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...
Francis Pegahmagabow: controversial hero
Reviewed by Karl Hele Adrian Hayes. Pegahmagabow: Life-Long Warrior. Toronto: Blue Butterfly Books, 2009. Adrian Hayes’ brief biography of Francis Pegahmagabow from Parry Island First...
Mother Earth needs our help!
By Kelly Crawford M’CHIGEENG FN – Participants in an Earth Day Teach-in were told to speak up about the importance of water. “Use teachings every...