Harper awoke a sleeping giant — First Nations break elections records
Monday’s election was historic for Canada’s First Nations community, which saw 10 indigenous MPs elected. Winners included Liberal Vance Badawey, who was elected in Niagara...
Elementary students cast vote in federal election
By Colleen Toulouse SAGAMOK ANISHINAWBEK – Biidaaban Kinoomaagegamik saw 63 students in Grades 4 to 8 cast their first ballots in a parallel federal election...
Biigtgong Nishnaabeg (Pic River) ratifies their Gchi-Naaknigwein (constitution)
By Rick Garrick Biigtgong Nishnaabeg (Pic River) citizens have ratified the Biigtigong Nishnaabeg Gchi-Naaknigewin constitution with 65 per cent voting in support during the Sept....
Fire Song: A Great Film – but an opportunity missed
By Beverly Sabourin and Peter Globensky Sometime back we had the pleasure of creating an innovative literacy project in Thunder Bay involving the numerous talents...
Lease agreement signed for Ontario’s largest wind power facility
HENVEY INLET FIRST NATION – Henvey Inlet First Nation (HIFN) has inked a lease with Henvey Inlet Wind GP Inc. (HIW GP) for the 300...
Anishinabek voters protected their rights
UOI OFFICES (Nipissing First Nation) October 20, 2015 – Anishinabek Nation Grand Council Chief Patrick Madahbee says that he is proud of the Anishinabek in...
‘A Side of Dreams’ catches the imagination
By Kelly Anne Smith NIPISSING FIRST NATION – A Side of Dreams received great reviews from theatre goers on Nipissing First Nation. The Paper Canoe...
Nipissing University professor calls for meaningful consultation in new book
By Kelly Anne Smith NORTH BAY – “Since time immemorial” are the first three words in Carly Dokis’s Where Rivers Meet: Pipelines, Participatory Resource Management,...
First Nations need resource revenue share of the aggregate industry
By Joey Krackle ALDERVILLE FIRST NATION – Anishinabek Nation Southeast Regional Grand Chief Jim Bob Marsden asserted that Anishinabek citizens have inherent rights to their...
Moose Deer Point honours and supports Orange Shirt Day
MOOSE DEER POINT FIRST NATION – Students, First Nation staff and daycare staff in Moose Deer Point honoured Residential School Survivors on Orange Shirt Day...
Mapping our traditional knowledge
By Rick Garrick Wahnapitae’s Nicole Recollet is developing an online interactive biodiversity map for citizens to post wildlife sightings in the surrounding area using GIS...
Youth inspired by Parapan Am Games
By Rick Garrick Curve Lake’s Soraya Whetung ramped up her running and swimming this summer after watching the Parapan Am Games — now she’s competing...
CIES students ‘Going M.I.L.E.S.’ against bullying
By Sharon Weatherall BEAUSOLEIL FIRST NATION – Grade 6, 7 and 8 students from Christian Island Elementary School (CIES) recently learned how negative words can...
Candidates are asked ‘what have you done to assist First Nations?’
By Joey Krackle NIPISSING FIRST NATION – At the Oct. 5 federal candidates discussion held at Nbisiing Secondary School, moderator Maurice Switzer asked the candidates...
2016 JUNO Awards now accepting submissions for Aboriginal Album of the Year
Wednesday, October 14, 2015 Toronto, ON – The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) announced on October 1 that the JUNO Awards is...