Anishinabek flee flooding
Pic Mobert First Nation, located 270 kilometres north of Sault Ste. Marie, declared an emergency because of rising waters and the likelihood of flooding in...
Harper not learning from ‘mistakes of the past’
By Maurice Switzer First Nations know they have a good idea when the Harper government doesn’t want anything to do with it. That’s how it...
Entire school involved in pow-wow plans
By Sharon Weatherall BEAUSOLEIL FN — Students at Christian Island Elementary School put a lot of work into planning their annual pow-wow. Principal Angela Johnson...
It helps to love the sound, feel and weight of words
By Richard Wagamese I love dictionaries. I think I always have or at least I have ever since I fell in love with words. I...
Survivors adamant: It’s our turn to speak
By Karl Hele MONTREAL –Presentations by “settler” academics at times met heated responses from residential school survivors during a mini-conference on the Legacy of Residential...
Ron George named scholar
Ron George will join the Windsor Law School as Ianni-Scholar-in-Residence, effective July 2013. In making the announcement, Camille Cameron, Dean of the law school, said:...
‘Indian Horse’ makes short list
TORONTO — “Indian Horse”, the dramatic novel by Anishinabek News columnist Richard Wagamese, is among the five short-listed titles for the 10th anniversary celebrations of...
Proposed education act more ‘crap’ from Harper
Anishinabek News With CBC files THUNDER BAY — Grand Council Chief Patrick Madahbee says a proposed federal First Nation Education Act is another example...
‘Nish boys help Ontario skate to silver
By Sam Laskaris Troy Lajeunesse had a rollercoaster week at the National Aboriginal Hockey Championships. The 15-year-old centre, from Dokis First Nation, was a member...
23,000 register for online course
Google map showing where the 23,000 students were logging into the Aboriginal Worldview course from. By Marci Becking TORONTO – Nearly 23,000 people from all...
Warriors honoured at York
By Brian Charles TORONTO –As people gathered along the Toronto shoreline, waiting for the fire to be lit for a sunrise ceremony, birds offering...
Book Review: Indigenous Peoples struggling against climate change
LAWRENCE, Kan. — Climate change’s effects are starting to be felt around the world, and indigenous populations are in many cases among the first to...
Agreement changes an ‘abuse of power’
Text of a March 28, 2013 letter from Grand Council Chief Patrick Madahbee to Bernard Valcourt, Minister of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada. Dear Minister:...
Language teachers ‘Gchi-nendama’
By Sharon Weatherall BEAUSOLEIL FN — Roseanne Monague is one of seven Christian Island language-keepers who participated in a 160-hour immersion program to equip them...
Farm tales: It turns out that goats are wimps
By Jennifer Ashawasegai Not all hay is created equal. That was news to me last spring when I took my young Billy to the vet....