Book Review: Price Paid
Submitted by Karl Hele Bev Sellars brings us another marvelous book drawing on her and her people’s experiences with Indian policy since the beginning. While...
Yuletide Carols…Revisited
By Maurice Switzer 1. Donald, the funny hair guy (To the tune of Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer) Donald, the funny hair guy had a...
Letter to the Editor: Rota uses blame and misdirection to avoid pipeline conversation
The Nipissing community is facing a real local problem with the TransCanada company wanting to send diluted bitumen for export through a pipeline that could...
How to make extra money for Christmas using Facebook
Submitted by Emilie Corbiere If you’re like me, a little extra money during the holiday season always comes in handy. If you’re also a native...
Gichi-Naaknigewin
Submitted by Arnold May – Let’s get out from under the control of the Indian Act. – We have a Chi-Naaknigewin (Constitution). – We are...
Fight ready
Submitted by Jennifer Ashawasegai So, I signed up for fighter training to compete in a kickboxing tournament in about eight months. At 42, I realize...
Our culture is a not a costume
Submitted by Steven Rickard A few days ago, a buddy of mine made some really strong points on a specific topic. I pretty much felt...
Heartfull Knowing: a Teaching and a Fundraiser
Submitted by Lynn Gehl In the Anishinaabeg tradition, the heart is an important repository of knowledge. Actually, in many ways the heart is a stronger...
Book Review: Red Dreams, White Nightmares: Pan-Indian Alliances in the Anglo-American Mind
Reviewed by Karl Hele Robert Owens’ Red Dreams, White Nightmares adeptly examines Euro-American fears of an Indigenous to create a Pan-Indian alliance to oppose American...
It is time to change Anishinabek education
By Patrick Madahbee Over the past 20 years, the Anishinabek Nation and Canada have been negotiating an education agreement which will allow First Nations to...
Kettle and Stony Point First Nation community member appointed to the Superior Court of Justice
Submitted by Mel Henry The Honourable Justice Jonathon C. George, an Ojibway of Pottawatomi descent, and citizen and resident of the Kettle & Stony Point...
Chaudière Falls is an Indigenous Cathedral
By Lindsay Lambert The Chaudière Falls and Islands have been the great Indigenous sacred and peaceful meeting place since time immemorial. From the archaeological record,...
Native mascots mock Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms
By Brad Gallant Native mascots mock Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Tonight Washington will again be featured on TSN Monday Night Football. The program...
Nature makes a pretty good classroom
By Maurice Switzer There are some fascinating learning opportunities available for anyone who has occasion to be awake at three o’clock in the morning. That’s...
With rights, come responsibilities
By Grand Council Chief Patrick Madahbee Fishing, since time immemorial, has always been about respect, responsibility and discipline. There has always been communal care for...