Pic Mobert First Nation Ratifies Constitution: one step closer to AES vote
By Rick Garrick PIC MOBERT FIRST NATION—Pic Mobert is looking towards the future after 75 of the 106 community members who cast a vote endorsed...
Youth prepare for launch of hand-made birch bark canoe
By Rick Garrick FORT WILLIAM FIRST NATION—A group of Fort William youth is planning to launch the 18-foot birch bark canoe they built this summer...
Call to Action #83 art exhibit: the quest for truth and hope
By Barb Nahwegahbow TORONTO—A total of 16 artists from Simcoe County took up the quest for truth for the exhibition, Call to Action #83. Eight...
Antler River Guardians from the 4 Directions launch Thames River Canoe Trip
MUNCEY, ONTARIO (August 10, 2016)—The Antler River Guardians from the 4 Directions are going on a canoe trip August 15 – 17, to visit First...
Grandmothers create blockade to protect the water
By Colin Graf WALPOLE ISLAND—Construction of a natural gas pipeline to the Walpole Island First Nation in south-western Ontario will resume on Monday, August 15,...
Mentorship program for Indigenous youth to help create future business leaders
By Rick Garrick NORTH BAY—The In.Business: A National Mentorship Program for Indigenous Youth is returning for its second year after connecting high school students in...
Wikwemikong’s Naomi Recollet completes internship at the world’s largest museum
By Rick Garrick MANITOULIN ISLAND—Wikwemikong First Nation’s Naomi Recollet recently discovered a deck of birch bark playing cards during her Summer Institute in Museum Anthropology...
Crunch time to ready vote on Anishinabek Education Agreement that took years in the making
By Kelly Anne Smith NIPISSING FIRST NATION– Over 23 years ago, the quest began to have Anishinabek autonomy in elementary and secondary education. Now the...
Students to benefit from A Circle of Caring in the new school year
By Kelly Anne Smith NORTH BAY – Having a firefighter or police officer reading a book about friendship has been a positive learning experience for...
Grand Council Chief visits Pays Plat during Northern Superior Region tour
By Rick Garrick PAYS PLAT—Grand Council Chief Patrick Madahbee enjoyed his first boat excursion on Lake Superior during a mid-July visit to Pays Plat. “We...
Cultural week: guiding youth through their journey
By Rick Garrick PAYS PLAT—Grand Council Chief Patrick Madahbee met with youth on the third day of Pays Plat’s Cultural Week during a tour of...
‘September 1 cannot come soon enough’: Madahbee
UOI OFFICES (Nipissing FN) August 4, 2016 – Anishinabek Nation Grand Council Chief Patrick Madahbee says that he is glad that an inquiry into Murdered...
Father on a mission for justice
By Barb Nahwegahbow TORONTO—John Fox is a man with a mission. He wants to make sure that someone is held accountable for the sexual assault...
The pupil becomes the teacher: the resurgence of Anishinaabemowin speakers
By Rick Garrick THUNDER BAY—Isadore Toulouse of Wikwemikong Unceded Indian Reserve is back for his 25th year of teaching students how to teach Anishinaabemowin at...
Volunteer animal activist’s self-drafted animal by-law gains traction
By Colin Graf CHIPPEWAS OF KETTLE AND STONY POINT FIRST NATION—The Kettle and Stony Point (KSP) First Nation may soon become one of Ontario’s earliest...