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Tom Longboat Day to be marked June 4 across province of Ontario

“This legendary Canadian has been ignored for too long,” Eglinton-Lawrence M.P.P. Mike Colle said after Ontario members of...

Sharing John Paishk’s drum with the world

Four years after witnessing the drumming and dancing at Sandy Lake, I photographed John Paishk of Red Lake, Ont., with his...

Beaver animal of choice in Mattagami

It was a beautiful day to visit Mattagami First Nation April 24 to check out the annual Beaverfest celebration in the...

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Dec 01, 2015    0
Making the house a home

This house we call a home nestles between towering pines and fir.
It’s 25 years old now, built by the knowing hand of a 72 year-old bachelor Swede. Sure, there are creaks to it and it’s...

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DFC celebrates 10 years

In the past 10 years, three names have become synonymous with First Nation education in Thunder Bay.
Dennis.
Franklin.
Cromarty.
Or simply Dennis Franklin Cromarty High...

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A need existed to create DFC: principal

When Pelican Falls First Nation High School could no longer meet student volume, it opened up the possibility of creating an all-First Nation high school in Thunder Bay.
“The educator up...

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Dennis Franklin Cromarty wanted the best for his people

Dennis Franklin Cromarty spent his life working for the betterment of First Nations people.
He grew up in poverty in the shadow of a gold mine, realizing the inequalities of the province...

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‘Bring my brother home’

Just a little over 36 years ago my second oldest brother Charles “Charlie” Hunter died at residential school.
He was 13 years old on the day of his death. Had he lived, he would have...

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