Book Review: Indianthusiasm: Indigenous Responses
Reviewed by Carrie MacKenzie Indianthusiasm: Indigenous Responses, is an intriguing book that examines Germany’s fascination with the Indigenous cultures of North America, also referred to...
Book review: This Place: 150 Years Retold
By Karl Hele Stories by Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm, Sonny Assu, Brandon Mitchell, Rachel and Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley, David A. Robertson, Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair, Jen Storm, Richard Van...
Why a Northern sawmill and biomass power plant are key to the survival of Northern Ontario
As we reach the halfway point of Premier Ford’s mandate until the 2022 provincial election, Ontarians from across the political spectrum can agree that addressing...
Absurdity ad infinitum: Status and the Indian Act
By Karl S. Hele In 1985, the Conservative government officially ended enfranchisement with Bill C-31 and restored Indian Status to thousands of people albeit with...
‘Biboon’ full of winter words to learn
Reviewed by Alex Hebert “Biboon” by Susan Johnston is a good book for young kids to learn Anishinaabemowin. It is good for children who are already...
Opinion: Stoic: A look at Indigenous masculinity
By Keith Corbiere Tommy Orange said it best in his literary award winning 2018 novel, There There: “That dance is your prayer. So don’t rush...
Anishinaabe youth discovers new passion at Sudbury Round Dance
By Brittnay Gauthier-Meunier SUDBURY— Sarah Blackwell, Youth Program Coordinator, from the Social Development Department at the Anishinabek Nation, brought youth members on a trip to...
Opinion: Citizens supportive of Anishinabek Governance
NIPISSING FIRST NATION– There are a number of grassroots Anishinabek Nation citizens who are supportive of moving past the shackles of the 1876 Indian Act. ...
Correcting assertions in legal opinions on the Anishinabek Nation Governance Agreement
By Jidé Afolabi Over the past few weeks, a number of independent legal opinions (ILOs) on the Anishinabek Nation Governance Agreement have been released. These...
Opinion: Response to Hayden King’s article on the Anishinabek Nation Governance Agreement vote
Hayden King’s article, “The Rise of the Anishinabek Nation: Self-Government for the Status Quo”, which was posted on the Yellowhead Institute’s website, demonstrates a misunderstanding...
The conflict of values: Who is winning – Who are the real losers?
* This is the second part of a two-part series on the conflict between Indigenous and Western values and approaches to the natural world and...
Opinion: ‘Staying under the Indian Act is not being sovereign’ says Chief McLeod
* Remarks from Chief Scott McLeod, Anishinabek Nation Lake Huron Regional Chief, at the Anishinabek Nation Governance Summit on January 14, 2020, on the Anishinabek...
Book review: Men, Masculinity and the Indian Act
Reviewed by Karl Hele Men, Masculinity and the Indian Act is a well-written complex argument about sexism and racialization under Canada’s Indian Act. To follow...
Opinion: Negatives and positives
By Keith Corbiere In a study conducted by the Environics Institute for Survey Research in 2016, Canadian people were surveyed on their general impressions of...
Book review: Johnny’s Pheasant
Reviewed by Alex Hebert When I first saw this book and read the title, I thought that the story would be more about the pheasant...