North Shore ONWA donate seedlings for planting
By Margaret Hele GARDEN RIVER FN – On May 14, some 50 scouts, leaders and parents participated in reforestation by planting 1000 trees in an...
Housing and food security topics for Focus Forward
By Carrie MacKenzie KINGSTON – From May 10 – 12, two of the teams elected to focus on initiatives to assist with the needs of...
Opinion: We’ll pass on the Liberal Lollapalooza
By Maurice Switzer So, if you had a neighbour who kept stealing stuff from your yard, and constantly screamed obscenities at your kids, would you...
Anishinabek Nation Political Update – May 2017
Aaniin, As you are aware, the Anishinabek Nation strives to ensure that regional Chiefs meetings occur twice annually in addition to Grand Council. These meetings...
‘Aerial spraying has to stop’ says Elder Ray Owl
By Jennifer Ashawasegai TORONTO – Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) Elder Ray Owl has put the province on notice to stop the use of aerial spraying...
Nogdawindamin celebrates receiving official designation
By Leslie Knibbs SERPENT RIVER FIRST NATION—At a designation celebration recognizing Nogdawindamin Family and Community Services (NOG) on May 19, Nicole True, Director of the...
Hundreds of students celebrate Indigenous culture in Thunder Bay
By Rick Garrick THUNDER BAY—Hundreds of students took advantage of the opportunity to dance a variety of intertribal, sneak-up and round dances during the Hammarskjold...
Find their way: I am a Kind Man program working to blossom in Sudbury, across Ontario
By Laura E. Young SUDBURY– Some Anishinabe men found violence as a normal way of life. How did that happen? What did they witness in...
Madahbee congratulates newly elected AIAI leaders
ANISHINABEK NATION HEAD OFFICE, Nipissing First Nation (May 30, 2017)—On behalf of the Anishinabek Nation, Grand Council Chief Patrick Madahbee would like to commend the...
Moving forward with the Anishinabek-Ontario Master Education Agreement
By Marci Becking Earlier this month, Pic Mobert First Nation joined 11 other Anishinabek Nation communities and submitted a band council resolution in support of...
Additional protection for reptiles underway in Aamjiwnaang
By Colin Graf AAMJIWNAANG FIRST NATION—Now that spring is blossoming across the land, and creatures are awaking and showing themselves again, some of nature’s smaller...
Native American music rocks Hot Docs film festival
By Barb Nahwegahbow TORONTO—A documentary that celebrates the influence of Native American music and musicians on almost every genre of music won the coveted Audience...
The Road Forward: A musical documentary about First Nations activism
By Barb Nahwegahbow TORONTO—Who but Marie Clements would think to do a musical documentary about the First Nations activist movement? “She’s brilliant,” said Michelle St....
Artists showcase different styles
By Rick Garrick THUNDER BAY – Wikwemikong’s Dwayne Wabegijig and Fort William’s Brian Michon recently shared their unique styles of painting at the 7th annual...
Students shine in The Witch of Niagara
By Barb Nahwegahbow TORONTO – Students of the Centre for Indigenous Theatre (CIT) presented their annual year-end performance at the Helen Phelan Playhouse May 4...