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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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Jun 28, 2018    0
New camp is revitalizing language skills through land, traditions

Christi Belcourt and Issac Murdoch are looking to revitalize Anishinabemowin language skills through the Nimkii Aazhibikong camp they started last year on Ompa Lake north of Elliot Lake.

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Arts & Entertainment
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Christi Belcourt retrospective opens at TBAG

A shared retrospective exhibition between Indigenous artists Christi Belcourt and Isaac Murdoch — Uprising The Power of Mother Earth — will be featured at the Thunder Bay Art Gallery from June 22-...

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Politics
Jun 28, 2018    0
Historic day as the first female Ontario Regional Chief elected

Taykwa Tagamou’s RoseAnne Archibald was selected as the first female Ontario regional chief during a traditional stand up ceremony on June 27 at the 44th Annual All Ontario Chiefs Conference....

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Jun 14, 2018    0
The Land Is My Medicine

I have always found it a natural part of my life to want to head out into the wilderness to be surrounded by pines, to be next to a river or lake and to feel the cool northern air about me. My...

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Jun 14, 2018    0
Facing The Storm

We are all coming out of a very long and hard winter here in Northern Ontario. Elders tell me that this winter is similar to the ones they experienced growing up 50, 60 and 70 years ago. Winter...

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