Binesiwag Center for Wellness to celebrate SLGBTTQQIAAP+ community members through song, dance, and gender-based expression
FORT FRANCES– June 2021 marks the 52nd anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, a pivotal time in 2SLGBTTQQIAAP+ history that marked the birth of both the...
Calls for increased investment for homeless Indigenous people
LONDON– Following a fire at the Indigenous Medicine and Teaching Garden (Mushkeeki Gitigan) in east London’s South Branch park on April 29, 2021, Atlohsa Family...
Fort William First Nation Catherine Banning makes history as second Indigenous lay bencher of the Law Society of Ontario
By Rick Garrick WARE TOWNSHIP — Fort William’s Catherine Banning was recently appointed as the second Indigenous lay bencher in the about 224-year history of...
Indigenizing Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition project awarded new funding
By Rick Garrick THUNDER BAY — Lakehead University assistant professor Lana Ray was recently awarded $114,094 in Ontario Council on Articulation and Transfer (ONCAT) funding...
Book review: Surviving the City Vol. 1
Reviewed by Karl Hele Surviving the City Volume 1 is a graphic novel that follows a couple of days in the lives of two young...
Opinion: Economic Development articles— Quarterly summary #2: The Entrepreneur
Submitted by the Anishinabek Nation Economic Development Department It has now been a year since the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) global pandemic response brought many...
Waabnoong Bemjiwang uses technology for precise infrastructure strategy
By Kelly Anne Smith PICKEREL— Before digitization, Infrastructure Specialist Randy Roy couldn’t say how many fire hydrants were in the First Nations within the Waabnoong...
‘A pow wow to remember’ series: Reverend Peggy Petahtegoose
In a continued effort to lift everyone’s spirit during this time where we are all staying home, the Anishinabek News did a call out to...
Tungasuvvingat Inuit holds COVID-19 pop-up vaccination clinic for urban Indigenous
OTTAWA— A successful two-day “pop-up” vaccination clinic to protect urban Indigenous against the COVID-19 infection was held on April 15 and 17. The clinic was...
Wataynikaneyap Power Project named Clean50 Top Project
FORT WILLIAM FIRST NATION– Wataynikaneyap Power is pleased to announce that the Wataynikaneyap Power Transmission Project has been chosen as a 2021 Clean50 Top Project...
Ontario Regional Chief RoseAnne Archibald’s response to the tabling of the 2021 Federal Budget
TAYKWA TAGAMOU NATION TERRITORY— Ontario Regional Chief RoseAnne Archibald welcomes new and additional investments for First Nations in the 2021 Federal Budget, presented on April...
Opinion: A call for an Inter-Indigenous Nation-to-Nation University
“The rush on Indigenous knowledge systems, teachings, and heritage by outsiders is an effort to access, to know, and to assert control over these resources…As...
Red Rock Indian Band to enhance and expand tourism
By Rick Garrick RED ROCK INDIAN BAND — Red Rock Indian Band is looking to expand its Chalet Lodge services into the winter season through...
Opinion: Minor in Nishnaabemwin another Laurentian University casualty?
By Mary Ann Corbiere Further muddled information emerging piecemeal from Laurentian University sows much confusion on this question. Two new pieces are related to Laurentian...
Anishinabek Nation calls for healing and restoration of Mother Earth on Great Lakes Day
ANISHINABEK NATION HEAD OFFICE (April 22, 2021) – The Anishinabek Nation and Iroquois Caucus Alliance on Radioactive Waste have grave concerns that the Nuclear Waste...