Wikwemikong Tourism furthers training with hiking trail development
By Melissa Cooper WIKWEMIKONG – The Tourism Department of the Wikwemikong Reserve is diversifying its service portfolio, providing training and trail development services to other...
UN urges States to do more to respect treaties
GENEVA – States need to do more to honour and strengthen their treaties with indigenous peoples, no matter how long ago they were signed, UN...
Ask Holly: Septic tank tips
My conversations with readers can be interesting and sometimes quite intimate. The topics are as diverse as the people I speak with. I usually don’t...
Call me anything but ‘colonized’
By Maurice Switzer When it comes to Indigenous peoples, it’s pretty well open season for name-callers. And we’re not talking here about locker-room slang like...
Art honours fallen warriors
‘Honoring the Spirit of Chief Wabighijack’ is a recently-completed painting by Zoey Wood-Solomon. The acrylic-on-paper work, measuring 26X32 inches, depicts a young Chief and his...
‘Gap in education funding perpetuates gap in learning’: Madahbee
By Kelly Crawford and Marci Becking UOI OFFICES – Anishinabek Nation Grand Council Chief Patrick Madahbee says that the federal government is not putting money...
Book Reviews: Teaching atrocities
By Laura Robinson As the Truth and Reconciliation Commission works through the final year of bearing witness to the testimonies of survivors of residential school...
Exhibit explores tangled relationships
By Shirley Honyust LONDON, Ont. – For Dolleen Manning, a major difference between Indigenous artists and others is their sense of being connected to other...
Youth discuss suicide at safeTalk training
By Heather Campbell SUDBURY – Having the skill to talk about suicide can make a significant impact in communities is the message shared by the...
Ontario tax exemption: Your rights as a First Nation citizen
By Kevin Restoule As a First Nation citizen, you have many rights, some of which are affirmed by the federal and provincial governments through the...
Jody Porter receives Debwewin Citation for journalism excellence
By Marci Becking UOI OFFICES (Nipissing FN) – Jody Porter, CBC journalist in Thunder Bay, is the ninth winner of the Debwewin Citation for excellence...
Song supports Idle No More
TORONTO – Marc Nadjiwan’s first single in five years is inspired by the international Idle No More movement. The single comes as Nadjiwan celebrates his...
Charity raises money for Anishinabek communities
HUNTSVILLE – Volunteers, as well as Olympic medalists Becky Kellar and Cheryl Pounder helped make the 15th Annual Anishinabek Veterans Memorial Golf Tournament a success....
Settlers can have treaty cards too
By Carolyn Pogue A few years ago, I noticed a clever back cover on Briarpatch magazine. It showed a First Nations warrior with a caption,...
Intentional mal-nutrition malpractice, just another part of Canada’s legacy
By Jody Kechego A five-year old girl is held captive for ten years and deprived food, water and other basic necessities in an experiment to...