Elder-in-residence program to start in July
By Rick Garrick Anishinabek Employment and Training Services (AETS) held an Elders Gathering on June 11 to provide information about its upcoming Elder-in-residence program to...
Power Edge Pro team participated in North American Spring Showcase
By Sam Laskaris NORTH BAY – A pair of young Anishinabek hockey players helped a North Bay hockey squad advance to the championship final of...
Robinson Huron Treaty Annuity Day in Nipissing First Nation
By Kelly Anne Smith NIPISSING FIRST NATION – People were sauntering into the Council Chambers/Gimaa Gikdiwin in Garden Village, nodding hi, taking a number and...
Lawyer’s one-act play highlights the Crown’s 1850 perspective on the Robinson Huron Treaty
By Dorothee Schreiber In final arguments for the Huron plaintiffs in the Robinson Huron Treaty Annuities case, Joseph Arvay closed his submission on June 4th...
All charges against Freddy Stoneypoint dismissed
By Leslie Knibbs A Quebec judge has ruled that Freddy Stoneypoint’s presence alone at the site of the blockade on August 15, 2017 was...
Shattler instrumental in National Lacrosse League championship
By Sam Laskaris SASKATOON – A citizen of the Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory played a rather instrumental role in helping the Saskatchewan Rush claim another National...
Calm n’ Scents: An aromatherapy and metaphysical store looking to expand
By Colin Graf SARNIA – First Nations’ spirituality, Eastern mysticism, and a good dose of money-minded entrepreneurship are the ingredients that Aamjiwnaang citizen Janelle Nahmabin...
Church of the Infant Jesus burns down in Long Lake #58
By Rick Garrick LONG LAKE FIRST NATION – Memories of Long Lake #58’s Church of the Infant Jesus were recently shared by Councillors Marlow Wesley...
Beausoleil First Nation Youth Council congratulates Glen Hare
CHRISTIAN ISLAND, ONTARIO (JUNE 9TH, 2018) – Deputy Youth Chief Lance Copegog has issued the following statement on behalf of the Beausoleil First Nation Youth...
Pat Madahbee comedy roast raises over $15,000 for the Anishinabek Nation 7th Generation Charity
By Rick Garrick THUNDER BAY – Regional Deputy Grand Council Chief Joe Miskokomon kicked off the Patrick Madahbee Comedy Roast with a round of jokes...
Nipissing partners on new Indigenous primary care team
Interprofessional team will serve North Bay and three local First Nations GARDEN VILLAGE, ON – Nipissing First Nation has partnered with Dokis and Temagami First...
Newly elected Grand Council Chief continues path set by his predecessor
By Rick Garrick FORT WILLIAM FIRST NATION—Newly elected Grand Council Chief Glen Hare plans to continue on with the path set forward by previous grand...
Anishinabek will continue to assert jurisdiction, advance priorities
ANISHINABEK NATION HEAD OFFICE (June 8, 2018)— Anishinabek Nation Grand Council Chief Glen Hare says that yesterday’s Ontario election result will make First Nations stronger...
‘It’s about the fish, the lake, and our environment’ says Nipissing First Nation Chief
By Kelly Anne Smith NIPISSING FIRST NATION—Lake Nipissing generates $100 million dollars a year but only recently has Nipissing First Nation benefitted economically from its...
Glen Hare new Anishinabek Nation Grand Council Chief
FORT WILLIAM FIRST NATION (June 6, 2018)— Glen Hare has been elected as the new Anishinabek Nation Grand Council Chief by Anishinabek Nation Chiefs following...