Indigenous adoptees find strength in each other
By Christine Smith (McFarlane) OTTAWA – Sixties Scoop and foster care survivors converged Ottawa Sept. 20-21 to the Indigenous Adoptee Gathering entitled: Bi-giwen, which...
Exhibition includes vamps for children who haven’t returned from residential school
By Rick Garrick THUNDER BAY – Pic River’s Beatrice Twance-Hynes felt the spirits of missing and murdered women after helping install the Walking With Our...
Ontario government recognizes outstanding artists and arts organizations
Ontario celebrated the winners of the 2014 Premier’s Awards for Excellence in the Arts at a gala event at Roy Thomson Hall on Sept. 16....
Dibaajmowin – Jidmoo niin (Squirrel)
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Book Review: ‘Healing Histories’ – A look at Indian Hospitals and the treatment of tuberculosis
Review by Karl Hele Laurie Meijer Drees. Healing Histories: Stories from Canada’s Indian Hospitals. Edmonton: University of Alberta Press, 2013. Healing Histories is a marvelous...
Book Review: Oral History on Trial
Reviewed by Karl Hele Since Delgamuukw (1997) Canadian courts have failed to effectively incorporate oral narratives into Western legal practice. Bruce Granville Miller’s examination of...
Deshkan Ziibii revitalizing Anishinaabemowin with the Paswe’aatigok language program
By Greg Plain DESHKAN ZIIBII (Chippewas of the Thames FN) – The importance of Anishinaabemowin has gained headway over the last few years with the...