‘Nish boys help Ontario skate to silver
By Sam Laskaris Troy Lajeunesse had a rollercoaster week at the National Aboriginal Hockey Championships. The 15-year-old centre, from Dokis First Nation, was a member...
23,000 register for online course
Google map showing where the 23,000 students were logging into the Aboriginal Worldview course from. By Marci Becking TORONTO – Nearly 23,000 people from all...
Warriors honoured at York
By Brian Charles TORONTO –As people gathered along the Toronto shoreline, waiting for the fire to be lit for a sunrise ceremony, birds offering...
Book Review: Indigenous Peoples struggling against climate change
LAWRENCE, Kan. — Climate change’s effects are starting to be felt around the world, and indigenous populations are in many cases among the first to...
Agreement changes an ‘abuse of power’
Text of a March 28, 2013 letter from Grand Council Chief Patrick Madahbee to Bernard Valcourt, Minister of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada. Dear Minister:...
Language teachers ‘Gchi-nendama’
By Sharon Weatherall BEAUSOLEIL FN — Roseanne Monague is one of seven Christian Island language-keepers who participated in a 160-hour immersion program to equip them...
Farm tales: It turns out that goats are wimps
By Jennifer Ashawasegai Not all hay is created equal. That was news to me last spring when I took my young Billy to the vet....
Granny stops grader
Oklahoma grandmother Nancy Zorn, 79, was taken into police custody after locking herself to a piece of heavy machinery, effectively halting construction on TransCanada’s Keystone...
Funding cap shadows education progress
By ROJ Staff In 1996 Canada put a 2% cap on increases for funding First Nations education. The 2% cap has entrenched discriminatory funding shortages...
Canada accused of human rights violations
GENEVA – Many of Canada’s closest diplomatic allies and trading partners are urging the federal government to do more to address the serious human rights...
Nipissing welcomes new babies
By Marci Becking NIPISSING FN – Second-time parents Mindy Lariviere and Hugh Martel say that they come to Nipissing’s “Welcoming Babies” ceremony to celebrate all...
Books for Christian Island kids
With a special thank-you card after Coles Books declared their school the winner of $2,000 in new books. The Midland store placed in the company’s...
Communities talk constitution
By Jon Cada Community Engagement Strategy (CES) sessions continued to generate self-government dialogue in 2012/2013. During this past year, the CES process delivered seven sessions...
Paintings part of healing process
By Rick Garrick THUNDER BAY –Pic River’s Joe Moses thinks paintings are part of the healing process for First Nations patients. “It’s a first step...
Ghosts haunt lead characters
By Laura Robinson VANCOUVER – Drew Hayden Taylor has produced a number of plays with Firehall Theatre in Vancouver’s downtown eastside but God and the...