Anishinabek talk about history to make plans for the future
By Marci Becking SAULT STE. MARIE – Anishinabek Nation Grand Council Chief Patrick Madahbee and legal counsel Fred Bellefeuille spoke to participants at the Ka...
The Stanley verdict: A shadow over reconciliation
By Catherine Murton Stoehr NORTH BAY – More than 80 people held a vigil on Main Street in downtown North Bay Ontario on Saturday. Holding...
Healing through the arts with Maaniihs
By Kelly Anne Smith NORTH BAY – After giving an opening smudge for the Healing Through the Arts workshop, Maaniihs Mary Pheasant exclaimed, “My name...
‘No justice for Colten’ says Madahbee
ANISHINABEK NATION HEAD OFFICE (Nipissing First Nation) February 10, 2018 – The Anishinabek Nation joins Saskatchewan First Nation Chiefs in solidarity to support the family...
Sagamok ice fishing a big hit for LNHL teams
SAGAMOK ANISHAWBEK — Parents, grandparents and supporters of the Midget and Atoms Little NHL teams held two successful ice fishing derbies on Big Lake LaCloche...
Statement from National Chief Perry Bellegarde on Second Reading of Bill 262, An Act to Harmonize Canada’s laws with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
(Ottawa, ON) – Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Perry Bellegarde released the following statement following the second reading of Bill 262 – an Act...
SuperCom funding announcement sees jobs for 244 people
By Rick Garrick FORT WILLIAM FIRST NATION – The provincial government recently announced an investment of more than $240,000 to help support SuperCom Industries LP’s...
Opinion: Culture shock
By Kristin Grant In my youth I was fortunate enough to have lived in Europe for several months. As First Nations I was viewed as...
Kinoomaadziwin Education Board elects new executive
Sudbury, Ontario – On January 23, 2018, the Kinoomaadziwin Education Body (KEB) elected a new board and executive at a 23 Participating First Nations meeting....
The time is now: Talks launched to support Anishinabek Nation’s Health Transformation strategy
By Laura E. Young SUDBURY – Having secured an education system reflective of its culture, the Anishinabek Nation is transforming the way it does health...
First Nations beware of human traffickers
By Kelly Anne Smith NIPISSING FIRST NATION – Young women thrown overboard Great Lake ships after sexual abuse. Women trapped in relationships. Gangs targeting vulnerable...
Anishinabek Nation brings treaty rights to the forefront in Lands and Resources Forum
NORTH BAY (February 5, 2018) – For the second year, Grand Council Chief Patrick Wedaseh Madahbee welcomes First Nations, citizens, government, industry and academia to...
Wikwemikong joins international light festival as holiday destination
By Kathleen Imbert After Amsterdam in Holland and Lyon in France, Wikwemikong Unceded Territory in Canada has its own winter light festival. The annual winter...
Stoneypoint was protecting water, land
“How can you buy or sell the sky, the warmth of the land? The idea is strange to us. If we do not own the...
‘Aftershock’ features last generation of Residential School survivors
By Colin Graf AAMJIWNAANG FIRST NATION – Reconciliation is something that needs to take place not only between racial communities in Canada, but also within...