Language learners reach new horizons
By Margaret Hele GARDEN RIVER FN – A grant from the federal government’s New Horizons program will support Anishinaabe language immersion sessions. The successful application...
Keep sweetgrass sunny and wet
By Emilie Corbiere Sweetgrass has been used in First Nations ceremonies for centuries and often times people will say they can smell it when driving...
Writer picked berries, jury picked writer
TORONTO – Julie Flett, author-illustrator of Wild Berries and the Cree version Pakwa che Menisu, is the first-time recipient of a new Aboriginal Literature Award....
Sacred Water Circle growing
By Julie Kapyrka PETERBOROUGH – The Sacred Water Circle has grown from founder Dorothy Taylor’s vision three years ago into a movement with 25 active...
Education signing kicks off school pow-wow
By Sharon Weatherall BEAUSOLEIL FN –The renewal of the Education Services Agreement with the Simcoe County District School Board kicked off the fifth annual Christian...
Francis Pegahmagabow: controversial hero
Reviewed by Karl Hele Adrian Hayes. Pegahmagabow: Life-Long Warrior. Toronto: Blue Butterfly Books, 2009. Adrian Hayes’ brief biography of Francis Pegahmagabow from Parry Island First...
Mother Earth needs our help!
By Kelly Crawford M’CHIGEENG FN – Participants in an Earth Day Teach-in were told to speak up about the importance of water. “Use teachings every...
Aamjiwnaang dad makes moss bag for baby
By Chochi Knott AAMJIWNAANG FN — The Union of Ontario Indians FASD Program continually tries to engage our fathers with the workshops we deliver. The...
Women keep walking to honour the water
By Julie Kapyrka WARSAW, Ont. – Water is precious. Water is sacred. Water is one of the basic elements needed for all life to exist....
Wawanosh descendant real Indian princess
By Laurie Leclair The undated sepia photograph rests in its original gold frame as part of the Wawanosh Family Papers at Western University in London,...
History teaches Native kids about themselves
By Kelly Crawford M’CHIGEENG FN – When First Nations kids do history projects, they’re learning about themselves. “I am really impressed with the quality of...
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Bequest boosts Beausoleil books
By Sharon Weatherall BEAUSOLEIL FN – Literacy is a priority at Christian Island Elementary School, and the program received a huge boost, thanks to an...
Mississauga had Methodism in common
Mississauga Portraits: Ojibwe Voices from Nineteenth-Century Canada by Donald B. Smith. University of Toronto Press, 2013. 457 pgs. Reviewed by Armand Garnet Ruffo Many years...
Carver brings out images in antlers
By Rick Garrick THUNDER BAY — Lake Helen artist Mike Anderson first began carving when he noticed the image of an eagle on an...