Teachings and storytelling at annual Anishinaabe Giizhigad celebrations
By Rick Garrick and Marci Becking CURVE LAKE FIRST NATION — The Anishinabek Nation celebrated Anishinaabe Giizhigad, the national holiday observed every year on June...
Ocean Bridge program ambassadors visit Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory
By Rick Garrick WIIKWEMKOONG UNCEDED TERRITORY — A group of 16 Ocean Bridge program ambassadors and four staff from across the country recently visited Wiikwemkoong...
Sheshegwaning artist creates player-of-the-game hockey sticks for 2023 IIHF Women’s World Championship
By Rick Garrick THUNDER BAY — Sheshegwaning artist Angela Jason recently created 25 player-of-the-game hockey sticks for the 2023 IIHF Women’s World Championship, held April...
Curve Lake storyteller keeps culture alive at storytelling festival
By Rick Garrick TORONTO — Curve Lake storyteller Mike Ormsby and Iranian-Dutch storyteller Sahand Sahebdivani highlighted the importance of storytelling during their Keeping Culture Alive...
Ontario Native Women’s Association launches new commemorative art project exhibition at the Thunder Bay Art Gallery
By Rick Garrick THUNDER BAY — The Ontario Native Women’s Association (ONWA) launched the Medicine Lines of Womanhood MMIWG Commemorative Art Project exhibition at the...
Indigenous carver shares Creator’s gift with learners
By Rick Garrick FORT WILLIAM — Indigenous carver Doug Little used his carving skills to restore two carved wooden statues on Anemki Wajiw (Mt. McKay)...
Dilico Anishinabek Family Care and the Mazinaajim Children’s Foundation celebrate 5th Annual Dare to Dream Day
By Rick Garrick THUNDER BAY — Dilico Anishinabek Family Care and the Mazinaajim Children’s Foundation held the 5th Annual Dare to Dream Day for children...