Public eager to learn about Truth and Reconciliation teachings
By Kelly Anne Smith NORTH BAY—Indigenous cultural trainer George Couchie says you can’t change what you don’t understand. Working to uplift Indigenous Peoples from an...
Kina maamwigdoo-wiikendaasmin — ‘We Are All Learning Together’
By Kelly Anne Smith NORTH BAY—To start the cultural training session open to the public, Nipissing First Nation Chief thanked everyone for coming out on...
Fort William youth canoe builders featured in Ontario Tourism documentary film
By Rick Garrick FORT WILLIAM FIRST NATION—The Fort William canoe builders who created an 18-foot birch bark canoe last summer are featured in The Canoe...
Crees in the Caribbean pulls emotional chords in captivated audience
By Rick Garrick THUNDER BAY—Drew Hayden Taylor enjoyed the opening performance of his Crees in the Caribbean play by Six Nations actor Gary Farmer and...
Aamjiwnaang First Nation Heritage and Culture group host special workshop tomorrow
By Colin Graf AAMJIWNAANG FIRST NATION—First Nations looking for reconciliation in Canada have to start by looking in an unexpected place….inward. That’s the idea being...
‘Significant architect of Canadian cinema and culture’ receives deafening standing ovation
By Barb Nahwegahbow TORONTO—When Alanis Obomsawin learned that she was receiving the Clyde Gilmour Technicolor Award from the Toronto Film Critics Association (TFCA), there was...
Mini-moccasin workshop passes on teachings, techniques, and knowledge
By Rick Garrick THUNDER BAY—Fort William’s Helen Pelletier recently shared her knowledge about making moccasins with about 50 youth at a Neechee Studio mini-moccasin workshop...
Indigenous artists dazzle in launch of Hard Rock Medical’s new season
By Kelly Anne Smith NORTH BAY—A call for celebration was answered with the Capitol Centre full of stars from the successful television series Hard Rock...
Former OPP officer pens book on Anishinaabe culture
By Kelly Anne Smith NORTH BAY – The author calls it a simple read offering his interpretations of Anishinaabe Culture. After years of working with...
Book Review: This is Indian Land
By Karl Hele Drawing inspiration and its title from Garden River’s CP Rail Bridge with its message “THIS IS INDIAN LAND”, the book seeks to...
Many artists at Chapman’s Gas Bar Christmas sale
By Rick Garrick THUNDER BAY – A Coast Salish wood carver from British Columbia was one of the vendors at this year’s Chapman’s Gas Bar...
Thunder Bay hosted its 15th Annual Christmas Aboriginal Fine Arts and Crafts Gift Show
By Rick Garrick THUNDER BAY—A set of three porcupine quill medallions worth $2,500 was featured at the 15th Annual Christmas Aboriginal Fine Arts and Crafts...
Book Review: Price Paid
Submitted by Karl Hele Bev Sellars brings us another marvelous book drawing on her and her people’s experiences with Indian policy since the beginning. While...
Prolific painter’s solo exhibition on display at the National Gallary
By Suzanne Keeptwo OTTAWA—Alex Janvier’s solo exhibition, spanning a lifetime of creativity, opened with fanfare at the National Gallery in Ottawa on November 24. There...
Chrétien’s Ojibway-designs eyeglass frames hit the market
By Rick Garrick NIPISSING FIRST NATION—Nipissing artist Donald Chrétien is looking forward to the Dec. 18 release of his Journey and Birch-design AYA Eyewear eyeglass...