First Nations beware of human traffickers
By Kelly Anne Smith NIPISSING FIRST NATION – Young women thrown overboard Great Lake ships after sexual abuse. Women trapped in relationships. Gangs targeting vulnerable...
Anishinabek Nation brings treaty rights to the forefront in Lands and Resources Forum
NORTH BAY (February 5, 2018) – For the second year, Grand Council Chief Patrick Wedaseh Madahbee welcomes First Nations, citizens, government, industry and academia to...
Wikwemikong joins international light festival as holiday destination
By Kathleen Imbert After Amsterdam in Holland and Lyon in France, Wikwemikong Unceded Territory in Canada has its own winter light festival. The annual winter...
Stoneypoint was protecting water, land
“How can you buy or sell the sky, the warmth of the land? The idea is strange to us. If we do not own the...
‘Aftershock’ features last generation of Residential School survivors
By Colin Graf AAMJIWNAANG FIRST NATION – Reconciliation is something that needs to take place not only between racial communities in Canada, but also within...
NWAC reprimands media for perpetuating damaging stereotypes in Tina Fontaine murder trial
February 1, 2018 –The Native Women’s Association of Canada is adamantly opposed to the media’s use of victim-blaming rhetoric and negative, unfounded stereotypes in their...
Significant victory for First Nation children in care
Chiefs of Ontario convince Canadian Human Rights Tribunal to order Canada to fund Band Representative Services and Mental Health Services (Ottawa, February 1, 2018) Today,...