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...