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...
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...