Anti-Fracking Protest Continues in New Brunswick
Protest in New Brunswick Grows THUNDER BAY – Aboriginal News - Protesters in New Brunswick against shale gas development came to a line of Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers in St. Charles New...
View ArticleYouth Education A Priority for Ontario Regional Chief Beardy
Ontario Regional Chief Stan Beardy Ontario Regional Chief Beardy Focused on Youth THUNDER BAY – The Chiefs of Ontario have placed Youth Education at the top of the priority list. Ontario Regional Chief...
View ArticleCrown First Nations Consultation Starts on Nor’Westers
Nor’Wester Fight Continues to Save Mountains THUNDER BAY – Politics – The Fort William First Nation, the Province of Ontario, Municipality of Neebing and the Big Thunder Wind Farm project put forward...
View ArticleReal Story of Attawapiskat Storm Crisis
Feeding the Crisis response ‘A-Team’ in Attawapiskat The A-Team in Attawapiskat ATTAWAPISKAT – Editorial - The real story in Attawapiskat over the past week was the resilience of the people in the...
View ArticleAttawapiskat Hit With Domino Effect
Attawapiskat has been hit with a major storm with powerful winds this week. ATTAWAPISKAT – Attawapiskat has been very focused this week. The Chief and Council along with community members have been...
View ArticleEmergency Declared in Attawapiskat
Hallway in Attawapiskat Shelter after the fire ATTAWAPISKAT – The Attawapiskat Chief and Council have ordered the evacuation of about seventy residents following a fire at the community’s emergency...
View ArticleAttawapiskat Working Through Crisis
Attawapiskat People of Attawapiskat Demonstrate Quiet Calm ATTAWAPISKAT – Attawapiskat this week has been working as a united community overcoming the impact of a winter storm. Earlier this week as a...
View ArticleNoront Resources Stays Ring of Fire Path
Focused on Success Noront Resources THUNDER BAY - Noront Resources is staying focused on the Ring of Fire. The company is targeting being the first mine opening in the region in the Ring of Fire....
View ArticleThe Validity of Conflict in Resistance
Choosing a Path Forward that Works EDMONTON – Opinion -The Canadian government has been in constant conflict with the Indigenous Peoples of Canada for centuries. They continue this conflict today. The...
View ArticleOttawa offers $5,385.02 per First Nation in Project Funding
Modular homes in Attawapiskat – Photo by Chris Kat $5,385.02 per First Nation OTTAWA – Under a new program offered by the federal Conservatives, $5,385.02 per First Nation is being put forward in...
View ArticleProtecting Mother Earth – Fighting for the Future
Protecting Mother Earth THUNDER BAY – Aboriginal - Across North America, or Turtle Island, the First Peoples are stepping up to protect the earth, and protect the environment. Often those efforts are...
View ArticleThis is my story – Waake Bine Siik
The Eagle Feathers and Smudge along with tobacco at City Hall – Image taken with permission THUNDER BAY – This is MY STORY! It is definitely not any easy story to tell or to hear, so please prepare...
View ArticleReverend Tommy Beardy Memorial Wee Che He Wayo Gamik Family Treatment Centre
Wish, Hope, Dream – Daniel is the artist sharing his enthusiasm. Treatment Centre Accreditation Celebrated by NAN THUNDER BAY - “It took a tremendous amount of teamwork and support from First Nations...
View ArticleReport exposes threat to dam Lost World
The Akawaio and Arekuna fish in the Mazaruni river and its tributaries. The proposed dam would flood the tribes’ land and forever destroy an area famed for its scenery and bio-diversity.© Audrey Butt...
View ArticleFirst Nation Education Treaty Right – NAN
NAN Education Declaration with DFC and Matawa Students standing with NAN leadership – Photo by Clyde Brandon Moonias Education in NAN will not be based on federal legislation THUNDER BAY – Nishnawbe...
View ArticleUn-dead Autumn: Zombie’s on the Moose River
Milan Hookimaw was choosen ‘top un-dead” and won the Dr. Dre Beats Speaker Moose Cree first annual Zombie Walk MOOSE FACTORY - As winter’s first snowflakes dusted Moose River gravestones on the last...
View ArticleDelegation in William Case Welcomed to Ottawa
AFN National Chief addressing press conference in Ottawa OTTAWA – Aboriginal - National Chief Shawn A-in-chut Atleo and First Nations leaders today welcomed the Tsilhqot’in delegation that arrived in...
View ArticleYanomami Shaman –‘The Falling Sky’ is an impassioned plea
LONDON - ‘The Falling Sky’ is an impassioned plea to respect his people’s rights and preserve the Amazon rainforest. In the first book ever written by a Yanomami Indian, Davi Kopenawa – shaman and...
View ArticleRoom in a Crisis: Housing in Attawapiskat
Housing in Attawapiskat remains a problem Richard Spence reporting in Attawapiskat ATTAWAPISKAT - Monique Sutherland’s first day as Attawapiskat’s housing manager was in June of 2008. She says she...
View ArticleFWFN Chief on James Street Bridge Fire
Mission Bridge FORT WILLIAM FIRST NATION - Good evening everyone; this evening the James street bridge was set on fire. Whether a terrible act of malice or mischief, or accidental; either way it has...
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