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...