Water, wastewater and stormwater management improvements for 116 First Nations
By Rick Garrick FORT WILLIAM FIRST NATION – Improvements to Fort William’s stormwater system were among 235 projects announced on Oct. 10 to improve water,...
Anishinaabe language keeper continues to inspire
By Kelly Anne Smith NIPISSING FIRST NATION – “Not that long ago I would have had to carry this blue pass. It was my cousin’s...
Language: Anishinaabay Thoughts
By Eli Baxter Anishinaabay In-nayn-dum-mo-win-nun Anishinaabay Thoughts Boo-zhoo Anishinaabayg Hello Anishinaabayg Aa-zhaa meen-na-waa ta-goh-gohn. Again it is fall. Bin-na-goh-kee-sis a-go-chin. The month of shedding...
Wiikwemikoong develops collaborative long-term energy and infrastructure plan
By Rick Garrick Brighter lighting in the Wikwemikong Arena is just one of the benefits community members are noticing from Wiikwemkoong Unceeded Territory’s partnership with...
Regional Chief Isadore Day Statement on International Day of the Girl
(Toronto, October 11, 2017) “Today marks the International Day of the Girl, which was created by the United Nations in 2011. Today and every day,...
Ontario Municipal Board decision saves Blanding’s Turtle habitat on Stoney Lake
Two Provincially Significant Wetlands and 6.2 km Undeveloped Shoreline Protected PETERBOROUGH—The last significant undeveloped shoreline in the Kawarthas has been saved from a 58-unit housing development on...
Alanis Obomsawin celebrates 50th film
By Barb Nahwegahbow TORONTO- Internationally-renowned documentary filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin, Abenaki Nation celebrated a number of milestones this year – her 85th birthday, 50 years with...