New Friendship Centre coming to Elliot Lake
By Leslie Knibbs ELLIOT LAKE— Elizabeth Richer, the Director of Indigenous Friendship Centres under the North Shore Tribal Council Niigaaniin Program (servicing eight First Nations...
Youth learn from the land during the Summer Student Outdoor Survival Program
By Rick Garrick BIINJITIWAABIK ZAAGING ANISHINAABEK — Biinjitiwaabik Zaaging Anishinaabek (BZA) held a six-week Summer Student Outdoor Survival Program for youth and a four-day Youth...
Thousands of years of collective memories honoured in The Lake Nipissing Beading Project
By Kelly Anne Smith NORTH BAY — About 100 guests and participants from Nipissing First Nation, Dokis First Nation, Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg First Nation, and...
Indigenous youth invited to learn about how to become inherent rights leaders
By Rick Garrick OTTAWA — The Centre for First Nations Governance is inviting Indigenous youth to learn skills required to become inherent rights leaders and...
Fort William Historical Park’s Anishinaabe Keeshigun gathering focuses on giving youth a voice
By Rick Garrick THUNDER BAY — Presentations by three Fort William First Nation citizens on the Anishinabe Encampment, giving youth a voice and Water Walks...
Celebrating First Nation culture in Sarnia-Lambton
SARNIA (September 8, 2022) – Tecumseh Community Development Corporation in partnership with Tourism Sarnia-Lambton are excited to announce the First Nations Cultural Tourism event on...
Mahiigan Family Road Race a local success
By Kelly Anne Smith NORTH BAY— With the blow of the whistle, about 200 walkers and runners of all ages zoomed over the starting line...
Jays Care supports Indigenous youth through baseball
By Leslie Knibbs MISSISSAUGA #8 FIRST NATION —It’s estimated that six in 10 Indigenous boys aged 12 to 17 take part in active sports; this...
Niijaansinaanik Orange Standard: Redesigning child well-being
NIIJAANSINAANIK OFFICES (SEPTEMBER 13, 2022) – Niijaansinaanik Child and Family Services begins the journey of establishing a new standardized approach to providing Indigenous child, youth,...
Indigenous Tourism Ontario announces Weekend for Truth and Reconciliation event in Sault Ste. Marie this fall
AUNDECK OMNI-KANING (September 12, 2022) – ITO presents an impactful, educational, commemorative, and fun-filled weekend event in Sault Ste. Marie for the second annual National...
Apitipi Anicinapek Nation gathering brings together Treaty Knowledge Speakers
By Catherine Murton Stoehr APITIPI ANICINAPEK NATION — It turns out that conversations about “treaties” or “treaty” held on the land in community can have...
Shakespeare and Indigenous histories collide in the world première of 1939
STRATFORD (August 23, 2022) – 1939, a Stratford Festival commission written by Jani Lauzon and Kaitlyn Riordan, started previews at the Studio Theatre on August...
Phyllis Webstad to see orange Niagara Falls in-person this Orange Shirt Day
Trigger warning: readers may be triggered by the recount of Indian Residential Schools. To access a 24-hour National Crisis Line, call: 1-866-925-4419. Community Assistance Program...
Chippewas of the Thames First Nation MMA fighter preparing for title bout
By Sam Laskaris ST. CATHARINES – Ashley Nichols believes she can have a life-changing moment later this month. Nichols, 36, is a mixed martial arts...
Indigenous gathering resumes with in-person programming
By Sam Laskaris ST. CATHARINES – Organizers of the Celebration of Nations Indigenous Arts Gathering are thrilled they will once again be able to offer...