Anishinaabemowin must come first
By Marci Becking NIPISSING FN – Anishinabek Nation Deputy Grand Council Chief Glen Hare told participants at the Anishinabek Nation Education Symposium held April 23-24...
Dancer wins heritage prize
By Marci Becking NORTH BAY – Caitlyn Lee, citizen of Maskwacis First Nation in Alberta, was the winner of the Ontario Heritage Fairs Association Founder’s...
Kids’ books shortlisted
TORONTO–Five children’s books are in contention to become the First Nation Communities Read community reading selection for 2014-2015. Six jury members from First Nation public...
‘Decolonizing’ universities has a price
By Karl Hele MONTREAL – If you want to decolonize post-secondary institutions, have an Indigenous presence, and see our worldviews presented there are two fairly...
Still a speaker after 60 years in city
By Barb Nahwegahbow TORONTO – It was the late 1950’s when Mary Fox left her home on Wikwemikong Unceded Indian Reserve and set out for...
Kettle Pointers guided rowdy fishing party
By Laurie Leclair In 1907, the Indian Agent William Nisbet wrote, “At Kettle Point and Stony Point the principal industry besides farming is acting as...
Learning Clan system builds Anishinabek Nation unity
By Tammy Desmoulin SAULT STE. MARIE, MI – Learning the Anishinabek Nation clan system is the first step towards building unity within the nation. Anishinabek...
Dibaajmowin: Moose
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Medicine book requires second printing
By Rick Garrick THUNDER BAY – Pic River’s Raphael Moses has been so successful with his recently-printed traditional medicines book, Holistic Adventures, that he’s ordered...
Equinox, new Cree teen superhero, joins DC Comics lineup
Metropolis’s Superman and Gotham City’s Batman are getting a brand-new colleague from Canada this spring: a teenage Cree superhero hailing from Moose Factory, Ont. Read...
A Tribe Called Red is the first indigenous group to win outside of the Aboriginal music category
By Angela Sterritt – CBC news On Sunday night at the Juno Awards, A Tribe Called Red made history. When the electronic powwow drum group...
Dibaajmowin: Raccoon
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Book Review: TRC not telling some truths?
Truth and Indignation is an academic study of the precepts, concepts, testimony, and narratives of Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) written by a member...
Teaching treaties one brick at a time
By Marci Becking NORTH BAY –The world’s first LEGO wampum belt was unveiled at the Nipissing/Canadore Campus on the first day of spring. The...