Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug

The chief of Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug (KI) has invited the judge and Ontario’s former Aboriginal Affairs minister involved in sentencing him to jail into his community in an effort to show that there are no hard feelings.

A group of youth from Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug (KI) First Nation have invited 25 Canadians to spend a week in their homes and experience what life is like in the remote northern First Nation.

ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐗᐠ ᑲᐯᔑᓇᑯᑎᓂᐠ ᑲᐃᔑᑲᐯᔑᐗᐨ ᐊᐦᑭᐠ ᐃᐃᒪ ᑭᒋᓇᒣᑯᓯᑊ ᐃᓂᓂᐗᐠ ᐅᑕᓂᑭᑫᑕᓇᐗ ᑲᓂᓯᓭᐠ ᑲᓂᑭᔡᔭᐠ ᐅᐅᒪ ᐊᐦᑭᐠ᙮ ᑲᑲᑭᑫᑕᑯᐠ ᑫᓂᔑᑭᔑᑲᐠ ᐊᓂᐅᒋ ᐊᓂᒥᓭᐗᐠ ᑲᐸᐸᒥᔭᔭᐗᐨ ᒋᒪᓂᐠ ᐃᐃᒪ ᑭᒋᓇᒣᑯᓯᐱᐠ, ᑲᔭᔭᐣᒋᓭᐠ ᑲᐃᔑᑭᔑᑲᐠ ᒣᑾᐨ ᑲᐱᐳᐠ ᓂᓂᑌᑕᑯᐣ ᑲᐸᐸᒥᔭᔭᓂᐗᐠ ᐃᐃᒪ ᐅᑭᑎᒥᑯᒼ, ᒥᓇ ᑲᐅᒋᑭᑫᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᑫᓂᔑᑭᔑᑲᐠ ᑎᓄᑲᐣ ᑲᐗᐗᑌᐠ ᑭᐌᑎᓄᐠ ᑲᐎᐣ ᒋᓇᒋᒧᒪᑲᐠ ᑲᑭᐱᔑᑭᑫᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᑲᐃᓇᒋᒧᒪᑲᑭᐣ ᑫᓂᔑᑭᔑᑲᐠ᙮

“Everything that we see around us is actually changing. Even the stars are in different locations these days. Even the moon is not in the same place it used to be.”

The people living closest to the land in Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug (KI) are feeling the effects of climate change.

The Nishnawbe Aski Nation broadband fibre optic cable network has been rerouted around Big Trout Lake after Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug (KI) raised concerns about an underwater route across the lake.

More than 70 youth in Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug took part in a hockey development camp organized by Right to Play in early February.

Youth in northern Ontario had the opportunity to enhance their hockey and leadership skills during Right to Play’s hockey camp tour of Attawapiskat, Webequie, Sachigo Lake and Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug (KI).

Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug (KI) Chief Donny Morris issued a stark warning to the Ontario government via a Youtube video earlier this month, saying that the “only recourse” northern First Nations have is to keep mining companies out of the territory.

Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug (KI) members joined Attawapiskat Chief Teresa Spence on Victoria Island after walking from Toronto in protest of ongoing treaty violations.

Today started with a rather saddened heart to face my late son’s anniversary day of his murder which falls on Jan. 1.

For audiences across southern Ontario, the 3rd World Canada tour that brought the story of suicide and living conditions in Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug (KI) was heart-wrenching.

Six youth from Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug are currently on an Ontario tour, showing the film 3rd World Canada about suicide in the community and talking to audiences about living conditions in a remote First Nation.

Elton Beardy is a young man, only recently graduated from high school. But he already speaks with an air of wisdom, of experience gained through seeing so many challenges and staying strong.