Invisible: the Academy Awards, racism and aboriginals
By Kristin Grant The controversy over all 20 of this year’s Academy Awards acting nominees being white has me questioning is this outcry itself racist...
Ojbway graveyard by the residential school
By Richard Wagamese My brother Jack had passed away before I made it back to my people. I was twenty four and all I learned...
Stolen sisters – silent screams? Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women: The story continues
By Beverly Sabourin and Peter Globensky A good friend of ours responded to our last article on Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women – The...
Zero tolerance on racism
By Albert Dumont An incident occurred recently which left me feeling sick at heart. I was at an event, there to offer words of encouragement...
It’s time for change!
By Robert Wells It’s time . . . for all Canadians to know and to live in the truth of our history. It’s time ....
What this country needs is more parades
By Maurice Switzer Pakenham is an Ottawa Valley village of some 2,000 souls – if you include cattle, dogs, cats….and even a few reindeer. It...
What it means to be Ojibway
By Richard Wagamese For the longest time I wondered what it really meant to be Ojibway. After I’d been reconnected with my family after twenty...
Robbing Peter to pay Paul: How Canada stole from Aboriginal Schools and water plants
Aanii, hello. I am Chief Shining Turtle of the Sturgeon clan, of Whitefish River First Nation of the Anishinaabe, which is near Sudbury. I want...
Stolen sisters – silent screams?
By Peter Globensky and Beverly Anne Sabourin When controversial issues begin to get legs and confront governing politicians with uncomfortable facts and choices, their instinctive...
Book review: Don’t call it a comeback
By Christine Smith (McFarlane) The Comeback is a timely book in the sense that it is written at a time in which the political landscape...
Calling on Indigenous Peoples to re-establish our responsibilities to water
Calling on Indigenous Peoples to re-establish our responsibilities to the waters and those yet unborn by working collaboratively with one common vision – WATER IS...
Bringing vision to others lets us see the world better ourselves
By Richard Wagamese I remember a story told to me a long time ago. It was about a small mouse who wanted to see the...
Mike Harris sorry for students of history
By Maurice Switzer Mike Harris said he “feels sorry” for those who participated in an event focussing on the former Ontario premier’s political legacy and...
Unknown/unstated paternity and the Indian Act
Witness First Hand Canada’s Commitment to Reconciliation … Unknown / Unstated Paternity and the Indian Act: Lynn Gehl versus the Attorney General of Canada ...
Peace and ceremony for three lost boys
By Becky Big Canoe CHIPPEWAS OF GEORGINA ISLAND – Glenna Mae Breckenridge’s story, as told on CBC’s The National on September 24, was a real...