Book review: The Ballad of Danny Wolfe: Life of a Modern Outlaw
By Shirley Honyust/ Yenatli:yo This book tells the epic story of Danny Wolfe, one of the lead founders of the Indian Posse, a prominent street...
Thin the herd, stay in your place
By Brad Gallant It seems caribou are becoming an endangered species in all regions of Canada except Western Newfoundland. I am speaking both of the...
When will the taking stop?
By Beverly Sabourin and Peter Globensky Since we have both developed a late-in-life allergy to snow and the shoveling of it, we escape to the...
Walleye Delirium, moose poop, and Foreman Grills
By Maurice Switzer Fishing on Lake Nipissing is not a body-contact sport…yet! Sometimes the feuding over who-gets-to-catch-how-much-of-what can reach alarming proportions. But, we haven’t seen ...
Federal Government seeks to settle class action from Sixties Scoop
By John Fox On the heels of a Judge’s ruling of a 1.3 billion dollar class-action lawsuit, on Wednesday Feb 1, the Federal Government, under...
Future lawyers visit the Union of Ontario Indians
By Daniel Gatto Last October, I was amongst the group of a dozen University of Ottawa Law Practice Program (Programme de Pratique du Droit) candidates...
Lemons and protests
By Samantha Restoule A couple of weeks ago life handed me a lemon. “What am I supposed to do with this?” I asked myself....
Book Review: This is Indian Land
By Karl Hele Drawing inspiration and its title from Garden River’s CP Rail Bridge with its message “THIS IS INDIAN LAND”, the book seeks to...
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...