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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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Opportunies abound but there’s no place like home

A lot of our people can relate to growing up on a reserve, with people you come to know very well.
A lot of us can also relate to having to leave them for school. In these days, we grow up...

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Community feast
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Owing my career to Leo Rozema

When I was 13 my adopted family moved to the city from the small southwestern Ontario farm where we’d lived for three years.
When I got to Grade 8 that fall I felt isolated and lonely again...

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Dec 01, 2015    0
Ring of Fire story sounds off alarms of impending development

To the Editor:
Re: Ring of Fire, Bill 191, and Indigenous Treaty Relations.
I am responding to the Ring of Fire article published in the Sept. 2 edition of Wawatay News. It raised fire...

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Dec 01, 2015    0
North Spirit Lake targets clean energy

North Spirit Lake is exploring the possibility of developing a hydroelectric generating station nears its community.
The station would allow the community to modernize operations and reduce...

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