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...
Ontario Regional Chief, Isadore Day calls on Canada and the US to end ‘Oil Centrism’
OPEN LETTER: From clearing the Plains in Canada to bulldozing Sacred Sites in North Dakota: Governments and industry collaborate to commit atrocities against our Peoples...
Letter to the Editor: Chief Miskokomon clarifies Walpole Island natural gas protest
Dear Editor, This letter is in response to your article dated August 30, 2016, “Walpole Island continues protest of natural gas.” I can appreciate that...
Learning indigenous language removes us from colonialism
By Chelsea Vowel I come from a community that historically, was multilingual. People spoke Michif, Cree, English and French, and many also spoke Stoney (Nakota)....
Top Ten Reconciliation Tips
By Maurice Switzer Dear Mister-now-Senator Murray Sinclair: Thank you for spending six years of your life to create an excellent report about how Natives and...
Opinion: Bob Rae must be eating lots of fish
By Maurice Switzer It’s really hard to debunk those old wives’ tales or urban legends that seem to have more staying power than the truth....
Opinion: Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls – police aren’t doing enough
By John Fox April 25 marked three years since Cheyenne Fox was murdered in Toronto. Cheyenne fell 24 stories to her death. At first...
Opinion: At the corner of Grief and misery – Where the present has no future
By Beverly Sabourin and Peter Globensky How much grief and misery mixed into the stew of destitution and poverty can a community endure and still...
Opinion: Former PM Chretien ignorant he exists within a paradigm
By Lynn Gehl, PhD Chretien is blinded by his paradigm Re: http://aptn.ca/news/2016/04/13/former-pm-chretien-on-attawapiskat-people-have-to-move-sometimes/ When I read this article linked above the other morning regarding Jean Chretien’s...
Opinion: Water is a basic human right
By Chief Elaine Johnston Water. Isn’t Water a basic human right? Canada as a G8 country has third world conditions with many First Nations without...
The GOP – The Death of the RIPublican Party
By Peter Globensky The length of our recent Canadian election campaign, one of the longest in our history, pales to insignificance when compared to the...
OPINION: Immigrants? It must be tough!
By Peter Globensky and Beverly Sabourin Travelling through the United States, we have been hard-pressed to find any news on any media that does not...
NEWSFLASH – Government admits it was wrong!
By Maurice Switzer If you’re reading this, maybe you should sit down and take a deep breath. Because if you haven’t heard or read it...
Letter to the Editor: Thoughts on lateral violence
I thought about this lateral violence stuff and I think it is so widespread and prevalent that its a norm and accepted. The other day...
First Nations and addictions – when it hits close to home
Different Paths – Common Ground First Nations and Addictions – When it Hits Close to Home By Peter Globensky and Beverly Sabourin We have all...