imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival announces online festival
TORONTO, ON–The imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival announces the 21st Annual Festival will move online from October 20 – 25, 2020. imagineNATIVE will gather...
Lynn Gehl calls for practice, no rhetoric
By Melodie McCullough Calling for “practice, not rhetoric”, Lynn Gehl, an Algonquin Anishinaabekwe writer and advocate, urged the federal government at a recent Nogojiwanong (Peterborough)...
‘Why We Dance’ Series: Elle Wasohtiio Cree
In an effort to lift everyone’s spirit during this time where we are all staying home, the Anishinabek News did a call out on social...
Post-Secondary educators’ union partners with Indigenous academics, authors, to bring message of decolonization to more audiences
VANCOUVER, BC–This National Indigenous History Month, a BC post-secondary union has partnered with Indigenous radio station Nuxalk Radio to promote Indigenous voices. As an overdue...
Anishinaabekwe Crystal Shawanda finds her musical direction in blues
By Colin Graf WIIKWEMKOONG UNCEDED TERRITORY— After storming into the world of country music with a US Top-20 hit 13 years ago, and following a...
Bill 156, Security from Trespass and Protecting Food Safety Act, a ‘recipe for disaster’ says Grand Council Chief
ANISHINABEK NATION HEAD OFFICE (June 24, 2020) – On June 18, 2020, the Government of Ontario enacted Bill 156, Security from Trespass and Protecting Food...
Artist proves it’s never too late
SULPHER, OKLAHOMA– Chickasaw weaver Beverly Callahan, 74, is living proof it’s never too late to follow your passion. Callahan likens herself to another late-blooming, famous...