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...
Put off roads, not education
By Christine Smith McFarlane TORONTO – Politicans can put off building roads because they’re trying to reduce budget deficits, says Paul Martin, but that approach...
Negotiating to close graduation gap
By ROJ Staff The education negotiations are in high gear now, moving forward to finalize the draft arrangements with Canada this fiscal year. Negotiators are...
More calls for national inquiry into missing women
TORONTO – LEAF (Women’s Legal Education Action Fund) and its sister organization West Coast LEAF applaud the call by nine provinces for a national inquiry...
Anishinaabe Anokiiwin Aanokiitoojig/Chiefs Committee on Governance update
By Esther Gilbank THUNDER BAY — The Chiefs Committee on Governance has welcomed two new members — Lake Huron representative Ogimaa Duke Peltier, Wikwemikong Unceded...
Over 500 Nations gather in Albuquerque
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – An estimated 3,000 Native American dancers and singers representing more than 500 tribes from Canada and the United States are expected to...
Education students learn about FASD
Nipissing University Bachelor of Education students participated in ‘FASD and Interventions in the Classroom’ , facilitated by Union of Ontario Indians FASD worker Laura Liberty...
First Nations not sharing in mining wealth
By Marlene Bilous Anishinabek Nation workshops are creating more awareness among community members about how the mining industry is profiting from natural resources located on...
Canada’s skilled workforce must include First Nations people
By Kelly J. Lendsay TORONTO — The Aboriginal Human Resource Council is calling all corporations in Canada to unite in support of each other, the...
India’s top court gives Indigenous community final say about mine
From Amnesty International NEW DELHI — A ruling by India’s Supreme Court that the Indigenous (Adivasi) communities will have the final decision on plans for...
Alderville man one of the smartest people in Ottawa
By Chloé Fedio The Ottawa Citizen OTTAWA — Alfred Simpson picks a worn copy of Pinocchio off a bookshelf in his Vanier apartment and memories...
Crystal wins first Juno
REGINA—Crystal Shawanda’s Just Like You has been selected as Aboriginal Album of the Year, winning a Juno award from the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts...