Sharing the land crucial to any conversations about reconciliation
By Leanne Simpson In the mid-1990s I moved to Mi’gma’gi to go to graduate school. I was expecting to learn about juvenile Atlantic salmon on...
Canada breaking ‘rule of law’ every day!
By Daniel Wilson Sometimes it helps to put things in order, in precedence and priority, in order to see them clearly. This is one of...
Canada, U.S. pay lip service to treaties
By Laura Finley Last I heard, contracts negotiated between two consenting and capable parties are supposed to be binding, with repercussions if one party violates...
Ojibway cuisine more than Kraft Dinner
By Richard Wagamese There’s something to be said for the old phrase “the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach.” It had to...
Create our own laws or face government bully
Aanii, Boozhoo, As we welcome a new season and prepare for the winter months, I encourage Anishinabek citizens to get involved with community engagement sessions...
Putting national heroes on two-dollar bills
Contrary to what some would have you believe, there have always been good people in the world. Humans have a strange tendency to excuse sins...
In the end, we’re all foster parents
By Richard Wagamese Friends of ours are foster parents. They’ve been doing this for years and in that time they’ve positively influenced a lot of...