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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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Sandy Lake youth on track at Hershey meet

Eight students from Thomas Fiddler Memorial Elementary School in Sandy Lake entered the Hershey’s Track and Field Games in Thunder Bay May 18.
The students included Gabriel Kakepetum,...

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Concerns in James Bay over oil spill

For several months of the year, geese provide sustenance for many families, but in a split second, with an explosion in the Gulf of Mexico several month ago, the hunters’ way of life could change...

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Forest agreement lacked discussion

Nishnawbe Aski Nation is concerned that First Nations were not included in discussions about the Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement.
“The problem we have is not so much the agreement or the...

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NAIG 2011 cancelled

Ontario’s Aboriginal athletes are disappointed after the 2011 North American Indigenous Games were cancelled.
“It’s a big disappointment – it’s very discouraging to our youth,” said Marc...

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Canada ready to ‘see us’: Atleo

Canadians are beginning to see First Nations people.
That was the message National Chief Shawn A-in-chut Atleo’s grandmother told him during Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s residential...

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