Visit to the Ojibwe Cultural Foundation
By Laurie Leclair M’CHIGEENG FIRST NATION— Founded in 1974 with a mandate to preserve and renew Anishinabek culture, language, arts, traditions and spirituality for the...
Nipissing First Nation Chief uses isolation period to channel creativity to share with all
By Kelly Anne Smith NIPISSING FIRST NATION— Scott McLeod, Nipissing First Nation (NFN) Chief and Anishinabek Nation Lake Huron Regional Chief, is doing his best...
Healing through feasting and dancing at the Minweyaang Round Dance
By Kelly Anne Smith NIPISSING FIRST NATION— The gymnasium at Nbisiing Secondary School was bustling with some two- hundred people celebrating at the 10th annual...
Meet the Playwright session delights audience with light-hearted Q and A period
By Rick Garrick THUNDER BAY — Cottagers and Indians actor Herbie Barnes joined playwright Drew Hayden Taylor to answer a question about pointing with one’s...
Isaac Murdoch releases first book in new series
By Heather Campbell SUDBURY— Preserving Anishinaabemowin and traditional knowledge is an important responsibility that Isaac Murdoch has taken on. His Ojibwe name is Manzinapkinegego’anaabe/Bombgiizhik and...
Aanmitaagzi’s Mkomiiwi fascinates huge crowd at Ice Follies 2020
By Kelly Anne Smith NORTH BAY—Slowly the creatures emerged from the pressure cracks jutting out of frozen Lake Nipissing. They danced about as Nipissing First...
Anishinaabe storyteller film cradles the heart
By Kelly Anne Smith NORTH BAY— At the screening of his film, Cradling the Heart: An Anishinaabek Creation Story, Terry Dokis asked the full lecture...
Nipissing First Nation youth intern goes to Peru
By Summer Fisher NIPISSING FIRST NATION— Nipissing First Nation youth Summer Fisher was accepted into an International Aboriginal Youth Internship with Canada World Youth, to...
Indigenous multidisciplinary artist to host 13th Annual Outside Looking In Gala in Toronto this Spring
By Rick Garrick NORTH BAY — Indigenous multidisciplinary artist Tamara Podemski is looking forward to hosting the 13th Annual Outside Looking In Gala on May...
Sarnia City Council adopts a land declaration to be spoken before each Council meeting
By Colin Graf SARNIA— With guidance from a committee with members from three area First Nations, Sarnia City Council here has adopted a land declaration...
Keeping them safe, bringing them home: Heritage and burials protocols and community involvement
By Laurie Leclair Many of the participants in the Heritage and Burials consultations shared stories about their own experiences with repatriation. There were similarities throughout,...
Developing heritage and burial protocol as a step towards decolonization
By Laurie Leclair With the publication of the Anishinabek Nations’ Community Heritage & Burials Consultation Protocol Template (2019) alongside of the Anishinabek Nation’s Toolkit for...
Sault College presents Visiting Artist Series concert
SAULT STE. MARIE, ON– Sault College, along with Sault College Indigenous Studies, is proud to present Toronto-based Anishinaabe singer-songwriter and arts advocate Ansley Simpson in...
Elders and youth take in hide preparation teachings from traditional moose hide tanner
By Rick Garrick FORT WILLIAM FIRST NATION— A Fort William youth was among a group of people who learned how to create moose bone scraping...
Artist reconnects to roots in Aamjiwnaang
By Colin Graf AAMJIWNAANG FIRST NATION— A series of painted portraits of his First Nation’s Chiefs is both a thank-you gift to his community from...