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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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Honouring our youth through tradition

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...

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Matawa Learning Centre celebrates five graduates

Marten Fall’s Jasmine Baxter is keeping her future career options open after graduating from General Educational Development (GED) at the Matawa Learning Centre.
“I have a few options right...

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KO gathering brings survivors together in Red Lake

Keewaytinook Okimakanak (KO) hosted a gathering for Residential School survivors of the KO communities from June 14-16. Lydia Sherman, who has been the Indian Residential School Support Worker...

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Pushing Aboriginal issues into the mainstream media

The Treaties are supposed to be about sharing resources and building equal relationships, but the First Nations who signed them are benefiting the least.
Yet a great deal of media coverage...

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AFN studies contaminants in First Nations people

While a recent Assembly of First Nations study indicates First Nations people do not face immediate health risks from contaminants, Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug (KI) community members have known...

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