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UN Declaration on Rights of Indigenous People
The Nishiyuu Walkers headed to Parliament Hill OTTAWA – Indigenous Peoples’, human rights, and faith organizations are calling on Canada to ensure that Indigenous Peoples can freely decide for...
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Full Moon Memory Walk Thunder Bay Remembers
Full Moon Memory Walk Thursday THUNDER BAY – The Full Moon Memory Walk is Thursday September 19th. Under the light of the Full Moon, women will gather, support each other, and share. There will be a...
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Manitoba Chiefs Support Dakota Nation Tobacco Fight
Manitoba Grand Chief Nepinak standing with Dakota Nation WINNIPEG – The Manitoba Chiefs are coming out in full support of the Dakota Nation. In a statement issued today, the Manitoba Chiefs, led by...
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Matawa First Nations Environmental Assessment Workshop
Constance Lake First Nation Reserve, Ontario, Canada (Photo credit: Wikipedia) CONSTANCE LAKE – This week over twenty delegates from Matawa member First Nations have gathered in Constance Lake to...
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FWFN 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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Room 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...
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Yanomami 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...
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Delegation 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...
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Un-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...
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First 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...
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Report 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...
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Reverend 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...
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This 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...
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Protecting 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...
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Ottawa 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...
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The 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...
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Noront 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....
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Attawapiskat 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...
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Emergency 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...
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Attawapiskat 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...
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