Learning Clan system builds Anishinabek Nation unity
By Tammy Desmoulin SAULT STE. MARIE, MI – Learning the Anishinabek Nation clan system is the first step towards building unity within the nation. Anishinabek...
‘We need a real say in how our kids are taught’: Madahbee
UOI OFFICES (April 14, 2014) – Just promising more money for First Nations education won’t make it better, says Grand Council Chief Patrick Madahbee, unless...
Helicopter changed Ocean Bell’s life
By Barb Nahwegahbow TORONTO – It was the helicopter hovering over her head that changed Ocean Bell’s life. Just 13 at the time, she was...
Enimkii robot caught judges’ eye
By Marci Becking NORTH BAY – Their decision to create a defensive robot helped students from Nbisiing Secondary School earn the coveted Judges award in...
She escaped but lost her right to education
By Beverly Anne Sabourin & Peter Andre Globensky The Indian Residential Schools Truth and Reconciliation Commission recently completed four years of public hearings recording...
Friendship Centres drop the ‘Indian’
OTTAWA – The Ontario Federation of Indian Friendship Centres officially became the Ontario Federation of Indigenous Friendship Centres on April 1, 2014. The name change...
Helping Native patients navigate cancer care system
By Norm Tollinsky Northern Ontario Medical Journal Special to the Anishinabek News “Too often in the past,” says Alethea Kewayosh, director of Cancer Care Ontario’s...