Nokomis Mandamin leads walk For the Earth and Water
By Lynne Brown GARDEN RIVER FIRST NATION—At 6:00 am, April 20, 2017, on Spirit Mountain, Duluth MN, USA, Anishinaabe (Ojibway) Grandmother and respected Elder Josephine...
Headrick helps team to the Memorial Cup
By Sam Laskaris ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA – Owen Headrick’s decision to abandon his collegiate career midway through his sophomore season to return to the junior ranks...
‘Good stories are good medicine’
By Carrie MacKenzie KINGSTON – On May 10-12 “The Breakout Project” hosted groups of original, forward- thinkers from all over Canada. These teams were rivals...
Munschtime! at YPT has something for everyone
By Barb Nahwegahbow TORONTO—A story based on an Inuit tale, A Promise is a Promise, is one of five stories that are part of a...
Bobb wins Indigenous Artist Award
By Kelly Anne Smith NIPISSING FIRST NATION – 150 artists from across Canada have been awarded a REVEAL Indigenous Artist Award from The Hnatyshyn Foundation....
Deputy Grand Chief drops off community donations to families in need
By Rick Garrick SHEGUIANDAH FIRST NATION—Deputy Grand Council Chief Glen Hare has made a hobby of dropping off donated goods to community members in need...
First Indigenous-branded glucometer in Canada hits the market
By Rick Garrick TORONTO—First Canadian Health and Spirit Pharmaceuticals are planning to expand sales of their SPIRIT meters, lancets and test strips to Indigenous people...
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...