Anishinabek Nation celebrates Anishinaabe Giizhigad
By Rick Garrick SUDBURY — The Anishinabek Nation’s Anishinaabe Giizhigad celebration featured Seven-Pointed Star Clan System Teachings led by Gordon Waindubence Jr. and Anishinaabemowin teachings...
one KWE owner designs and creates the National Lacrosse League Cup
By Rick Garrick M’CHIGEENG FIRST NATION — one KWE owner Kathryn Corbiere recently designed and created the National Lacrosse League (NLL) Cup that was presented...
The legacy of the Water Walker inspires the Wasauksing Kinomaugewgamik 13th annual Water Walk
By Kelly Anne Smith WASAUKSING FIRST NATION— Great participation is expected in the Wasauksing Kinomaugewgamik 13th annual Water Walk taking place May 30. Community members...
Student-led pow wow brings together local community
By Rick Garrick THUNDER BAY — St. Ignatius High School hosted a successful outdoor pow wow organized by the Indigenous Student Councils at St. Ignatius...
Keeping the next generation connected to the Circle
By Rick Garrick THUNDER BAY — Pow wow dance demonstrations by five young dancers were featured at the Mazinaajim Children’s Foundation and Dilico Children’s Mental...
Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists collaborate in reconciliation art project Call to Action #83
By Kelly Anne Smith SIMCOE COUNTY— The reconciliation art project called Call to Action #83 has begun to enter the Northern Door. After the 2015...
Talented Anishinaabe youth artist featured on cover of 30th Annual Great Lakes Pow Wow Guide
By Kelly Anne Smith BEAUSOLEIL FIRST NATION— Anishinaabe youth artist Bryce King-Robitaille has an art-filled future ahead of her. Bryce’s artwork entitled, Family and Culture,...
APTN to launch new docuseries on ‘community, connection, and power of culture’
By Rick Garrick OTTAWA — Former Mississauga #8 Chief Bob Chiblow and Indigenous chef Shawn Adler are featured in APTN’s new series Pow Wow Chow,...
‘Climate change is affecting our traditional practices,’ reports Anishinaabekwe at the United Nations
By Rick Garrick NEW YORK CITY — Fort William’s Daanis Pelletier recently shared her community’s traditional production of maple syrup at the United Nations Permanent...
Anishinaabemowin shown love in Little Current
By Kirk Titmuss WEWEBJIWANG, LITTLE CURRENT FIRST NATION – Youth are the future to the revival of Anishinaabemowin. That conclusion was evident during the Zaagitoodaa...
Matawa Health Co-operative youth pow wow brings together youth and youth-at-heart
By Rick Garrick THUNDER BAY — The Matawa Health Co-operative hosted the Youth Powwow during the Tournament of Hope and it was a hit with...
Sheguiandah member tops Indigenous music charts with song titled The Flood
By Sam Laskaris TORONTO – Graeme Jonez has fulfilled a dream most musicians dream of – having a Number 1 hit. Jonez, a member of...
Cultural teachings for children in Kelsey Borgford’s, What’s in a Bead?
By Kelly Anne Smith NIPISSING FIRST NATION – A colourful new book will have children reading about close family relationships, the art of beading in...
Concert series to make a return in Fort William First Nation this summer
By Rick Garrick FORT WILLIAM — Crossroad Music owner Steve Lalonde is looking forward to the second year of a summer concert series featuring Indigenous...
Passing on the knowledge of traditional lacrosse stick-making
By Rick Garrick FORT WILLIAM — Fort William’s Traditional Lacrosse Stick Making Workshop, held March 18-22 at the Fort William First Nation Gymnasium, was a...