Exercise counters FASD effects
By Laura Liberty It’s unfortunate it has taken so long for researchers to recognize that physical exercise may be one answer to disruptive behaviour in...
New Residential School educational resources available
As part of the “Honouring Our Children, Families and Communities affected by Indian Residential Schools” project, many resources were developed with funding from the Truth...
Monument honours and educates
On the side of the Indian Residential School monument facing West are ten plaques which educate and honour Anishinabek children families and communities. The first...
Whitefish River FN still has a rainbow of fish species
By Maureen Pelletier Whitefish River FN has always been in the forefront in ensuring their natural resources remain intact – and this year was no...
‘Gchi-nendama’: Beausoleil language instructors
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...
Gordon gets new set of wheels
By Monique DuBray NORTH BAY – Gordon Mianscum has another new set of wheels. A brand new gurney, equipped with a shiny leather bed and...
Blanket for survivors
The following is the letter presented with blankets to survivors at the Indian Residential School monument ceremony on March 25, 2013 Dear Survivor: On behalf...
Even ‘C’ full of intensity
By James MacDonald MISSISSAUGA – The noise is starting to reach a fever pitch. Between the long green and red horns and the pump-action noisemakers,...
Small biggest booster
By James MacDonald “This is super heavy!” remarks Miles Reil-Walker the goalie for the Batchewana Attack, as he gingerly handles the gold-plated hunk of metal...
Wiky girls win shootout drama
By James MacDonald There are few more dramatic events in sport than a hockey shootout. And when the one-on-one, shooter-on-goalie drama decides a tournament championship...
Community Engagement Sessions head to Pic River
By Jon Cada & Kelly Crawford Ojibways of Pic River hosted the final stop in the Northern Superior Region visits this fiscal year. The Community...
Deputy political champion
By Doris Peltier If someone would have told me a few years ago that Chiefs in one tribal region would one day pass a resolution...
Kids’ case under way
OTTAWA — After a seven-year legal fight waged by aboriginal-children’s advocate Cindy Blackstock and the Assembly of First Nations against the federal government, the Canadian...
Anishinaabemowin-Teg packs them in again
By Margaret Hele SAULT ST. MARIE, MI – Spending four days at the 19th annual Anishinaabemowin-Teg language conference was a blast. There were many awesome...
Thames land claim will form basis for ‘better future’
CHIPPEWAS of the THAMES – Community members of this southwest Ontario First Nation are hopeful that resolution of a 195-year-old land claim will be a...