This past month, I was happy to attend two Pow Wows I hadn't been to in years. I attended the Mattagami First Nation Pow Wow and the Matachewan First Nation...
I was happy to see my home community of Attawapiskat on the James Bay coast announce the opening of the new St Francis Xavier Parish Church on August 25....
A fight that broke out in a plane carrying Attawapiskat residents has led to three people being charged with endangering the safety of an aircraft.
On May 20, Air Tindi Flight 803 was returning Attawapiskat evacuees home when a fight broke out mid-flight.
First Nations police services supported by the federal government under the First Nations Policing Program suffer from poor allocation of funds, shabby police facilities, and a lack of transparency from the feds, according to the Auditor General of Canada.
In his report released on May 6, Auditor General Michael Ferguson also said Public Safety Canada, the federal department that administers the program, does not obtain any “meaningful” input from First Nations when negotiating agreements.
When my college friend Tyler Angeconeb offered me the chance to join him on a trip to Los Angeles to attend a Hollywood premiere, I was esctactic.
After all, how many people get a chance to see an actual Hollywood premiere and the chance to mingle with celebrities?
To go see the Hollywood walk of fame, go to Universal Studios, attend an NHL game between the Anaheim Ducks and San Jose Sharks, and possibly meet some of the most famous actors and celebrities of our time.
The fourth annual Raise Awareness Together golf tournament is set to tee off on June 27 in Thunder Bay.
Mike McKay and Travis Boissoneau began the tournament four years ago in the hopes of raising awareness on prescription drug abuse which has plagued First Nations communities in northern Ontario.
“At the time we started this tournament, there was no one really talking about the issue,” said McKay, a member of Bearskin Lake. “It’s just one of those things where you see family friends going through these struggles, you wanna help out but you know you want to do something.”
Pearce Wastaken said the title of his self-released album, Voices Without Words, is the feeling of living in Eabametoong or any other northern community.
“It was just the way I felt about being in a reservation. You’re enclosed and very isolated,” the 22-year-old said. “The struggles and stuff you face, you have to live with it for a while.
So (on a reserve) there are people who have voices, but people can’t hear him.”
Voices Without Words, which was released earlier this year, is an instrumental album which Wastaken said is “a whole lot of ambient sounds.”
Mushkegowuk Grand Chief Stan Louttit, a James Bay leader who has been involved in First Nations politics for more than 30 years, died in the early hours this morning.
Louttit was battling cancer since the fall of 2012. He was 64.
In this issue of Wawatay News, we are pleased to offer you our extensive coverage of the Ontario election for 2014.
First off, we want to show our readers the boundaries of each riding to illustrate how vast only four ridings take up in northern Ontario.
Below, readers can learn how they can take part in the voting process in an Ontario election.
Community members, family and friends of Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation’s Ruben Cantin Sr. are mourning after the former chief passed away on May 21.
In July 2012 Chief Cantin Sr. was instrumental in the $20 million settlement from the province. Then minister Kathleen Wynne of the Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs and Cantin signed a settlement from a flooding incident that destroyed parts of the reserve dating back more than 150 years. Wynne presented an apology letter and presented the $20 million settlement for the community.
A fight that broke out in a plane carrying Attawapiskat residents has led to three people being charged with assault and endangering the safety of an aircraft.
On May 20, Air Tindi Flight 803 was returning Attawapiskat evacuees home when a fight broke out mid-flight.
Mushkegowuk Grand Chief Stan Louttit, a James Bay leader who has been involved in First Nations politics for more than 30 years, died in the early hours of June 10.
Louttit was battling cancer since the fall of 2012. He was 64.
This past month, I was happy to attend two Pow Wows I hadn't been to in years. I attended the Mattagami First Nation Pow Wow and the Matachewan First Nation...
I was happy to see my home community of Attawapiskat on the James Bay coast announce the opening of the new St Francis Xavier Parish Church on August 25....