Exhibition includes vamps for children who haven’t returned from residential school
By Rick Garrick THUNDER BAY – Pic River’s Beatrice Twance-Hynes felt the spirits of missing and murdered women after helping install the Walking With Our...
Ontario government recognizes outstanding artists and arts organizations
Ontario celebrated the winners of the 2014 Premier’s Awards for Excellence in the Arts at a gala event at Roy Thomson Hall on Sept. 16....
Dibaajmowin – Jidmoo niin (Squirrel)
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Book Review: ‘Healing Histories’ – A look at Indian Hospitals and the treatment of tuberculosis
Review by Karl Hele Laurie Meijer Drees. Healing Histories: Stories from Canada’s Indian Hospitals. Edmonton: University of Alberta Press, 2013. Healing Histories is a marvelous...
Book Review: Oral History on Trial
Reviewed by Karl Hele Since Delgamuukw (1997) Canadian courts have failed to effectively incorporate oral narratives into Western legal practice. Bruce Granville Miller’s examination of...
Deshkan Ziibii revitalizing Anishinaabemowin with the Paswe’aatigok language program
By Greg Plain DESHKAN ZIIBII (Chippewas of the Thames FN) – The importance of Anishinaabemowin has gained headway over the last few years with the...
OPG unveils Salli Benedict basket collection
CORNWALL, Ont. – Ontario Power Generation hosted the official unveiling of the Salli Benedict basket collection at the St. Lawrence Power Development Visitor Centre, located...
Rabbit and Bear Paws
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Book Review: Criminal Law on the Aboriginal Plains
Reviewed by Karl Hele By exploring the southern Northwest Territory’s lower court records (modern Alberta and Saskatchewan) that were largely created by magistrate Hugh Richardson...
Book Review: Tribes maintained sense of community
Reviewed by Karl Hele Neil Ferris weaves a theocratically nuanced tale of culture continuance from the pre-European era to approximately 1850. By utilizing detailed archeological...
Book Review: Mohawk voyageurs journeyed to Egypt
Reviewed by Karl Hele Carl Benn’s study of Mohawk voyageurs in Egypt is fascinating. The Sudan, which was part of Egypt, faced an Islamic revolution...
Debajehmujig-Storytellers part of the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow
By Rick Garrick WIKWEMIKONG – The Debajehmujig-Storytellers recently introduced Thunderbird and Mishipeshu during the On Common Ground storytelling project at the Commonwealth Games in...
Unity walk and paddle from Aazhoodena to Aamjiwnaang
By Greg Plain AAZHOODENA – Some 30 unity walk and paddle participants gathered from all over southwestern Ontario in Aazhoodena (Stony Point) beach on August...
Book Review: Sir John A. aided mass starvation
Reviewed by Karl Hele James Daschuk’s study of disease and policy on the plains from the 1700s to the late 1800s is a depressingly informative...
Book Review: How Great Lakes First Peoples dealt with colonialism
Reviewed by Karl Hele Edmund Jefferson Danziger’s study of Great Lakes Indian history from 1850 to 1900 examines how First Peoples living on both sides...