Two Aboriginal Youth Win Forest Industry Skills Award
October 28, 2015 TORONTO: The Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) in partnership with the Canadian Council of Forest Ministers (CCFM) today awarded the Skills...
Tecumseh sculpture unveiled on Walpole Island
By Rick Garrick Wikwemikong’s Georgina Toulouse Bebamikawe recently unveiled a seven-and-a-half-foot bronze sculpture of Tecumseh overlooking the St. Clair River on Walpole Island. “He’s done...
Writer Beth Brant’s life celebrated
By Christine Smith (McFarlane) TORONTO – An old shirt that writer Beth Brant used to wear, hung on a microphone stand on Oct. 23 at...
The gift of medicine
By Richard Wagamese In our home we start every day with meditation, prayer and a smudge with ceremonial medicines. Before we do anything we do...
Mentors set to smooth the road to business for youth
By Kelly Anne Smith NORTH BAY – A series of workshops will introduce the business world to local Aboriginal Youth. Project Manager of the In.Business...
Sudbury artist unveils sculpture honouring Shannen Koostachin
SUDBURY – A monument commemorating Shannen Koostachin, a young Cree activist from Attawapiskat First Nation, was unveiled on October 24th at the New Liskeard, Ontario...
Indigenous passports assert self-determination in Ecuador
On October 12, 2015, the day of Indigenous Resistance, Carlos Pérez Guartambel entered Ecuador with a Kichwa passport. It caused confusion for Immigration authorities who...