The Sixth Annual Every Child Matters Pow Wow brought together traditional people, Elders, youth and community members of every background for a day
Lac des Mille Lacs grass dancer Mike Ignace was sporting a new pair of moccasins at the weekly Sewing Spirits gathering in Thunder Bay.
“About a year ago my aunt started making these for me...
Three sisters, Annie Wabano, Jean Hunter and Theresa Kakekaspan, loaded their boat and set off from Peawanuck, ON, along the Winisk River for a weekend of camping, fishing, and hunting at...
Alyssa Lentz is about half way through the construction of her first birch bark canoe thanks to some assistance from her father, canoe builder Darren Lentz.
“I kind of always wanted to...
Traditional sciences were on display at Thunder Bay’s Confederation College during the Let’s Talk Science outreach program’s fourth annual Aboriginal Science Fair.
The science fair, held on...
The 10 youth walkers from Sachigo Lake reached Sioux Lookout on April 16, 11 days after they embarked on their 1,000-kilometre walk to Thunder Bay.
The walk, called the Journey of New...
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....