Posters bringing warriors to life
By Barbra Nahwegahbow TORONTO – Artist Philip Cote has heroes, many of them long-forgotten First Nations warriors. Cote has featured them in a series of...
Chippewa girls deliver the mail
By Sharon Weatherall BEAUSOLEIL FN – Three Anishinabek Nation girls have had artwork depicting the War of 1812 commemorated on Canadian postage stamps. The young...
Language learners reach new horizons
By Margaret Hele GARDEN RIVER FN – A grant from the federal government’s New Horizons program will support Anishinaabe language immersion sessions. The successful application...
Keep sweetgrass sunny and wet
By Emilie Corbiere Sweetgrass has been used in First Nations ceremonies for centuries and often times people will say they can smell it when driving...
Writer picked berries, jury picked writer
TORONTO – Julie Flett, author-illustrator of Wild Berries and the Cree version Pakwa che Menisu, is the first-time recipient of a new Aboriginal Literature Award....
Sacred Water Circle growing
By Julie Kapyrka PETERBOROUGH – The Sacred Water Circle has grown from founder Dorothy Taylor’s vision three years ago into a movement with 25 active...
Education signing kicks off school pow-wow
By Sharon Weatherall BEAUSOLEIL FN –The renewal of the Education Services Agreement with the Simcoe County District School Board kicked off the fifth annual Christian...