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...
Nimkii danced in his mother’s womb
By Christine Smith McFarlane TORONTO – Nimkii Osawamick is 22 years old, but the Wikwemikong performing artist says he’s been dancing longer than that. “I...
Book review: History: sad but resilient
A young Iroquois girl (Snow Falls) is kidnapped by an Elder Huron Warrior (Bird) as revenge for the killing of his family. In the process,...
Treating water like a relative
By Barb Nahwegahbow TORONTO – Dr. Deb McGregor takes her traditional responsibilities to water very seriously. A citizen of Whitefish River First Nation, McGregor is...
New award for First Nations books
TORONTO – First Nation Communities Read, in partnership with Periodical Marketers of Canada (PMC), is establishing a significant new book award. Beginning in 2014, creators...
Sharon honoured for storytelling
Freelance writer Sharon Weatherall receives a Debwewin Citations plaque from Maurice Switzer, director of communications for the Union of Ontario Indians. Weatherall was recognized for...
Survivor kept story from daughter
By Barb Nahwegahbow TORONTO – Krystine Abel learned about residential schools at high school, not at home from her mother Eve, who herself was a...
Wodob, e-m skojaaned adik lyrics
By Dany Riopelle You know DASHer and DANcer and PRANcer and VIXen gi-g(i)ken(i)maa DASHer miin(a)waa DANcer miin(a)waa PRANcer miin(a)waa VIXen COmet and CUpid and...
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School survivors died on city streets
By Christine Smith (McFarlane) TORONTO – Tucked away where no one can really see it in the heart of Canada’s largest city is a weather-beaten...
Books: Plants as teachers
As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature with the tools of science. As a member of the Citizen...
Book review: Money isn’t everything
This is an emotional story about a group of homeless people – one woman and four men –who form a bond to survive on the...