Success is living each day to the fullest and seizing opportunities
By Daniel Mendoza CURVE LAKE FIRST NATION – Chochi Knott grew up off-reserve and has now made an effort as an adult to get back...
Pic Mobert connects Constitution Development to economic and community success
By Faye Sabourin THUNDER BAY – Citizens of Pic Mobert First Nation living off-reserve met with Chief and Council in Sault Ste. Marie on December...
Ahaw, Anishinaabem – Ok, Speak Ojibwe
By Sharon Weatherall Aaniin niijkiwe (Hello friend) ..Gdi Anishinaabem na (Do you speak Ojibwe)? Beausoleil First Nation teacher B. Jeff Monague (Myiingan) has written a...
Lafleur first Aboriginal PhD for Brock University
By Esther Lafleur Gilbank Please join me in congratulating my sister Gail Lafleur. We are daughters of Evelyn Goulais Lafleur of Nipissing First Nation. Gail...
Ontario student wins Forest Products Skills Award for aboriginal youth
WINNIPEG – The Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) has awarded the third annual Skills Award for Aboriginal Youth to Shownoo Blackbird-Williams from Walpole Island...
Land is from where the knowledge comes
By Rick Garrick FORT WILLIAM – A group of Fort William First Nation youth recently helped reclaim the sugar bush environment on Mt. McKay, a...
Manitoulin artist inspired by Japanese art form
By Rick Garrick M’Chigeeng’s Robin Genereux is aiming for a career in manga art after being introduced to the Japanese art form about five to...