Ask Holly: Nothing says love like a tub of worms!
By Holly Broadhagen Okay, in theory Spring is here, but hopefully we are past the snow part and firmly into the growing season. This year...
Harper not learning from ‘mistakes of the past’
By Maurice Switzer First Nations know they have a good idea when the Harper government doesn’t want anything to do with it. That’s how it...
First Peoples also have collective rights
By Daniel Wilson Working in defence of Indigenous rights, I have heard the rebuttal far too often that Indigenous people “fail to take personal responsibility”...
Saluting Korean vets
In 2013, we mark the Year of the Korean War Veteran and the 60th anniversary of the Korean War armistice. As a member of The...
It helps to love the sound, feel and weight of words
By Richard Wagamese I love dictionaries. I think I always have or at least I have ever since I fell in love with words. I...
Letter to the editor: Harper: Get out!
Briefly reading the 2013 budget for the first time, I would like to know how long are we as First Nations people going to let...
Canada’s national newspaper now capitalizes ‘First Nations’
By Sylvia Stead The Globe and Mail A while ago, I heard from a reader in Victoria who wondered why The Globe and Mail did...
Books can’t teach like Elders
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Every day should be Mother’s Day
By Eden Beaudin There are so many ways to define the word “Mom”. In the dictionary it is described as “a mature woman”. My first...
Ask Holly: Grief can bring us together
“Kenneth Anthony Brodhagen passed away at his home in Astorville on Wednesday, April 3, 2013 at the age of 62, embraced by his loved ones,...
Harper visits Pandas – illustrated by Charley Hebert
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Why First Nations can’t ‘just get over it’
By Maurice Switzer Probably the most important outcome of the Idle No More movement has been to pique the curiosity of Canadians about exactly what...
Standing on the land can be felt on your skin
By Richard Wagamese When you come to stand upon the land there’s a sense in you that you’ve seen it all before. Not in any...
Protecting the land
The United Nations has condemned Canada for its treatment of Indian people, yet we tie them up in the Indian Act to find some way...
Racism not rare
Some people will be amazed by the editorial board’s suggestion that “racism, sexism and homophobia have become rare in Canadian public life.” That is clearly...