Chief Dan George’s great-grandson reflects
Compiled by Kelly Anne Smith Lament for Confederation – Chief Dan George in 1967 How long have I known you, Oh Canada? A hundred years?...
Biigtigong Language Project underway
By Rick Garrick BIIGTIGONG NISHNAABEG—Biigtigong Nishnaabeg has created a Biigtigong Language Project website to share information about the Biigtigong Dictionary, verb charts, audio and video...
Help find Josiah Begg, age 14 missing since May 6
NEWS RELEASE Thursday May 11, 2017 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NAN COORDINATING SEARCH FOR JOSIAH BEGG THUNDER BAY, ON: Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) is coordinating an...
National Indigenous Day: ‘we must make reconciliation a priority,’ activists say
TORONTO – A team of Indigenous activists, including Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) members, are at Queen’s Park May 10, to call on all...
Elder Williams commitment to youth, sports and community remembered
By Sam Laskaris WIKWEMIKONG—Tributes are pouring in for long-time sports advocate and Wikwemikong Unceded Territory Elder Paul Williams who began his journey into the Spirit...
Boys Team Ontario score hardware in British Columbia
By Sam Laskaris BRITISH COLUMBIA—A half dozen Anishinabek players returned home with hardware from this year’s National Aboriginal Hockey Championships (NAHC) in Cowichan, Vancouver Island,...
Mukwa Adventures is now open for business
By Leslie Knibbs SAGAMOK ANISHNAWBEK FIRST NATION—North America is perhaps one of the last great strongholds of free enterprise. Large corporations are gobbling up smaller...
Update on Jordan’s Principle from Ontario
To: All Ontario First Nation Chiefs and Councils Dear Chief and Council: Re: Update on Jordan’s Principle On July 5, 2016, the Minister of Health...
Elder Paul Williams passes into the Spirit World
AN Head Office (Nipissing First Nation) May 9, 2017 – Grand Council Chief Patrick Madahbee offers his condolences to friends and family in Wiikwemkoong Unceded...
Standing up against racism one step at a time
By Rick Garrick THUNDER BAY—Red Rock Indian Band’s Ashley Nurmela was pleased with the turnout for her third Stand Up In Unity Against Racism campaign...
Team Ontario heads to finals shooting for gold
BRITISH COLUMBIA—The British Columbia home team bent to the incredible performance by Ontario’s men’s team in the decisive game May 5 to see who would...
Opinion: Sinixt Hunting Rights decision has potential for wider impact
By Karl Hele Ruling in March 2017, that a member of the ‘extinct’ Sinixt First Nation has existing Indigenous rights to hunt, a judge in...
Family is community, family is your clan
By Marci Becking TORONTO – “CAS is an industry. Our kids aren’t for sale. We have a law and a proposed system that will work,”...
Team Ontario triumphant in first games at National Championships
By Laura Robinson BRITISH COLUMBIA—While the women’s team blew through Team Eastern Door and the North to finish 4-1 at the Lake Cowichican arena, Team...
Louis Riel the opera revived for Canada 150 celebration
By Kristin Grant TORONTO—In the late 19th century, Métis leader Louis Riel prophetically proclaimed that “my people will sleep for one hundred years, but when...