Thunder Bay’s National Aboriginal Day celebrations featured a powwow on June 21 at Marina Park, top, where people in traditional regalia and those without danced to the beat provided by a number of drum groups, including host drum Little Bear and co-host drum Shadow Creek. The powwow included a special ceremony to honour youth, a feast with Aboriginal foods and giveaways at the closing ceremony.
This past month, I was happy to attend two Pow Wows I hadn't been to in years.




This past month, I was happy to attend two Pow Wows I hadn't been to in years. I attended the Mattagami First Nation Pow Wow and the Matachewan First Nation...
I was happy to see my home community of Attawapiskat on the James Bay coast announce the opening of the new St Francis Xavier Parish Church on August 25....