First Nation Youth send hope for those devastated in Attawapiskat
By Kelly Anne Smith NORTH BAY – Poems, Prayer and Paint, the initiative and brainchild of Tasheena Sarazin and her two sons Niibin and Lance,...
A unique reconciliation-based history lesson creates knowledge exchange
By Christine Smith-McFarlane TORONTO—A Mass Blanket exercise hosted by Canadian Roots Exchange in partnership with KAIROS took place at Queen’s Park, in Toronto Ontario, just...
One-third of Anishinabek Nation under Boil Water Advisories – ‘We have a plan to fix this’: Madahbee
UOI OFFICES (Nipissing FN) June 13, 2016 – Anishinabek Nation Grand Council Chief is frustrated that 14 of the 40 Anishinabek First Nations are under...
First Nation citizens urged to come to important education meetings on Tuesday evening in Sudbury and Sault Ste. Marie
UOI OFFICES (June 13, 2016) – All Anishinabek citizens who live in the Sault Ste. Marie and Sudbury are encouraged to come out to an...
Successful Anishnaabe women honoured with Influential Women of Northern Ontario Awards
By Rick Garrick THUNDER BAY— Small business owners, entrepreneurs, leaders, visionaries and trailblazers that have contributed to economic wealth and growth in the northern region...
Grassy Narrows First Nation seeking justice for their right to a basic need: clean water
By Barb Nahwegahbow TORONTO—“They are the future and they are the ones we have been fighting for all this time,” said grandmother Judy Da Silva...
Book Review: UpGhost River: A Chief’s Journey Through the Turbulent Waters of Native History
Reviewed by Christine Smith McFarlane The memoir transports the reader to 1955 where a young seven-year old, Edmund Metatawabin, is separated from his family and...