Decolonization a daily chore
By Christine Smith (McFarlane) TORONTO – Being Indigenous requires a daily struggle to resist colonization. That was the message Dr. Jeff Corntassel brought to the...
‘I thought I was just a bad kid’
By Leslie Knibbs MISSISSAUGA FN – Matt St. Clair thought he was “just a bad kid”. Originally from Peter Ballantyne Cree First Nation in Saskatchewan,...
Anishinabek art on display at third Biindigen Arts Festival
By Barb Nahwegahbow SUTTON, ON – Suzanne Smoke has a mission. “I just want to showcase Aboriginal people as the magnificent people that we are,...
Watts honoured by Indspire
OHSWEKEN, Ont. — The former Program Manager for the Union of Ontario Indians, Bob Watts is one of 14 Indigenous Canadians who have been selected...
Sharing the land crucial to any conversations about reconciliation
By Leanne Simpson In the mid-1990s I moved to Mi’gma’gi to go to graduate school. I was expecting to learn about juvenile Atlantic salmon on...
Canada, Aboriginal tension erupting over resource development, study suggests
Canada has been singled out as the country with the most risk of conflict with aboriginal communities in a new study examining treatment of indigenous...
Shania turns tragedy into triumph
By Barb Nahwegahbow TORONTO –Shania Tabobondung packs a powerful punch in her short film, My Story. Just nine minutes long, My Story screened Oct. 18...