Book review: Killing the Wittigo: Indigenous Culture-Based Approaches to Waking Up, Taking Action, and Doing the Work of Healing
Reviewed by Marci Becking Doing the work – that’s the hardest part of healing. One can take as many workshops or attend conferences, but unless...
Book review: Bernice and the Georgian Bay Gold
Reviewed by Caroline MacKenzie Bernice and the Georgian Bay Gold by Jessica Outram is an entertaining and insightful story about eight-year-old Métis girl Bernice Lamondin...
Book review: On Savage Shores: How Indigenous Americans Discovered Europe
Reviewed by Karl Hele Caroline Dodds Pennock’s On Savage Shores: How Indigenous Americans Discovered Europe explores the experiences of Indigenous Peoples who travelled willingly and unwillingly...
Book review: Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future
Reviewed by Karl Hele Patty Krawec’s Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future is a well-written and argued discussion aimed...
Book review: Tread of Angels
Reviewed by Karl Hele Drawing from Western American history as well as various Christian tropes, Rebecca Roanhorse’s novella, Tread of Angels, is a marvellous and...
Opinion: A respectful Indigenous stereotype
By Maurice Switzer It seems there are stereotypes that really do honour Indigenous peoples. Thankfully, cartoonish depictions of Native Americans on the uniforms worn by...
Carl Beam’s Columbus Suite/Columbus Aajikinigan on exhibition at the Art Gallery of Sudbury
By Lisa Abel SUDBURY— Anishinaabe artist Carl Beam (1943-1945) was born in M’Chigeeng First Nation and raised by his grandparents. Elders gave him the name...
Letter to the Editor: Community members want politics informed by Indigenous histories, traditions, and for future generations
On June 28, 2023, the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) held a virtual Special Chiefs Assembly to address the findings of a Human Resources investigation...
A spotlight on Economic Development at Nipissing First Nation
By Anishinabek Nation Economic Development Department NIPISSING FIRST NATION — Earlier this month, the Anishinabek Nation Economic Development team met with Zack Lafleur, the still-fresh...
Dressing a deer is important learning
By Maurice Switzer NORTH BAY — An Indigenous educator was telling the interviewer that, in his opinion, knowing how to dress a deer is probably...
Book review: The Stone Child: Book 3 of the Misewa Saga
Reviewed by Karl Hele The Stone Child: Book 3 of the Misewa Saga, the third volume of the Misewa Saga, picks up at the end...
Book review: The Peacekeeper
Reviewed by Karl Hele The Peacekeeper: A Novel (The Good Lands) is an excellent debut novel in a series for B.L. Blanchard who originally hails...
Honouring MMIWG2S+ on Red Dress Day beyond Turtle Island
By Kristin Crawford The Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls and Red Dress Day is a cause close to my heart. I am fortunate...
Book review: Country of Poxes: Three Germs and the Taking of Territory
Reviewed by Karl Hele Baijayanta Mukhopadhyay’s Country of Poxes: Three Germs and the Taking of Territory is a marvellous thought-provoking exploration of three diseases –...
Book review: Deadly Aim: The Civil War Story of Michigan’s Anishinaabe Sharpshooters
Reviewed by Karl Hele Sally Walker’s Deadly Aim: The Civil War Story of Michigan’s Anishinaabe Sharpshooters is a well written text that follows Anishinaabeg men...