Crystal Shawanda collaborates on new single ‘The Rez’
By Brian Wright-McLeod (with notes from Eric Alper) TORONTO— Crystal Shawanda, a two-time JUNO Award-winning blues and country music artist collaborates with the multi award-winning...
School of Indigenous Learning offers traditional Anishinabek knowledge and land-based skills for youth
By Rick Garrick NEEBING — Fort William’s Jeordi Pierre created the School of Indigenous Learning (SOIL), located about 35 minutes south of his community, in...
Woodland art is freedom for artist Donald Chrétien
By Kelly Anne Smith NIPISSING FIRST NATION – The Amazon has Nipissing First Nation artist Donald Chrétien enthralled. “The patterns in nature here in the...
The Aki Kikinomakaywin: Learning on the Land STEAM program a hit amongst Indigenous youth
By Rick Garrick THUNDER BAY — The Aki Kikinomakaywin: Learning on the Land STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics) program was a hit with...
Former Grand Council Chief Vernon Roote passes into the Spirit World
ANISHINABEK NATION HEAD OFFICE – Former Anishinabek Nation Grand Council Chief Vernon Roote has begun his Spirit Journey on August 4, 2023. Anishinabek Nation Grand...
Anishinaabe master carvers works featured in new exhibition in Thunder Bay
By Rick Garrick THUNDER BAY — An intricate carving known as the Tree of Life by the late Gordon Waindubence-baa is featured in the Thunder...
A place to call home at Suswin Village
By Kelly Anne Smith NORTH BAY — “You can tell a lot of heart went into it,” says Willie Daigle, one of the first residents...