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A two-year study has revealed high levels of contaminants in the wild meat and fish consumed by Grassy Narrows and Wabauskang First Nations.
One hundred and eighty samples of animals that include otter, beaver, muskrat, moose, rabbit, deer, marten, jackfish and pickerel were collected. Lab results for 93 per cent of the samples collected show high levels of mercury,…
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A new school with a special focus on Cree language instruction is nearing completion on the Constance Lake First Nation.
With a $10.3 million dollar contribution from Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC) and an additional $1.4 million from the First Nation, the school will accommodate approximately 400 students from kindergarten to Grade 12.
Located 300…
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The Metis Nation of Ontario recognizes Sept. 1 as the start of the big game season in Northern Ontario, but for Metis whose harvester's certificates are now recognized provincially, it's hunting as usual.
This summer the Metis Nation of Ontario (MNO) and the provincial Ministry of Natural Resources hammered out a deal whereby the ministry will recognize MNO-issued licences…
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The day he received his song is one ceremony that Tony Belcourt will never forget.
During a traditional Elders and Youth circle gathering held last month in North Dakota, the keeper of the song, Elder Francis Eagle Heart Cree, taught the song to the president of the Metis Nation of Ontario.
The gathering was held to commemorate an 1820s alliance of Assiniboine,…
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The Six Nations Arrows came up a bit short in their quest to win the Minto Cup, the Canadian Junior A lacrosse championship.
But the Arrows can still take pride in the fact they won an Ontario crown this season, thus advancing further than many had originally anticipated.
Arrows' coach Randy Chrysler had predicted his side was capable of winning the Minto Cup in…
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Aboriginal financial leaders are hoping that an agreement signed on July 20 will lead to an increase in the amount of money available for Aboriginal business loans.
The signing ceremony was held in a meeting room at the Charlottetown Civic Centre while the Assembly of First Nations' annual general meeting was in progress in the main hall.
Dan Brant is the chief…
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It is the trip of a lifetime.
For at least one man, it will be the second trip of a lifetime when the Oki Chi Taw Indigenous Martial Arts demonstration team heads to South Korea at the end of the month.
Team manager George Lepine is as pumped at the prospect of his seven teammates showing off their distinctly Aboriginal combat techniques before the world as he was…
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Six Nations of the Grand River has been proactive in the area of employee safety since 1993. Their health and safety council developed a health and safety policy manual for the band and has implemented that since 1995.
This year for the first time, the band council's health and safety committee plans to hold an All First Nations Health and Safety Conference at their…
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A 2,200 km journey that began in Sioux Valley, Man., ended Aug. 27 when the Unity Ride and Run entered Six Nations of the Grand River Territory. The Interntional Indigenous Elders Summit opened there that same day.
The Unity riders travelled the width of Six Nations land along Chiefswood Road, and reached their destination at the banks of the Grand River within Chiefswood…
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If you are looking for great food and live entertainment, you will be sure to find it at the 17th annual Tyendinaga Mohawk Powwow that will be held Aug. 14 and 15.
As one of the largest traditional gatherings in Ontario, the festivities will feature traditional music and dancing and a craft fair.
The theme for this year, Honouring Our Men, pays tribute to…
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Raising public awareness and promoting education on violence against women in the Aboriginal community has become the prime mission of the Aboriginal Women Against Violence Everywhere Coalition (AWAVE). Formed by Status of Women Canada (SWC) last December, this organization is spending $1 million to develop a four-year plan to tackle the issue of physical and sexual assault.…
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At the age of 19, Sheena Lee Smith-Spencer has already become quite an accomplished athlete. Since she began practicing taekwondo at the age of 11, Smith-Spencer has been adding to her collection of medals and has no intention of slowing down any time soon.
It was a fascination with a cartoon called Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles that led Smith-Spencer to pursue taekwondo.…
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Dear Editor:
Birchbark's review of Thunder Rolling In The Mountains (April) is an exercise in misinformation and misunderstanding and is, as a result, misleading. What troubles me at the outset is that your reporter at no time asked to interview Shannon Thunderbird or myself, the director, to discover our reasoning behind the unique staging of the show. It is little…
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For the past four years, the National Metis Veterans Association has been fighting for the rights of their comrades.
With chapters in every province, the organization has been working tirelessly on behalf of Metis veterans who say they were denied services and benefits that were available to other soldiers when they returned home from the front.
One of the main…
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When popular Canadian children's author Robert Munsch gave Sault College of Applied Arts and Technology permission to translate seven of his unpublished stories and three of his published ones into Ojibway, he made a lot of new young friends.
At least one thousand children, from Grade 4 down, came to the college for the launch of the first Ojibway translation of Mmm,…