100th anniversary of letter to Indian Agents regarding dancing
By Sarah St. Louis History has a way of repeating itself. We’ve seen this time and time again as the years roll on. Even pandemics,...
Drew Hayden Taylor’s new television series premieres this weekend
By Rick Garrick CURVE LAKE — Curve Lake writer Drew Hayden Taylor enjoyed capturing stories of Indigenous peoples from across Turtle Island for the first...
‘A pow wow to remember’ series: Rebecca Loucks
In a continued effort to lift everyone’s spirit during this time where we are all staying home, the Anishinabek News did a call out to...
Federal Budget 2021: New funding can’t come soon enough to address First Nations opioid and methamphetamine crisis
CHATHAM-KENT (April 30, 2021) – Thunderbird Partnership Foundation says details from last week’s 2021 federal Budget can’t come soon enough for First Nations and treatment...
Binesiwag Center for Wellness to celebrate SLGBTTQQIAAP+ community members through song, dance, and gender-based expression
FORT FRANCES– June 2021 marks the 52nd anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, a pivotal time in 2SLGBTTQQIAAP+ history that marked the birth of both the...
Calls for increased investment for homeless Indigenous people
LONDON– Following a fire at the Indigenous Medicine and Teaching Garden (Mushkeeki Gitigan) in east London’s South Branch park on April 29, 2021, Atlohsa Family...
Fort William First Nation Catherine Banning makes history as second Indigenous lay bencher of the Law Society of Ontario
By Rick Garrick WARE TOWNSHIP — Fort William’s Catherine Banning was recently appointed as the second Indigenous lay bencher in the about 224-year history of...