Honouring our veterans at Maamwi Kindaaswin Festival and Pow-wow
By Kelly Anne Smith NORTH BAY – Maamwi Kindaaswin Festival and Pow Wow Celebration 2015 — “Honouring Our Veterans,” was held on June 6, the...
Indigenizing psychology
By Barb Nahwegahbow TORONTO – About 120 people gathered on May 28 to hear Indigenous academics experienced and trained in both traditional cultural ways and...
Chiefs of Ontario calls for more cultural support in public schools
TORONTO, ON (June 8, 2015) — Ontario Regional Chief Stan Beardy is calling for more cultural support in publicly-funded schools following the release of the...
Revisiting the site of one of the most important diplomatic meetings of Canada’s early history
By Laurie Leclair Today if you travel to the port lands in Old Montreal you’ll see the Pointe-à-Callière, Montréal Archeology and History Complex. This impressive...
Native Earth to only cast Native actors for Native roles
By Barb Nahwegahbow The Artistic Director of Native Earth Performing Arts, Ryan Cunningham made a commitment at a May 26 community forum that in future,...
Anishinabek Nation takes historic step forward to reclaim inherent jurisdiction over child welfare
CURVE LAKE FIRST NATION – The Anishinabek Nation takes an historic step forward to reclaim the inherent right of child welfare by committing to move...
‘Canada clearly participated in a period of cultural genocide’: Sinclair
By Suzanne Keeptwo OTTAWA — Completion of the Truth & Reconciliation Commission (TRC) commenced on May 31 with the lighting of a Sacred Fire and...
Telling a story can begin social change
By KA Smith NORTH BAY – There is a warm, hopeful aura surrounding Lee Maracle. She hugs first, and then asks what’s up. When she...
Rockin with the Red Ride Tour 2015
By Kelly Anne Smith with Caroline Parnell NORTH BAY — The Red Ride Tour 2015 was billed as an “annual showcase of musically diverse indigenous...
Ont. Regional Chief calls on National Energy Board to stop Line 9
ONTARIO REGIONAL CHIEF CALLS ON THE NATIONAL ENERGY BOARD TO STOP LINE 9 UNTIL AFTER FIRST NATION LEGAL APPEAL Toronto, ON (June 3, 2015)...
Madahbee wins for third consecutive term
CURVE LAKE FIRST NATION (June 3, 2015) — Patrick Wedaseh Madahbee won his third consecutive term as Grand Council Chief of the Anishinabek Nation. Candidates...
Blanket makes ideal pow-wow memory
By Maurice Switzer NORTH BAY – Nancy Potvin’s memory might be a bit hazy about all the details surrounding her first-ever pow-wow experience. “It was...
Don’t give up – Dream Big!
By Kelly Anne Smith with Caroline Parnell NORTH BAY — Four days of non-stop arts activities in the 2015 Dream Big Conference has concluded with...
Enbridge looking for an ‘Indian Whisperer’ says Laduke
By Shirley Honyust LONDON — Winona Laduke, an Indigenous woman of Ojibway heritage, was born in 1959 in Los Angeles, raised in Ashland, Oregon, and...
Ontario Regional Chief calls on Canadians to implement TRC recommendations
TORONTO, ON (June 2, 2015) — Ontario Regional Chief Stan Beardy upholds the work of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC) and its...