‘Gchi nendam gwa noonga maa yaa yan’
By Sharon Weatherall BARRIE –When he has completed the two year Anishnaabemowin Language Program at Georgian College’s Barrie Campus, Tyler Taylor hopes to share what...
book review: Meeting destiny courageously
The suicide of a friend consolidates the painful, dark and repressed secrets of James Nathan and Jake Noland. Their haunted histories are expressed in their...
Book review: Lessons of hope
You might consider Vernon Roote a lucky person. He didn’t attend residential school but he couldn’t escape the narrow colonial box in which First Nations...
Nimkii danced in his mother’s womb
By Christine Smith McFarlane TORONTO – Nimkii Osawamick is 22 years old, but the Wikwemikong performing artist says he’s been dancing longer than that. “I...
Book review: History: sad but resilient
A young Iroquois girl (Snow Falls) is kidnapped by an Elder Huron Warrior (Bird) as revenge for the killing of his family. In the process,...
Treating water like a relative
By Barb Nahwegahbow TORONTO – Dr. Deb McGregor takes her traditional responsibilities to water very seriously. A citizen of Whitefish River First Nation, McGregor is...
New award for First Nations books
TORONTO – First Nation Communities Read, in partnership with Periodical Marketers of Canada (PMC), is establishing a significant new book award. Beginning in 2014, creators...