Celebrating resilience
By Lynda Banning THUNDER BAY – International Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Awareness Day takes place September 9th every year. Many native and mainstream organizations work...
Traditional Ecological Knowledge Elders educating people about the hazards of herbicides
By Leslie Knibbs MISSISSAUGI FIRST NATION – In their vigilant efforts to notify others of the dangers of the Glyphosate, Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) Elders...
Big plans for Big Thunder Ski Hill
By Rick Garrick Fort William Chief Peter Collins is looking to reopen the old Big Thunder ski jumping facility, which closed a year after hosting...
The Archeology Project – students dig it
By Kelly Anne Smith NIPISSING FIRST NATION – The Archeology Project has had a second successful year. Employing youth to work with a professional archeologist,...
Chiefs of Ontario launch digital fundraising campaign to benefit families of missing and murdered Indigenous women
TORONTO, ON (Sept 9, 2015) — Ontario Regional Chief Isadore Day, Grand Chiefs from the Political Confederacy and special guests launched a new campaign today...
National Chief Bellegarde statement on voting in federal election
September 9, 2015 (Ottawa, ON): Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Perry Bellegarde released the following statement today: “As National Chief of the Assembly...
Dilico opens new office
By Rick Garrick THUNDER BAY – Dilico Anishinabek Family Care recently opened a downtown office in Thunder Bay to provide more services in health, mental...