Rugby player passes on bragging rights
By Jorge Antonio Vallejos TORONTO – Noah Johnston-Brochmann may have earned some bragging rights on the rugby field. But the Sagamok Anishinawbek citizen prefers to...
At least 4,000 children perished in residential school deathtraps
By Mark Kennedy, Postmedia News OTTAWA — Thousands of Canada’s aboriginal children died in residential schools that failed to keep them safe from fires, protected...
First Nation skaters create lots of buzz
By Marci Becking WHITEFISH RIVER FN –Olympic hockey tournament participants Carey Price, T.J. Oshie, and Ted Nolan attracted the attention of a lot of First...
Eagles fishing at Aamjiwnaang
By Greg Plain AAMJIWNAANG FN – At least 12 Bald Eagles and one Golden Eagle have been seen along the banks of the St. Clair...
We wait too late to get healthy
By Sarah Blackwell NORTH BAY – Why do so many people wait until they are sick or nearly dying before they make changes to improve...
‘Get brown or get lost!’
By Barb Nahwegahbow TORONTO – “Get brown or get lost!” That’s what Hayden King told an audience of 50 people gathered to learn how settlers...
System failing, not First Nations youth
By Kelly Crawford M’CHIGEENG FN – Federal government control of First Nation education was the topic for a teach-in hosted by Kenjgewin Teg Educational Institute...
First Nations kids get the basketball bug
By Marci Becking MISSISSAUGI FIRST NATION – Josh Carpenter dreams that someday his basketball tournament will be as big as the Little NHL. Carpenter –...
Director aims to make the invisible, visible
By Marci Becking NIPISSING FN – Andree Cazabon knows that her films are not always easy to watch. But the determined director with roots in...
Chief takes bridge issue to CN brass, INAC
By Maurice Switzer & Rick Garrick FORT WILLIAM FIRST NATION – Chief Georjann Morriseau, continues to put the pressure on CN officials and the federal...
First Nation donors needed
By Kelly Crawford M’CHIGEENG FN –A local nurse can vouch for the importance of First Nations getting information about rare blood disorders. “I have been...
What if missing women were from posh neighbourhoods?
By Peter Globensky Do you know any women or girls who live in the posh neighbourhood of Forest Hills in Toronto? Or perhaps the toney...
Admitting mistakes, Stephen Harper style
By Daniel Wilson I’ll admit it. I was wrong. I thought the Conservative government would never make a real investment in First Nations education. That...
Loners can be pensive, or work up a sweat
By Richard Wagamese I’ve never really been much of a guy’s guy, a man’s man or any of those buddy-buddy things a man is supposed...
Message from Grand Council Chief Re: FNEA
RE: FIRST NATION CONTROL OVER FIRST NATIONS EDUCATION ACT TO: Anishinabek Nation citizens SUBJECT: Feb 7, 2014 Announcement re: FNEA FROM: ...