Award-winning Indigenous actor and playwright to perform one-actor play in Toronto
By Rick Garrick TORONTO—Indigenous playwright and actor Meegwun Fairbrother looks at whether healing has an expiry date in his play Isitwendam (An Understanding), which opens...
Cultural workshop offers porcupine quill techniques
By Rick Garrick FORT WILLIAM FIRST NATION—A group of 15 Fort William citizens enjoyed learning the porcupine quill zigzag technique during the Learn a Quillwork...
Sudbury-based family creates Indigenous children’s book, telling a simple, true story
By Laura Young SUDBURY – In one story, Keeshig explains in great detail to his mother that Nanaboozhoo the Sleeping Giant cares for all of...
Singing and Dancing at Canadore College’s 29th Annual Pow Wow
By Kelly Anne Smith NORTH BAY—Canadore College’s 29th Annual Pow Wow was packed with students, parents and members of the surrounding communities, despite the heavy...
Elder Alice Corbiere honoured with prestigious award
By Margaret Hele SAULT STE. MARIE—A celebration to honour Elder Alice Corbiere who received the prestigious Jeannette Corbiere-Lavell Award from the Ontario Native Womens’ Association (ONWA)...
Indigenous Culture Fund Rally to call out Ford on cuts
By Kelly Anne Smith NIPISSING FIRST NATION—Premier Doug Ford can expect to be told to restore the Indigenous Culture Fund (ICF) at a Queen’s Park...
Book Review: The First Nations of Ontario: Social and Historical Transitions
Reviewed by Karl Hele As a book, The First Nations of Ontario falls flat. Hedican optimistically takes up the challenge to trace the social and...