I’ve had a busy few months of meeting so many people I haven’t seen in a long time. This year has been the first time I have been around so many people and...
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...
Eabametoong First Nation’s Hanna Waswa, 21, was presented with a Governor General Student Award for History at a ceremony in Rideau Hall on Nov.19.
Waswa was awarded the medal after winning first place in her age category earlier this year in the 2013 Aboriginal Arts and Stories Challenge for a story she wrote called “The Peaceful Dead.”
Eleven members of Eabametoong First Nation gathered at the community cable station to participate in the culmination of a fundraiser that left them without their hair at the end.
Wiichiiwaywin Organizations Meeting Group, (W-OMG), formerly known as OW Working Group, held a meeting in September where the group decided to host a youth conference this coming February.
Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service (NAPS) have confirmed that four people have died in a residential fire in Mishkeegogamang First Nation.
The fire occurred at about 3 a.m. on Feb. 13.
The incident is now under investigation as part of a joint operation between NAPS North West Region Crime Unit, the Ontario Provincial Police Forensic Identification Services, and the Ontario Fire Marshal Emergency Management Fire Investigation Services.
The post-mortem examinations are to be conducted in Toronto, Ontario at the Provincial Pathology Unit.
A Chapleau Cree First Nation member was recently named as the new executive director for the Ontario Native Women’s Association (ONWA).
Erin Corston was introduced as the organization’s executive director on Feb. 3.
Corston said she is honoured to be named in the position.
“Having previously worked with INAC, I am familiar with, and inspired by, the great work that ONWA does for Aboriginal women,” she said.
Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service (NAPS) have confirmed that four people have died in a residential fire in Mishkeegogamang First Nation.
The fire occurred at about 3 a.m. on Feb. 13.
The incident is now under investigation as part of a joint operation between NAPS North West Region Crime Unit, the Ontario Provincial Police Forensic Identification Services, and the Ontario Fire Marshal Emergency Management Fire Investigation Services.
The post-mortem examinations are to be conducted in Toronto, Ontario at the Provincial Pathology Unit later this week.
I’ve had a busy few months of meeting so many people I haven’t seen in a long time. This year has been the first time I have been around so many people and...
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...