Books can’t teach like Elders
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Language teachers ‘Gchi-nendama’
By Sharon Weatherall BEAUSOLEIL FN — Roseanne Monague is one of seven Christian Island language-keepers who participated in a 160-hour immersion program to equip them...
She is Precious
Precious Solomon, a student at Biidaabin Kinoomaagegamik in Sagamok, receives the Rose Nadjiwan-ba Memorial Award for her 2nd Place finish in the elementary school division...
Yellowhead Chiefs at the Narrows
An exhibit by acclaimed contemporary artist Charles Pachter will be featured July 20, 2013 at the Orillia Museum or Art and History. Pachter’s work includes...
Nipissing welcomes new babies
By Marci Becking NIPISSING FN – Second-time parents Mindy Lariviere and Hugh Martel say that they come to Nipissing’s “Welcoming Babies” ceremony to celebrate all...
Paintings part of healing process
By Rick Garrick THUNDER BAY –Pic River’s Joe Moses thinks paintings are part of the healing process for First Nations patients. “It’s a first step...
Over 500 Nations gather in Albuquerque
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – An estimated 3,000 Native American dancers and singers representing more than 500 tribes from Canada and the United States are expected to...
Watch! Listen! You might learn something!
By Basil Johnston, O.Ont., LLD, B.A. Before going to Toronto in 1955, I received all kinds of advice from elders which consisted mainly of “Watch,...
Dibaajmowin – April 2013
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New Residential School educational resources available
As part of the “Honouring Our Children, Families and Communities affected by Indian Residential Schools” project, many resources were developed with funding from the Truth...
Rabbit and Bearpaws – April 2013
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Poetry: A Song for Spring
A Song For Spring Drip drop, drip drop The dryness beneath me, the wetness atop. My umbrella shields me from the rain The...
Monument honours and educates
On the side of the Indian Residential School monument facing West are ten plaques which educate and honour Anishinabek children families and communities. The first...
‘Gchi-nendama’: Beausoleil language instructors
By Sharon Weatherall BEAUSOLEIL FN – Roseanne Monague is one of seven Christian Island language-keepers who participated in a 160-hour immersion program to equip them...
Dancers can tell stories
By Rick Garrick TORONTO – The graceful kicking and twirling fancy shawl dance moves of Jennifer Meness highlighted the 35th annual Toronto Storytelling Festival. “It...