Book review: Who were they fighting for?
Writing to Prime Minister Robert Borden in 1917, the Ontario Committee of the Allied Tribes declared, “We cannot say that we are fighting for our...
New adventure for Rabbit and Bear Paws
“Council of the Animals” – the sixth instalment in the popular Adventures of Rabbit and Bear Paws series – is now available. Chad Solomon’s graphic...
Fasting camp teaches respect
LONG LAC 58 – It was four years ago that Veronica Waboose, former Chief of this Superior Region First Nation, started thinking of ways that...
Film portrays knowledge transfer
By Barb Nahwegahbow TORONTO –Anishinaabe scholar Chantelle A.M. Richmond was frustrated with research done in First Nations communities that benefitted the researchers more than it...
Odawa app available
By Melissa Cooper WIKWEMIKONG – In the New Year, technology in the form of an Odawa language application will be shared with the world thanks...
Unity Gathering pays tribute to Tecumseh
By Greg Plain BKEJWANONG – The Anishinaabe and many other Nations gathered in Southwest Ontario First Nations for a week-long celebration that culminated Oct. 5th,...
Books: The challenge of living in two worlds
By Shelley J. Pearen “Balancing Two Worlds: Jean-Baptiste Assiginack and the Odawa Nation, 1768-1866” is a new book published by Dr. Cecil King, an Odawa...
Book review: Mi’kmaq persistence
By Karl Hele No Need of a Chief for This Band is an excellent examination of federal attempts to replace Mi’kmaq governance with an imposed...
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Book review: Treaty insight
“Four Voices” reveals the innermost thoughts of the people who assembled 150 years ago to negotiate the future of Manitoulin Island. This book brings to...
Many forks in this road
By Laura Dokis The journey from the first chapter to the last takes many “forks in the road” and despite the fact that the story...
Good food is good medicine
By Perry McLeod-Shabogesic SUDBURY –The Shkagamik-Kwe Health Centre (SKHC) believes that good food is good medicine. In operation since 1998 promoting the integration of traditional...
Early Anishinaabe had their own ‘powerpoint’
By Sharon Weatherall ORILLIA –John Snake says writing symbols on birchbark scrolls was like “powerpoint” to early Anishinaabe people, who told their stories orally, and...
Anishinabek art on display at third Biindigen Arts Festival
By Barb Nahwegahbow SUTTON, ON – Suzanne Smoke has a mission. “I just want to showcase Aboriginal people as the magnificent people that we are,...