First Nation artist advances music career
By Leslie Knibbs ELLIOT LAKE — Isaac Murdoch is a musician, artist, and storyteller originally from Serpent River First Nation (SRFN) but moved back to...
Outside Looking In launches national contest to celebrate its 15th anniversary as Canada’s largest Indigenous youth performance
Outside Looking In’s Annual Showcase makes a triumphant return with hundreds of Indigenous youth on stage in a multi-media live performance TORONTO — Canada’s largest...
Biigtigong Nishnaabeg Anishinaabekwe focuses on workplace and personal wellness during Nokiiwin Tribal Council’s virtual event
By Rick Garrick THUNDER BAY — Biigtigong Nishnaabeg’s Nicole Richmond shared two presentations on mindfulness and meditation during Nokiiwin Tribal Council’s A Healthier You virtual...
Historian urges Anishinabek to reconnect with the language
By Rick Garrick THUNDER BAY — M’Chigeeng First Nation’s Alan Corbiere highlighted the locations where Nanabosho left his mark during his Lakehead University Aninishinaabe Perspectives...
Nipissing First Nation author shares the language in new children’s book
By Kelly Anne Smith NIPISSING FIRST NATION— In her new book, This Is What I’ve Been Told – Mii Yi Gaa-Bi-Wiindmaagooyann, author Juliana Armstrong writes,...
Red Rock Indian Band artist performs at Thunder Bay Art Gallery’s newest exhibition opening
By Rick Garrick THUNDER BAY — Red Rock Indian Band’s Ron Kanutski enjoyed performing his Native American flute music during the opening of the Thunder...
Upcoming traditional medicine programming to explore connection between metabolism and cultural practices
By Rick Garrick THUNDER BAY — Wiikwemkoong’s Joseph Pitawanakwat is looking forward to delivering a Jan. 16 Thunder Bay Indigenous Friendship Centre Healthy Harvest virtual...
Zig Misiak, acclaimed author, and historian, a friend of Six Nations
“I never expected when I was just a little boy of three, a refugee to this country, who has now found a home and a...
New partnership instated to explore efficacy of traditional healing to prevent cancer
By Rick Garrick THUNDER BAY — Lakehead University researcher Lana Ray is partnering with the Waasegiizhig Nanaandawe’iyewigamig Health Access Centre (WNHAC) in Kenora, traditional Knowledge...
New podcast aimed at elevating and celebrating Indigenous women debuts in November
By Rick Garrick FORT WILLIAM — Indigenous journalists Jolene Banning, Tanya Talaga, and Kim Wheeler are featuring the voices of Indigenous women from across the...
Entrepreneur with Dokis First Nation roots recognized for excellence and outstanding impact
By Rick Garrick HAILEYBURY — Dokis First Nation’s Gerry Brandon was recently recognized with the Up and Comer Award for his “high-end” L’Autochtone Taverne Americaine...