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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
First Nations royalty tax regime called for

Deputy Grand Chief Les Louttit is calling for a “First Nations royalty tax regime” for all developments within Treaty 9 and 5 territories.
“We don’t want to be at the local First Nation...

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Iacobucci visits Matawa communities

Ontario’s Ring of Fire negotiator, Justice Frank Iacobucci, made his first visits to Matawa communities last week in what he said was a chance to see the communities, meet community members and...

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Stories in Syllabics
Dec 01, 2015    0
ᑲᓇᑕ ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᐣ ᐅᑭᐱᒥ ᓇᓇᑲᒋᐦᐊᐣ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᐁᐱᒥᑲᐊᐧᐢᑲᑌᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ

ᑲᓇᑕ ᑭᒋᐅᑭᒪ ᐅᐣᒋᑕ ᐅᑭᑲᐊᐧᐢᑲᑌᐦᐊᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐣ - ᐃᑭᐁᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐅᑎ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᐊᐧᔑᔕᐠ - ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᐁᐧᑎ 1940 ᐱᓂᐡ 1950 ᑲᐱᒥᓭᐠ ᑎᐸᐦᐊᑭᐃᐧᐣ ᐁᑭ ᓇᓇᑲᒋᑐᐨ ᐸᐊᐧᓂᐃᐧᐣ, ᒥᐦᐅᐁᐧ ᑲᐃᓇᒋᒧᒪᑲᐠ ᑲᑭᒥᑭᑲᑌᐠ ᐅᐡᑭ ᓇᓇᑕᐃᐧ ᑭᑫᐣᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ.
ᐃᔭᐣ ᒧᐢᐱ, ᒪᐡᑭᑭᐃᐧᓂᓂᐃᐧ...

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Politics
Dec 01, 2015    0
Government conducted malnutrition studies on First Nations children

The Canadian government deliberately starved First Nations people – mostly children – in the 1940’s and 1950’s in order to study malnutrition, according to a new study.
Ian Mosby, a...

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Dec 01, 2015    0
ONTC sale could be costly for communities: Mushkegowuk

The Ontario government’s plans to sell off services of the Ontario Northland Transportation Commission (ONTC) could lead to higher costs for members of the James Bay communities, according to...

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