M’Chigeeng shifts education paradigm
By Kelly Crawford NIPISSING FIRST NATION – Neil Debassige gave Chiefs, education leaders, and delegates at the Special Assembly on Education, November 13 and 14...
Manitoulin agencies put minds together
M’CHIGEENG FN – The multi-year efforts of United Chiefs and Council of Mnidoo Mnising tribal council’s initiative known as “Maamwi Nadamaadaa – Let’s Work Together”...
Film portrays knowledge transfer
By Barb Nahwegahbow TORONTO –Anishinaabe scholar Chantelle A.M. Richmond was frustrated with research done in First Nations communities that benefitted the researchers more than it...
December 1, 2013, World AIDS Day: What’s the prescription for an ‘AIDS-free’ Canada?
On December 1, World AIDS Day, let’s take a measure of our progress in achieving an ‘AIDS-free’ world. Globally, there is good news. The World...
ARF is the word for these patients
By Colleen Toulouse SAGAMOK – The patient left the clinic after his annual checkup. He had received a vaccination, a prescription for an embarrassing rash...
Ontario Chiefs taking action against First Nations Education Act
THUNDER BAY (Nov. 27, 2013) — Ontario Regional Chief Stan Beardy and the First Nation leadership in Ontario are united in their rejection of the...
Odawa app available
By Melissa Cooper WIKWEMIKONG – In the New Year, technology in the form of an Odawa language application will be shared with the world thanks...
Fort William eyes the Ring of Fire road
By Rick Garrick FORT WILLIAM FN – Wally Bannon wants his community to be involved in construction of the transportation route to the Ring of...
Chiefs in Ontario gather for Special Chiefs Assembly
(THUNDER BAY, ON) November 25, 2013 – Ontario Regional Chief Stan Beardy will welcome the 133 Chiefs from across Ontario this week as the Chiefs...
Aboriginal academics also activists
By Karl Hele TORONTO – Can and should Aboriginal academics be activists within academia and Indigenous communities? The answer is yes, judging from feedback from...
First Nations resolved to protect BC First Nations Education System
COAST SALISH TERRITORIES/VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA–(Marketwired – Nov. 22, 2013) – Approximately 250 BC First Nations delegates gathered on November 19, 2013, to discuss the Government...
Unity Gathering pays tribute to Tecumseh
By Greg Plain BKEJWANONG – The Anishinaabe and many other Nations gathered in Southwest Ontario First Nations for a week-long celebration that culminated Oct. 5th,...
‘Redskins insulting, no matter intent’: Bob Costas
“Objections to names like Braves, Chiefs, Warriors and the like strike many of us as political correctness run amok. These nicknames honor rather than demean....
Youth tell Valcourt: ‘This is not consultation’
SASKATOON (November 20, 2013) – Youth who attended the Assembly of First Nations National Youth Summit told INAC Minister Bernard Valcourt that his First Nations...
Vigil for another one of more than 600
By Barb Nahwegahbow TORONTO – John Fox says his 20-year-old daughter Cheyenne was a “very kind, caring, loving person.” And he can’t understand why police...