North Bay Indigenous Friendship Centre 15th Maamwi Kindaaswin Pow Wow a learning treat for the senses
By Kelly Anne Smith NORTH BAY — The beat of Turtle Island at the 15th North Bay Indigenous Friendship Centre’s Maamwi Kindaaswin Pow Wow brought...
Robinson Huron citizens offered long-overdue payment
By Maurice Switzer ROBINSON HURON TERRITORY— How does one feel when someone pays a long overdue debt? Pleased? Relieved? Angry that it took so long?...
Dressing a deer is important learning
By Maurice Switzer NORTH BAY — An Indigenous educator was telling the interviewer that, in his opinion, knowing how to dress a deer is probably...
Robinson Huron Treaty Leadership, Ontario and Canada announce proposed settlement and next steps in Treaty annuities court case
ROBINSON HURON TREATY TERRITORY, ON, June 17, 2023 – Today, the Robinson Huron Treaty Litigation Fund leadership and representatives of the governments of Canada and Ontario...
Sam on Sports: Jeff Shattler
By Sam Laskaris REGINA – Though he’s no longer playing professionally, Jeff Shattler continues to be heavily involved with lacrosse. Shattler, a member of Wiikwemkoong...
First Nation Librarians strategize best service despite low funding
By Kelly Anne Smith NORTH BAY — The 2023 Maanjidiwaad Annual Meeting of First Nation Public Libraries in Ontario (formerly called Spring Gathering) was held...
Anishinabek Nation staff celebrate Anishinaabe Giizhigad with ‘good medicine’
By Mary Zoccole FORT WILLIAM FIRST NATION — On June 6, the Anishinabek Nation celebrates Anishinabe Gizhigaad (Anishinaabe Day), the national holiday. The Anishinabek Nation...
Teachings and storytelling at annual Anishinaabe Giizhigad celebrations
By Rick Garrick and Marci Becking CURVE LAKE FIRST NATION — The Anishinabek Nation celebrated Anishinaabe Giizhigad, the national holiday observed every year on June...
Political Quarterly Update: Spring 2023
Springtime is traditionally a very busy season across the Anishinabek Nation territory and that was exactly the case for the Executive Council these last few...
Anishinabek Chiefs-in-Assembly reject the Métis Self-Government Recognition and Implementation Agreement
ANISHINABEK NATION HEAD OFFICE (June 12, 2023) — The Anishinabek Nation Chiefs-in-Assembly have unanimously passed a resolution on Day 2 of the Anishinabek Nation Grand...
Book review: The Stone Child: Book 3 of the Misewa Saga
Reviewed by Karl Hele The Stone Child: Book 3 of the Misewa Saga, the third volume of the Misewa Saga, picks up at the end...
Book review: The Peacekeeper
Reviewed by Karl Hele The Peacekeeper: A Novel (The Good Lands) is an excellent debut novel in a series for B.L. Blanchard who originally hails...
Declaration of State of Emergency: Inequitable policing resources in Anishinabek Nation Territory
CURVE LAKE FIRST NATION (June 8, 2023) — Anishinabek Nation Chiefs-in-Assembly have unanimously declared a State of Emergency due to the continual inequitable funding for...
Say aaniin to the first Indigenous department store in Toronto
By Kelly Anne Smith TORONTO — Aaniin is hello in Ojibwe or Anishinaabemowin. aaniin.shop is also an Indigenous store online and officially on June 10,...
Never forgotten: Fort William honours memory of 215 children in Kamloops
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