Book review: The Birchbark House
Reviewed by Karl Hele The Birchbark House, by Anishinaabeg author Louise Erdrich, follows eight-year-old Omakayas though the course of a single year near Sault Ste....
Players sought for Little NHL alumni match
By Sam Laskaris CHIPPEWAS OF RAMA FIRST NATION – For the second straight year, an alumni game featuring former Little Native Hockey League participants will...
Dilico Anishinabek Family Care encourages families to open hearts and homes to support children in need
By Rick Garrick THUNDER BAY — Northern Superior Regional Deputy Grand Council Chief Edward Wawia recalled how his parents raised four foster children during Dilico...
Lakeview School hosts its annual fun-filled Fall Feast
By Aspen Debassige M’CHIGEENG FIRST NATION— On Friday Oct. 11, M’Chigeeng First Nation families and community members gathered in Lakeview School’s gym for its yearly...
Mandamin Family Blanketing Ceremony held at Anishinabek Nation Fall Assembly
By Victoria Racette LONDON— On Day One of the Anishinabek Nation Fall Assembly held from Nov. 5-6 in London, Ont., the Anishinabek Nation Kwe-Wuk Advisory...
Wikwemikong Tourism captures national award
By Sam Laskaris WIIKWEMKOONG UNCEDED TERRITORY – As the Wikwemikong Tourism manager, Luke Wassegijig is usually doing his best to bring people into his community....
Finders keepers – The Doctrine of Discovery
*Previously published in the North Grenville Times on July 10, 2019. By David Shanahan Imagine a typical Canadian family packing up and heading off to...
Opinion: Alcohol and Indigenous people
By Keith Corbiere In a fact sheet published on Mar. 14, 2016, Statistics Canada reported that 36% of off-reserve First Nation people in Ontario were...
Northern First Nations participate in Archaeological Monitor Training
By Sarah Hazell This past summer, over 50 participants from 11 different First Nations were provided foundational archaeological training from the Ontario Archaeological Society (OAS)....
Anishinaabe storyteller bares his soul at Thunder Bay book launch
By Rick Garrick THUNDER BAY — Injichaag: My Soul in Story, Anishinaabe Poetics in Art and Words author, Rene Meshake, appreciated a challenge from the...
Aamjiwnaang environmental activist and U of T to launch phone app to track and report chemical leaks
By Colin Graf AAMJIWNAANG FIRST NATION— Environmental activist Vanessa Gray and a scientific team from the University of Toronto area are launching a cell phone...
Sarnia-Lambton Tourism looking to expand First Nations cultural events
By Colin Graf SARNIA— Tourism may be the growth industry of the future for First Nations in southwestern Ontario, local officials hope. A cultural event...
Letter to the editor: Lynn Gehl Re: ‘6(1)a All the Way!’
Finally, after years of completing family oral history, archival research, and taking legal action against Indian and Northern Affairs Canada’s (INAC) Unknown/Unstated Paternity policy, I...
Opinion: Two Odysseys: Pimooteewin/Gállábártnit
By Kristin Crawford TORONTO— After seeing my fair share of opera’s in French, Italian and German over the past 20 years, I was super excited...
Performance to celebrate the return of cultural belongings
By Kelly Anne Smith NORTH BAY— An international contemporary artist challenges her audiences to reflect on a museum’s role in Indigenous history. With song, dance,...