UN planning 2014 World Indigenous Conference
NEW YORK – While there have been encouraging responses to human rights concerns of indigenous peoples and to helping States and other stakeholders address them,...
Use healthy food as a reward
By Sarah Blackwell NORTH BAY – The cooler weather has arrived, school has started and parents are back in their regular work routine. So what...
Ojibway cuisine more than Kraft Dinner
By Richard Wagamese There’s something to be said for the old phrase “the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach.” It had to...
Elsipogtog First Nation says shale gas dispute goes beyond feuding with companies
CBC NEWS – The chief of the First Nation at the centre of an ongoing dispute over shale gas development says his community will go to court...
Education Act repeats mistakes, threatens futures: Madahbee
UOI OFFICES (Nipissing First Nation) October 25, 2013 – Grand Council Chief Patrick Madahbee says, if implemented, the Harper government’s First Nations Education Act would...
Board selection for Kinomaadswin Education Body begins
By Kelly Crawford Two Regional Education Council (REC) meetings took place in the month of September; the REC #2 meeting took place on September 16-17...
Farm tales: Nothing goes to waste on our little hobby farm
By Jennifer Ashawasegai ALBAN – Nothing is wasted on our little hobby farm. Food scraps, hay, straw and scrap wood are all recycled in some...
‘Tree of life’ stood out in the crowd
By Marci Becking KLEINBURG, ON – Donald Chretien’s “Tree of Life” beamed like a spotlight through the crowd of people parading past exhibits at an...
Laura Spence, Nicole Whiteduck located northwest of Kitigan Zibi reserve, chief says
CBC NEWS – Two aboriginal mothers missing from the Kitigan Zibi reserve in western Quebec have been found safe in a rural area northwest of the...
Miawpukek First Nation ‘didn’t have to reinvent the constitution wheel’
By Kelly Crawford SAULT STE. MARIE – The First Nation Constitution Development Workshop “Empowering Jurisdiction” took place in Sault Ste. Marie on October 1-2, bringing...
Events show varied perspectives on Royal Proclamation
By Karl Hele BOSTON/OTTAWA – “What exactly are we commemorating?” is the question I was left with after attending two distinct events surrounding the Royal...
Alderville says ministry should call miners
By Marlene Bilous ALDERVILLE FN – Chief James Marsden has requested the Minister of Northern Development and Mines to uphold the Honour of the Crown....
Create our own laws or face government bully
Aanii, Boozhoo, As we welcome a new season and prepare for the winter months, I encourage Anishinabek citizens to get involved with community engagement sessions...
Putting national heroes on two-dollar bills
Contrary to what some would have you believe, there have always been good people in the world. Humans have a strange tendency to excuse sins...
UOI counsel on committee to study jury representation
By Marci Becking TORONTO – Jenny Restoule-Mallozzi, counsel for the Union of Ontario Indians and citizen of Dokis First Nation, is one of 11 people...