‘We don’t all learn the same way’ says Pelletier
By Rick Garrick Wikwemikong Elder Josephine Pelletier (nee Webkamigad) credits summer studies at the University of Ottawa, innovation and fun activities in the classroom for...
Land use important to our self-determination
By Rick Garrick Lake Helen’s John Carlson is conducting a traditional land use study on hunting, trapping, fishing and gathering activities in his Robinson Superior...
Remember who you are and where you came from
By Christine Smith (McFarlane) THUNDER BAY – Dr. Cynthia Wesley-Esquimaux, citizen of the Chippewa of Georgina Island First Nation and says “I have some Mohawk...
Lafleur first Aboriginal PhD for Brock University
By Esther Lafleur Gilbank Please join me in congratulating my sister Gail Lafleur. We are daughters of Evelyn Goulais Lafleur of Nipissing First Nation. Gail...
Ontario student wins Forest Products Skills Award for aboriginal youth
WINNIPEG – The Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) has awarded the third annual Skills Award for Aboriginal Youth to Shownoo Blackbird-Williams from Walpole Island...
Land is from where the knowledge comes
By Rick Garrick FORT WILLIAM – A group of Fort William First Nation youth recently helped reclaim the sugar bush environment on Mt. McKay, a...
Domtar makes book donation to Shawanosowe School
WHITEFISH RIVER FIRST NATION – Shawanosowe School received an entire skid of new books from Domtar on December 8. Representatives were on hand from Domtar...