Chimnissing trail teaches and protects
By Sharon Weatherall BEAUSOLEIL FN – A 6-kilometer trail around Douglas Lake has been opened that will have educational, environmental, and tourism benefits. Douglas Lake...
Canada breaking ‘rule of law’ every day!
By Daniel Wilson Sometimes it helps to put things in order, in precedence and priority, in order to see them clearly. This is one of...
Ceremony starts Highway 69 talks
By Jennifer Ashawasegai – SHAWANAGA FN – A ceremony was held to re-open negotiations with the Ministry of Transportation regarding the twinning of Highway 69....
Canada, U.S. pay lip service to treaties
By Laura Finley Last I heard, contracts negotiated between two consenting and capable parties are supposed to be binding, with repercussions if one party violates...
Anishinabek mourn passing of Musqueam Chief Ernie Campbell
UOI OFFICES (Nipissing FN) October 29, 2013 – Anishinabek Nation leaders are paying tribute to former Chief of the Musqueam Indian Band, Ernie Campbell who...
Alice Corbiere supporting women’s issues
By Margaret Hele TORONTO –Alice Corbiere, a citizen of Garden River First Nation, is one of two alternate delegates to the board of directors of...
Serpent River seeks sustainable development
By Leslie Knibbs SERPENT RIVER FN – This North Shore community’s first-ever Lands and Economy Summit Oct. 22-24 was a first step in calling government...
Smoking prevention meets Ultimate Frisbee in M’Chigeeng
By Tony Jocko M’CHIGEENG FN – Kirk Nylen and Mark Agius, top players and coaches from Canada’s Nation Ultimate Frisbee team program, joined forces with...
Anishinabek, Ontario extend natural resource cooperation
TORONTO – The Anishinabek Nation and Ontario have signed their fifth memorandum of understanding to ensure coordination on natural resource management issues. Anishinabek Nation Grand...
Mining: ‘More benefits, less paperwork’
By Marlene Bilous FORT WILLIAM FN –Lake Superior region Chiefs are looking for more benefits and less paperwork related to mining activities on their traditional...
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...