Don’t throw Boydens out with bathwater!
By Maurice Switzer Anishinabek broadcaster Jesse Wente was shedding tears. He was participating in a CBC radio debate with Walrus magazine editor Jonathan Kay about...
Walleye Delirium, moose poop, and Foreman Grills
By Maurice Switzer Fishing on Lake Nipissing is not a body-contact sport…yet! Sometimes the feuding over who-gets-to-catch-how-much-of-what can reach alarming proportions. But, we haven’t seen ...
Indigenous Women Rise in Washington
By Emilee Gilpin WASHINGTON, DC—The day after the American President Donald Trump’s inauguration, millions of people across the world took over the streets in protest....
Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls Honoured with REDress Project
By Kelly Anne Smith NORTH BAY—The art installation, the REDress Project held powerful ambiance on December 6 at Nipissing University as part of the National...
Standing Rock spiritual leader in Toronto
By Barb Nahwegahbow TORONTO—The 19th generation Keeper of the Sacred White Buffalo Calf Pipe, Chief Arvol Looking Horse, headlined a fundraising event for Standing Rock...
TEK Elders continue to walk with Seven Grandfather Teachings
By Leslie Knibbs OTTAWA—On October 18, a busload of Elders made their way to Parliament Hill in Ottawa to demonstrate and protest the following day...
Safety Matters: SRFN asks MTO for “humanity in planning” highway changes
By Leslie Knibbs SERPENT RIVER FIRST NATION—At a recent meeting on October 4, between Serpent River First Nation (SRFN) residents and representatives from the Ministry...
Sault Ste. Marie International Bridge used to raise awareness on human trafficking
By Laura Barrios SAULT STE. MARIE—Human sex trafficking: a very difficult issue to discuss, yet one that needs to be more openly communicated. The Persons...
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Awareness: because a child’s life depends on it
THUNDER BAY—The 8th Annual International Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Awareness Day Honouring Mothers Mini Pow Wow was held on Friday, September 9, 2016, at...
A conversation with Elder Stanley T. Peltier
By Sharla Peltier During the late winter of 2016, Nookomis Beedasige (Josephine Mandamin) announced plans for a Great Lakes Gathering at Ojibway Park in Garden...
Dancing in the sun to heal from the Residential School Era
By Kelly Anne Smith NORTH BAY—“I make people laugh with my silliness because that’s the gift I was given to survive this life,” posted Cecile...
Unveiling life size monument of the most decorated First Nation soldier
By Vince Chechock PARRY SOUND—A community celebration, whose preparations began over a hundred years ago, took place on the Traditional Territory of Wasauksing and Shawanaga...
Hard work in Hand Drum Workshop to stay connected
By Kelly Anne Smith NIPISSING FIRST NATION – There were a few blisters and small cuts. Someone had to start over from the beginning and...
Alderville First Nation Calls for Resignation of KPRDSB Trustee Gordon Gilchrist
ALDERVILLE FIRST NATION, June 2, 2016 – Alderville First Nation Chief and Council are calling on Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board Trustee Gordon Gilchrist...
Opinion: At the corner of Grief and misery – Where the present has no future
By Beverly Sabourin and Peter Globensky How much grief and misery mixed into the stew of destitution and poverty can a community endure and still...