Healthy Living: Parsley has life of its own
By Sarah Blackwell Parsley is something that not many people consider can be eaten as a salad. The herb is usually used as a garnish,...
Book review: Happily ever after?
Martha lived her early years on the land of Cat Lake First Nation. She and her family were shattered by her removal, at the age...
Language: Wenji-dkwaakzowed Mkwa
Wenji-dkwaakzowed Mkwa Why the bear has a short tail Mkwa, waamdashin ge-doodmaan ji-giigoonkeyaan. Bear said,’Show me how to fish.’ Waagosh,ga pkwanege mkwamiing...
At least 4,000 children perished in residential school deathtraps
By Mark Kennedy, Postmedia News OTTAWA — Thousands of Canada’s aboriginal children died in residential schools that failed to keep them safe from fires, protected...
Eagles fishing at Aamjiwnaang
By Greg Plain AAMJIWNAANG FN – At least 12 Bald Eagles and one Golden Eagle have been seen along the banks of the St. Clair...
Poet’s ideas start as drops
A white bird soaring north dominates the cover of Metis poet Joanne Arnott’s fifth collection of poems, “A Night For The Lady”. A gifted memoirist...
Director aims to make the invisible, visible
By Marci Becking NIPISSING FN – Andree Cazabon knows that her films are not always easy to watch. But the determined director with roots in...
Rabbit and Bear Paws
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Cultural teachings help employability
M’CHIGEENG FN – Participants in the Kenjgewin Teg Educational Institute’s A.I.M.S. program have nothing but praise for the 12-week job-readiness initiative. “The program taught me...
Moccasins draw mixed emotions
By Jennifer Ashawasegai PARRY SOUND – Viewers of the “Walking With Our Sisters” exhibit experienced mixed emotions. They see 1,600 moccasin vamps (tongues) that are...
Dibaajmowin – Mkwa
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Storyteller took poetic turn
By Greg Macdougall OTTAWA – Vera Wabegijig’s first book, “wild rice dreams”, comes after 20 years of writing poetry. The mother of two was born...
‘Gchi nendam gwa noonga maa yaa yan’
By Sharon Weatherall BARRIE –When he has completed the two year Anishnaabemowin Language Program at Georgian College’s Barrie Campus, Tyler Taylor hopes to share what...
book review: Meeting destiny courageously
The suicide of a friend consolidates the painful, dark and repressed secrets of James Nathan and Jake Noland. Their haunted histories are expressed in their...
Book review: Lessons of hope
You might consider Vernon Roote a lucky person. He didn’t attend residential school but he couldn’t escape the narrow colonial box in which First Nations...