Beausoleil artist’s work featured at Georgian College campus
By Sharon Weatherall MIDLAND – Earlier this year, Beausoleil First Nation artist Clayton King was commissioned by Georgian College to create three First Nations paintings...
Norval Morrisseau biographer paints pages with words
By Laura E. Young SUDBURY – Armand Garnet Ruffo, author of a biography on Norval Morrisseau, paused, almost as if he was taking a deep...
Indigenous Education Week celebrated at Laurentian University
By Heather Campbell SUDBURY – Laurentian University celebrated Indigenous Education Week from October 20-24 with a focus on the increasing number of indigenous academics and...
Anishinaabe artists exhibit at Art Gallery of Ontario until end of November
By Barb Nahwegahbow TORONTO – Before and After the Horizon: Anishinaabe Artists of the Great Lakes, an exhibition currently at the Art Gallery of Ontario...
Anishinabek Nation responds to Ebola public safety concerns
UOI OFFICES – The Anishinabek Nation is committed to working with each of its member First Nations as well as Health Canada as we proactively...
Mike Harris sorry for students of history
By Maurice Switzer Mike Harris said he “feels sorry” for those who participated in an event focussing on the former Ontario premier’s political legacy and...
Henvey Inlet hosts job fair for its wind farm project
Media Release (October 27, 2014) – Henvey Inlet First Nation (HIFN) is another step closer to seeing the development of its wind farm. The HIFN...
Youth ‘indspired’ at career conference
By Rick Garrick THUNDER BAY – Potential career options were the focus for two Robinson Superior Treaty region high school students during Indspire’s Soaring: Indigenous...
Youth start water protection campaigns
Toronto, ON, October 24, 2014 – Representatives from the Ontario Federation of Indigenous Friendship Centres Aboriginal Youth Council (OAYC) gathered on Lake Simcoe to learn...
Anishinabek charity and Enterprise Rent-a-Car sign new partnership
UOI OFFICES – The Anishinabek Nation 7th Generation Charity (AN7GC) and the Union of Ontario Indians have signed a new partnership agreement with Enterprise Rent-A-Car....
Statement from Anishinabek Nation Grand Council Chief Patrick Madahbee on this week’s deaths of Canadian Forces members
UOI OFFICES (Oct.23,2014) – I would like to express my condolences to the families of both Canadian Forces members who were killed in St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec...
Talk4Healing doubles the calls after two years in operation
After two years in operation, a help line for Aboriginal women is seeing a very high demand for its services. Over the last seven months...
Lights, camera, action for emerging artist
By Margaret Hele GARDEN RIVER FN – Emerging Garden River artist, Gloria Burns presented her short film “Cashier Classifieds” to a Sault College Anishinaabemowin evening...
Woodland painter has a passion for petroglyphs
By Christine Smith (McFarlane) NEWMARKET – Donald Chretien, artist from Nipissing First Nation showcased his latest body of contemporary Woodland Art at the 2014...
Former Regional Chiefs to be honoured at Toronto gala
TORONTO – The Chiefs in Ontario will be honouring all seven former Ontario Regional Chiefs who have served our First Nations citizens in 133 First...