New Eagle Staff for Aamjiwnaang
AAMJIWNAANG FIRST NATION – In the first year of this millennium there was a changing of the name from Chippewas of Sarnia back to the...
BFN ahead of game with smoke alarm installation
By Sharon Weatherall BEAUSOLEIL FIRST NATION – In Canada, statistics prove that fire deaths in First Nations communities are 10-12 per cent of the national...
Experiences of family violence shared in Digital Stories Project
In February 2014 the Union of Ontario Indians Social Department in conjunction with the Communications Unit, officially started seeking out those who have experienced domestic...
Aamjiwnaang to care for mzhiiken
By Greg Plain AAMJIWNAANG FIRST NATION – The community mobilized on April 8 to look for ways to keep our mzhiiken (turtle) population in good...
Screaming Eagles thank Curve Lake council
CURVE LAKE FIRST NATION – On April 13th, 2015 the Curve Lake First Nation Screaming Eagles, Black Tyke team came to the Council meeting to...
National Chief calls on all countries to make all laws and policies consistent with International Human Rights standards
NEW YORK, April 27, 2015 /CNW/ – Indigenous peoples’ organizations and human rights groups are calling on all countries, including Canada, to ensure that their...
Stories need to be protected
By Christine Smith (McFarlane) TORONTO – At the opening of the roles and responsibilities of Indigenous storytelling panel at North York Library on April 16,...
1 House + 7 Youth + 4 Days + no English = Anishinaabemowin Wiigwaam
By Kelly Crawford Anishinaabemowin Wiigwaam #1 took place in Espanola, Ontario on March 20 to 23. “The learners came from all directions, driving far to...
Mollie Doodle visits Christian Island
By Sharon Weatherall BEAUSOLEIL FIRST NATION – “Mollie Doodle” the loveable Golden Doodle of a popular children’s book series is coming to Christian Island. A...
KSP creates Ipperwash Beach Management Working Group
CHIPPEWAS OF KETTLE AND STONY POINT FIRST NATION – The Ipperwash Beach Management Working Group continues to work cooperatively, and reconfirms that signs and safety...
Community Profile: Wikwemikong keeping the language alive
By Rick Garrick Wikwemikong Unceded Indian Reserve has been creating Anishinaabemowin Apps, holding monthly language gatherings and implementing an Anishinaabemowin Literacy block to keep their...
Demonstrations to happen against ‘Round Up’
By Leslie Knibbs MISSISSAUGA #8 FIRST NATION – The Traditional Ecological Knowledge Elders Group (TEK) met on April 14 at Mississaugi First Nation to...
Artists honour Anishinaabe Mino Bidmaadiziwin through photography
By Julie Kapyrka PETERBOROUGH – Anishinaabe Kwe Georgie Horton-Baptiste and George Campana, photographers extraordinaire, share the beauty of their artistic talents at Peterborough’s SPARK PHOTO...
Kina Gbezhgomi designation: Anishinabek looking after our children
* The Mnidoo Mnising Anishinabek Kinoomaage Gamig drum group recited the preamble Ngo Dwe Waangizid to the Chi-Naaknegewin – the Anishinabek Nation Constitution. Elder Gordon...
Halton District School Board names new school ‘Oodenawi’
By Rick Garrick OAKVILLE – Oodenawi — an Anishinaabemowin word which means community — was a recent unanimous choice for the name of one of...