Introducing yourself – Nun-gish-goh-daa-ti-naa-win-un
Nun-gish-goh-daa-ti-naa-win-un Boozhoo. Eli Baxter nin-di-zhin-ni-kaaz. A-goh-keeng nin-don-ji-baa. Attick ni-to-tum. Way-ti noo-pi-meeng nin-gee-ni-taa-wug. Ni-maa-maam-ibun, ni baa-baam-ibun, ni-ko-kom-ibun, ni-mi-shoo-mis-ibun, aee tush ka-ki-na-sa ni-ta-way-maa-gun-nug ningee-om-bi-gee-min A-nishi-naa-bay a-keeng way-ti...
David Jones gets a smile on and feet forward
By Kelly Anne Smith NORTH BAY – David Jones’s spirit name set his direction for helping others in life. He was in North Bay to...
Book Review: Burnt Church never really about fish
Reviewed by Nicole Latulippe In Fishing In Contested Waters, Sarah King argues that the conflict at Burnt Church was “never really about fish”. The violent...
Grandmother receives Ontario award for taking care of the water
UOI OFFICES (Nipissing FN) February 25, 2016 – Grand Council Chief Patrick Madahbee says that grandmother water walker Josephine Mandamin deserves the Lieutenant Governor’s Ontario...
Share your Anishinaabe culture with Pukaskwa National Park
By Rick Garrick Pukaskwa National Park is seeking First Nation members, artisans and Elders to share their Anishinabe culture this summer through the Anishinaabe Culture...
Ryerson holds ceremony and feast to honour the missing and murdered
By Barb Nahwegahbow A ceremony and feast has been held at Ryerson University, to honour Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and Men, and all...
King exhibit open until Feb. 28
By Barb Nahwegahbow TORONTO — “As an artist, I’m never short of ideas,” artist Clayton Samuel King told people gathered for the opening of his...
Trent University changing the conversation
Trent University, Peterborough Ontario—Trent University’s Indigenous Environmental Studies and Sciences (IESS) program is changing the conversation and the way we think and talk about environmental...
Book Review: Using teachings to reflect life’s journey
“Blonde Indian” reviewed by Shirley Honyust/ Yenatli:yo Ernestine Hayes has told her life story in the form of an easy to read book, that goes...
Book review: Ojiberish a good place to start
Reviewed by Karl Hele As a non-speaker of my heritage language, Anishinaabemowin, and currently residing at a great distance from its source, I am in...
Mistatim to open Feb. 9
By Jamie-Lee McKenzie TORONTO – Opening on Feb. 9, Young People’s Theatre presents Mistatim by Red Sky Performance. Written by Governor General Award-wining playwright Erin...
Women’s big drum teachings a success
Submitted by Sue Chiblow On January 16, 2016, I coordinated a Women’s Big Drum Teachings at the Garden River Recreation Centre featuring special guest Isaac...
Book review: World of Anishinaabe through an understanding of artistic expression
By Karl Hele Emerging from an Anishinaabe artists’ exhibition of the same name, Before and After the Horizon, seeks to illustrate through art and words...
Unfinished moccasins commemorate murdered and missing indigenous women
By Suzanne Keeptwo Since 2013, hundreds of unfinished moccasins, in particular the beaded vamp that decorates traditional footwear, have been working their way across this...
Traditional baskets for collecting sap a hit
By Rick Garrick A birchbark container suitable for collecting maple syrup was on display at the year’s Chapman’s Gas Bar Christmas Craft Sale in Fort...