Anniversary of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: Who’s Afraid of Human Rights?
September 11, 2015 Public Statement Earlier this summer, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission called on the federal, provincial and territorial governments to implement the United...
Anishinabek communities take control of their lands, resources and environment
By Joey Krackle Nearly half of the First Nations in the Anishinabek Nation have taken control over their lands, resources and environment by opting out...
Anishinabek remember storyteller Basil Johnston
UOI OFFICES (Sept. 10, 2015) – Anishinabek today mourn the passing of storyteller, writer and educator who had devoted his career to the celebration and...
Celebrating resilience
By Lynda Banning THUNDER BAY – International Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Awareness Day takes place September 9th every year. Many native and mainstream organizations work...
Traditional Ecological Knowledge Elders educating people about the hazards of herbicides
By Leslie Knibbs MISSISSAUGI FIRST NATION – In their vigilant efforts to notify others of the dangers of the Glyphosate, Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) Elders...
Big plans for Big Thunder Ski Hill
By Rick Garrick Fort William Chief Peter Collins is looking to reopen the old Big Thunder ski jumping facility, which closed a year after hosting...
The Archeology Project – students dig it
By Kelly Anne Smith NIPISSING FIRST NATION – The Archeology Project has had a second successful year. Employing youth to work with a professional archeologist,...