Hundreds of students celebrate Indigenous culture in Thunder Bay
By Rick Garrick THUNDER BAY—Hundreds of students took advantage of the opportunity to dance a variety of intertribal, sneak-up and round dances during the Hammarskjold...
Find their way: I am a Kind Man program working to blossom in Sudbury, across Ontario
By Laura E. Young SUDBURY– Some Anishinabe men found violence as a normal way of life. How did that happen? What did they witness in...
Native American music rocks Hot Docs film festival
By Barb Nahwegahbow TORONTO—A documentary that celebrates the influence of Native American music and musicians on almost every genre of music won the coveted Audience...
The Road Forward: A musical documentary about First Nations activism
By Barb Nahwegahbow TORONTO—Who but Marie Clements would think to do a musical documentary about the First Nations activist movement? “She’s brilliant,” said Michelle St....
Artists showcase different styles
By Rick Garrick THUNDER BAY – Wikwemikong’s Dwayne Wabegijig and Fort William’s Brian Michon recently shared their unique styles of painting at the 7th annual...
Students shine in The Witch of Niagara
By Barb Nahwegahbow TORONTO – Students of the Centre for Indigenous Theatre (CIT) presented their annual year-end performance at the Helen Phelan Playhouse May 4...
The N’ziibiimnaan – Our River
By Rick Garrick BIIGTIGONG NISHNAABEG—The N’ziibiimnaan – Our River film featuring a 10-day canoe trip on the Pic River by Biigtigong Nishnaabeg Chief Duncan Michano...
The secrets of the Mnjikaning Fish Weirs
By Laurie LeClair Mii dash geget Nenabozhoo maajitaad ozhi’aad biinjiboonaaganan, gichi-mitigoon odayaawaajinigaanaan, waasa gaye odoondaawanaan, wii-zoongitood obiinjiboonaaganan. Mii dash gaa-giizhi’aad wiindamawaad ookomisan, mii dash e-naad,...
‘Language does mean something’
By Rick Garrick Indigenous place names were usually created to identify how a location or landmark looked like according to the people who lived in...
Don’t throw Boydens out with bathwater!
By Maurice Switzer Anishinabek broadcaster Jesse Wente was shedding tears. He was participating in a CBC radio debate with Walrus magazine editor Jonathan Kay about...
Nokomis Mandamin leads walk For the Earth and Water
By Lynne Brown GARDEN RIVER FIRST NATION—At 6:00 am, April 20, 2017, on Spirit Mountain, Duluth MN, USA, Anishinaabe (Ojibway) Grandmother and respected Elder Josephine...
Munschtime! at YPT has something for everyone
By Barb Nahwegahbow TORONTO—A story based on an Inuit tale, A Promise is a Promise, is one of five stories that are part of a...
Biigtigong Language Project underway
By Rick Garrick BIIGTIGONG NISHNAABEG—Biigtigong Nishnaabeg has created a Biigtigong Language Project website to share information about the Biigtigong Dictionary, verb charts, audio and video...
Louis Riel the opera revived for Canada 150 celebration
By Kristin Grant TORONTO—In the late 19th century, Métis leader Louis Riel prophetically proclaimed that “my people will sleep for one hundred years, but when...
Aamjiwnaang Heritage and Culture group bring organized dance to community
By Colin Graf AAMJIWNAANG FIRST NATION—As the powwow music streams through the speakers, three-and-a-half-year-old Theo Wolfe, dressed in a headdress handmade by his grandmother, follows...