The hilariously honest depictions of Indians in NBC’s Parks and Recreation
By Keith Corbiere In April of 2009, a show began to air on NBC called Parks and Recreation, also commonly referred to as “Parks and...
‘Twas the night before Christmas
By Maurice Switzer (With apologies to Clement Clarke Moore) ‘Twas the night before Christmas and all through the House not a creature was stirring,...
Letter to the editor: Open letter to the Anishinabek Nation
My name is Chantal Dostaler, I am 11th generation French-Canadian. I likely have Ojibwe Ancestry. This isn’t something I can currently substantiate, I feel it...
Anishinabek Nation Regional Deputy Grand Council Chief visits Navajo Nation
From November 17-20, I travelled to Window Rock, Arizona, capital of the Navajo Nation, on behalf of the Anishinabek Nation along with other Anishinabek Nation...
Book review: The Game of Silence
Reviewed by Karl Hele As the sequel to The Birchbark House, The Game of Silence continues the story of Omakayas and her family on Lake...
Book review: The Birchbark House
Reviewed by Karl Hele The Birchbark House, by Anishinaabeg author Louise Erdrich, follows eight-year-old Omakayas though the course of a single year near Sault Ste....
Opinion: Alcohol and Indigenous people
By Keith Corbiere In a fact sheet published on Mar. 14, 2016, Statistics Canada reported that 36% of off-reserve First Nation people in Ontario were...
Letter to the editor: Lynn Gehl Re: ‘6(1)a All the Way!’
Finally, after years of completing family oral history, archival research, and taking legal action against Indian and Northern Affairs Canada’s (INAC) Unknown/Unstated Paternity policy, I...
Opinion: Two Odysseys: Pimooteewin/Gállábártnit
By Kristin Crawford TORONTO— After seeing my fair share of opera’s in French, Italian and German over the past 20 years, I was super excited...
The Invisible Indian
By Keith Corbiere MONTRÉAL— When I first moved to Montréal in April of 2016, my mind was a whirlwind of possibilities. What would it be...
A letter to teachers on treaty education
Dear Fellow Educators, Treaty Education week is fast approaching. Treaties Recognition Week is the first week of November every year. The week was introduced in...
Open letter to the Anishinabek Citizens
I offered to write this letter to the people in our First Nations on behalf of the Restoration of Jurisdiction Department about the Anishinabek Nation...
Book review: Storm of Locusts
Reviewed by Karl Hele Storm of Locusts is the second volume in Rebecca Roanhorse’s Sixth World series. The novel picks up Maggie Hoskie’s story about a...
Performance and memory: 1832-1932 Anglican centenary celebrations at Garden River
By Karl Hele During the first week of September 1932, Garden River First Nation undertook a celebration of the 100-year anniversary of William McMurray’s arrival. The...
Opinion: Harris, Trump, and deadly political rhetoric
By Maurice Switzer When I think of Donald Trump – which I try to do as seldom as possible, especially on a full stomach – ...