Beausoleil artist’s work featured at Georgian College campus
By Sharon Weatherall MIDLAND – Earlier this year, Beausoleil First Nation artist Clayton King was commissioned by Georgian College to create three First Nations paintings...
Norval Morrisseau biographer paints pages with words
By Laura E. Young SUDBURY – Armand Garnet Ruffo, author of a biography on Norval Morrisseau, paused, almost as if he was taking a deep...
Anishinaabe artists exhibit at Art Gallery of Ontario until end of November
By Barb Nahwegahbow TORONTO – Before and After the Horizon: Anishinaabe Artists of the Great Lakes, an exhibition currently at the Art Gallery of Ontario...
The Sweetgrass Band nominated for bluegrass award
By Marci Becking ALDERVILLE FN – Chief JimBob Marsden’s bluegrass band has been nominated for “Promising Group for 2014” by the Central Canadian Bluegrass Awards....
Legacy launch enlightens readers with loss
By Christine Smith (McFarlane) TORONTO – In conjunction with First Nations House and the Aboriginal Studies Program at the University of Toronto, Waubgeshig Rice launched...
Lights, camera, action for emerging artist
By Margaret Hele GARDEN RIVER FN – Emerging Garden River artist, Gloria Burns presented her short film “Cashier Classifieds” to a Sault College Anishinaabemowin evening...
Woodland painter has a passion for petroglyphs
By Christine Smith (McFarlane) NEWMARKET – Donald Chretien, artist from Nipissing First Nation showcased his latest body of contemporary Woodland Art at the 2014...
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Niimkawaad a celebration of abilities
By Heather Campbell SUDBURY – The parents of six-year-old Wii’um Morin wanted to express their gratitude to their community for supporting their son and the...
Book Review: ‘Legacy’ bold and haunting
Reviewed By Christine Smith (McFarlane) “Legacy” written by Waubgeshig Rice is a bold yet haunting story of what can happen to a family when tragedy...
Quilt connects peoples from across the world in every stitch
By Melissa Cooper WIIKWEMKOONG UNCEDED TERRITORY – For those not very interested in quilting and sewing, much deeper learning was to be embraced at the...
AFN marks ‘Orange Shirt Day’ and maintains that all children matter
(Ottawa, ON) – Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Ghislain Picard is encouraging people across the country to mark Orange Shirt Day on Tuesday...
Appeal to be heard in November for aboriginal children who lost their identities
Sixties Scoop Update On Thursday, November 13, 2014, the Ontario Divisional Court will hear Canada’s appeal of the September 27, 2013 decision of Justice Belobaba....
Indigenous adoptees find strength in each other
By Christine Smith (McFarlane) OTTAWA – Sixties Scoop and foster care survivors converged Ottawa Sept. 20-21 to the Indigenous Adoptee Gathering entitled: Bi-giwen, which...