Debassige caps season with silver medal
By Sam Laskaris KAHNAWAKE, Que. – Deidre Debassige capped her successful hockey season with yet another medal from a prestigious tournament. The 17-year-old from M’Chigeeng...
Statement from AFN National Chief Shawn A-In-Chut Atleo
May 2, 2014 STATEMENT FROM ASSEMBLY OF FIRST NATIONS NATIONAL CHIEF SHAWN A-IN-CHUT ATLEO (Ottawa, ON) – Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Shawn...
Public safety should be really simple
By Maurice Switzer It’s so much easier to keep things simple. So please don’t talk to me about diluted bitumen having a viscosity of 201...
Kettle & Stony Point ‘adjusting’ constitution after ‘no’ vote
By Greg Plain KETTLE & STONY POINT FN – Chief Tom Bressette says his First Nation’s draft Constitution will be “adjusted” after an April 25...
Student’s mom tried to see Atleo
By Jorge Barrera APTN National News Vicki Monague drove six hours from her home community of Beausoleil First Nation to Ottawa in hopes of confronting...
New slogan minted at Anishinabek Education Symposium: Say ‘Yes’ to the AES!
UOI OFFICES (Nipissing First Nation) – The draft education self-government agreement between the Anishinabek Nation and Canada got an in-depth review by First Nation leaders...
Navajo lead fight to formally oppose ‘redskins’
By Gale Courey Toensing Indian Country TODAY MEDIA NETWORK.com The Navajo Nation Council has adopted a bill opposing the use of the name ‘redskins’, a...
Kindergarteners clean house on Earth Day
By Greg Plain CHIPPEWAS of the THAMES FN – The 14 children of Fiona Braidwood’s Senior Kindergarten class were on cleanup duty April 22, celebrated...
Still a speaker after 60 years in city
By Barb Nahwegahbow TORONTO – It was the late 1950’s when Mary Fox left her home on Wikwemikong Unceded Indian Reserve and set out for...
Anishinabek education needs ‘two sneakers’
By Marci Becking NIPISSING FN – Anishinabek Nation interim youth rep Quinn Meawasige likens an Anishinabek Education System to having one foot in a...
Ring of Fire First Nations to share in revenues
THUNDER BAY – Ontario Regional Chief Stan Beardy extended his congratulations to the nine Matawa member First Nations and the Ontario government on the Ring...
Reconciliation: changing what we say about each other
By Murray Sinclair Special to CBC News Now that the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s seventh and final national event is over, some have asked, “What’s next?” From...
‘Redskins’ help keep racism alive: United Nations
GENEVA – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, James Anaya, has called on the owners of the Washington Redskins Football team...
Learning Clan system builds Anishinabek Nation unity
By Tammy Desmoulin SAULT STE. MARIE, MI – Learning the Anishinabek Nation clan system is the first step towards building unity within the nation. Anishinabek...
‘We need a real say in how our kids are taught’: Madahbee
UOI OFFICES (April 14, 2014) – Just promising more money for First Nations education won’t make it better, says Grand Council Chief Patrick Madahbee, unless...