What if missing women were from posh neighbourhoods?
By Peter Globensky Do you know any women or girls who live in the posh neighbourhood of Forest Hills in Toronto? Or perhaps the toney...
Admitting mistakes, Stephen Harper style
By Daniel Wilson I’ll admit it. I was wrong. I thought the Conservative government would never make a real investment in First Nations education. That...
Loners can be pensive, or work up a sweat
By Richard Wagamese I’ve never really been much of a guy’s guy, a man’s man or any of those buddy-buddy things a man is supposed...
Message from Grand Council Chief Re: FNEA
RE: FIRST NATION CONTROL OVER FIRST NATIONS EDUCATION ACT TO: Anishinabek Nation citizens SUBJECT: Feb 7, 2014 Announcement re: FNEA FROM: ...
Cultural teachings help employability
M’CHIGEENG FN – Participants in the Kenjgewin Teg Educational Institute’s A.I.M.S. program have nothing but praise for the 12-week job-readiness initiative. “The program taught me...
Farm tales: Free rooster nice bonus
By Jennifer Ashawasegai ALBAN – A few days after the new year chimed in, I jumped on Kijiji and found an ad for two free...
Moccasins draw mixed emotions
By Jennifer Ashawasegai PARRY SOUND – Viewers of the “Walking With Our Sisters” exhibit experienced mixed emotions. They see 1,600 moccasin vamps (tongues) that are...
Transitions students meet presidents
By Kelly Crawford NORTH BAY – Kenjgewin Teg Transitions students met the first Aboriginal president of a Canadian university. “Welcome to Nipissing University. It is...
Dibaajmowin – Mkwa
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Red Rock Community Profile: Renovated lodge key element of business plans
By Rick Garrick The Red Rock Indian Band is looking to benefit from a recently-announced suspension bridge project by opening the Chalet Lodge for business....
What Stephen Harper didn’t learn in school
By Maurice Switzer We are what we learn. What we hear from our teachers, copy from blackboards, and cram from our textbooks helps shape the...
Storyteller took poetic turn
By Greg Macdougall OTTAWA – Vera Wabegijig’s first book, “wild rice dreams”, comes after 20 years of writing poetry. The mother of two was born...
‘Gchi nendam gwa noonga maa yaa yan’
By Sharon Weatherall BARRIE –When he has completed the two year Anishnaabemowin Language Program at Georgian College’s Barrie Campus, Tyler Taylor hopes to share what...
Aboriginal Affairs ‘paternalistic, self-serving’ in its use of ‘take-it-or-leave-it’ offers
APTN National News The Specific Claims Tribunal blasted a branch of Aboriginal Affairs for being “paternalistic, self-serving, arbitrary and disrespectful” in a recent ruling impacting...
Puffing on poison sticks
By Albert Dumont I was a big smoker at one time. Started out with Export A in my teen years, then switched to Player’s Filter...