According to Aboriginal Healing Foundation tatistics, up to 80 per cent of ur people are affected in some way by alcoholism, and alcohol consumption is he most common form of substance abuse among indigenous women (61 per cent of Native women drink regularly).

Red Lake Woodland Arts Festival: A Tribute to Norval Morrisseau and the Woodland Artists will take place July 4-6.

Videoconferencing is like a winter road network that is open all year. As with the winter roads, videoconferencing is vital to northern communities. People use it to connect in real-time and face-to-face.

In the tradition of days long ago, Frank Beardy and Maggie Chisel of Sioux Lookout recently exchanged marriage vows. With family and friends surrounding the couple, Beardy and Chisel celebrated their modern love through an ancient ritual.

“Whoa,” a chorus of students echoes as Moses Beaver pulls different items from his bag. Standing before a Grade 4 class at Simeon McKay Memorial School in Kasabonika Lake, Beaver lays out a few flutes and a hand drum.

Booshoo, wachiya! Deanna Marie Therriault ndishnikaaz. I am the newly appointed interim marketing coordinator for Wasaya Airways LP. I have been employed with Wasaya for approximately two years working first as receptionist, graduating to administrative assistant and now finding myself as part of Wasaya’s marketing team.