Opinion: Lambert on ‘Free the Chaudière Falls’ and ‘Save the Islands’
By Lynn Gehl There has been a long time controversy in Ottawa, traditional Algonquin Anishinaabeg territory, regarding the need to re-naturalize a sacred land and...
OPINION: Time for Reconciliation KAIROS Gathering lacks heart
By Lynn Gehl The Time for Reconciliation KAIROS Gathering scheduled to take place in the City of Ottawa May 29th through June 3rd, 2015 −...
Divergence: Traditional Aboriginal Spirituality and Mother Earth
Different Paths – Common Ground By Peter Globensky and Beverly Sabourin As we enter this time of renewal on the cusp of another summer season...
Opinion: Innergex renewable energy and their goal Part 2 of 3
All living creatures depend on each other for a balanced echo system. When you disrupt this balance it can have irreparable consequences or repercussions. Because...
Opinion: Innergex renewable energy and thier goal – ‘Environmental’ – Part one of three
Innergex plans on building 50 to 60 Industrial Wind Turbines (IWTs) in the Merrick area near North Bay. Innergex Representative Francois Morin said “the exact...
The viability of remote FN communities – last in a series
Different Paths – Common Ground The viability of remote First Nations communities – Parting Thoughts By Beverly Sabourin and Peter Globensky This series of articles...
Setting targets more important than hitting them
By Maurice Switzer Part-way through my first-ever archery lesson it struck me as sort of funny that a white guy was teaching an Indian how...
Response to Canadian Mining Journal’s ‘First Nations beating War Drums’ article
“There was a time when discriminatory slurs and insidious racial commentary fired at Indigenous people were accepted in Canadian society – the tragedy; it still is...
Adventures with Status Card and getting the PST exemption in Ontario
NOTE: PST point-of-sale exemption is only in Ontario. For more information visit www.anishinabek.ca/notax By Kristin Grant In the two years since I got my status...
The viability of remote First Nation communities – third in a series
Different Paths – Common Ground The viability of remote First Nations communities. Third in a series. By Peter Globensky and Beverly Sabourin This series of...
Bill C-51 is about control, not terrorism
By AIAI Grand Chief Gord Peters MARCH 24, 2015 – As Indigenous peoples we have experienced the oppression and control of Canada’s colonist government for...
Column: The viability of remote First Nations communities – part one
Different Paths – Common Ground The viability of remote First Nations communities – Part One By Peter Globensky and Beverly Sabourin In our last article...
Letters: The value Canada puts on First Nation children
By Lynda Banning The value that Canadian society places on First Nation children was never more obvious to me than it is today. Like many...
Open letter to Canada’s Federal Parliamentarians
Open Letter to Canada’s Federal Parliamentarians Monday, February 23, 2015 Parliament of Canada 111 Wellington Street Ottawa ON – K1A 0A4 Canada Dear...
Opinion: Victims and families deserve more than an accused abuser as an advocate
By AIAI Deputy Grand Chief Denise Stonefish We live in a world where 1,200 of our Indigenous daughters, mothers, sisters, aunties and friends have gone...