Opinion: First Nations need to ‘occupy the field’
By Maurice Switzer One of Patrick Madahbee’s favourite expressions was, “We need to occupy the field.” The longtime Anishinabek Nation Grand Council Chief used more...
Letter to the editor: From discovery to extraction: How Pierre Poilievre’s Ring of Fire vision echoes colonial doctrines
By Bizhiki Niibowid Anishinaabe from Chippewas of Kettle and Stony Point When Pierre Poilievre talks about “unlocking the resources of the North,” especially in the...
Book review: Anishinaabe Songs for a New Millennium
Reviewed by Karl Hele Marcie Rendon’s Anishinaabe Songs for a New Millennium is a collection of poem-dream songs drawn from the author’s background and our...
Opinion: Discovery Harbour, Penetanguishene: Missing the Mark
By Karl Hele In the summer of 2024, on our way to Garden River First Nation, my family decided to spend a day at Penetanguishene’s...
Book review: Zegaajimo: Indigenous Horror Fiction
Reviewed by Caroline MacKenzie Zegaajimo: Indigenous Horror Fiction edited by Nathan Niigan Noodin Adler and Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm is a collection of short stories by various...
Opinion: Humour is in the eye of the beholder
By Maurice Switzer The first joke I can ever remember hearing was one told by my grandfather Moses. It was a sunny Saturday afternoon and...
Book review: Counting at Kits Beach
Reviewed by Alex Hebert Kitsilano Beach (Kits Beach) is a popular beach in Vancouver, British Columbia, located at the north edge of the neighbourhood of...
Book review: The Misewa Saga: The Sleeping Giant: Book 5
Reviewed by Karl Hele David Robertson’s fifth book in the Indigenous fantasy series called the Misewa Saga does not disappoint. It picks up immediately at...
Book review: Staging Indigeneity: Salvage Tourism and the Performance of Native American History
Reviewed by Karl Hele Katrina Phillips’ Staging Indigeneity: Salvage Tourism and the Performance of Native American History explores three outdoor performances created by non-Indigenous that...
Book review: The Last President: Autobiography of a Residential School Survivor
Reviewed by Karl Hele The Last President: How Aboriginal and Treaty Rights Were Entrenched in the Canadian Constitution, is a fascinating autobiography of Chief Del...
Book review: Gaa-izhi-miinigoowizid a’aw Anishinaabe: What We Were Given as Anishinaabe
Reviewed by Karl Hele Lee Obizaan Staples and Chato Ombishkebines’ monograph is an excellent source for Anishinaabe seeking to learn about and potentially follow traditional...
Book review: The Hawk Shadow
Reviewed by Alex Hebert Winter is storytelling time for Anishinaabe. This is a great book to read with your little ones and dream of spring...
Book review: Brown Tom’s Schooldays
Reviewed by Karl Hele Brown Tom’s Schooldays is a marvellous fictionalized story of author Enos Montour’s experiences at the Mount Elgin Industrial School in the...
Book review: When the Pine Needles Fall: Indigenous Acts of Resistance
Reviewed by Caroline MacKenzie When the Pine Needles Fall: Indigenous Acts of Resistance by Katsi’tsakwas Ellen Gabriel with Sean Carleton is about Katsi’tsakwas’ experience at...
Letter to the Editor: There is no place for residential schooling denialism in Canada
Boozhoo Kina Weya, Greetings Everyone. We are deeply disturbed by some of the publications in the news recently on the Anishinabek Territory. Specifically, the news...