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A ground-breaking First Nations education policy will be adopted by the Rainbow Board of Education in the near future.
The policy that will be in force throughout the Sudbury-Manitoulin district will recognize the diversity of needs and learning styles within a classroom.
Under the policy the board will acknowledge that each student brings unique characteristics to…
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Four Native players will be among those inducted into the Ontario Lacrosse Hall of Fame and Museum later this year.
Joining the hall via the players' category are Akwesasne's Lawrence Martin Jr. and Dave Sunday, and from Six Nations, Len Moses and Lorne Jamieson.
Sunday and Jamieson will both be inducted posthumously.
Though the list of 10 individuals…
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The Tyendinaga Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte held their powwow, themed Honoring our Children, on Aug. 10 and 11 this year. Tsi Tkerhedon Park, on the shores of the Bay of Quinte, was the beautiful setting for the fifteenth annual event.
It brought drummers and dancers from near and far, as usual. Also as usual in Six Nations Territory, the powwow opened with the Ohenton…
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Frank Polson was born in Winneway, Quebec in 1952 and is a member of the Long Point First Nation. The past few years he has lived in Sudbury and the past seven years Polson has made a good living as an artist. He is a painter, a carver of soapstone and totem poles and a glass painter and etcher.
For the month of June, Polson's multi-media works were on display in Sudbury…
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The Anishinabek Education Institute's graduation for its Traditional Aboriginal Healing Methods - Native Community Worker program was held June 19 at the Chippewas of the Thames Community Centre before a full house.
Sixteen graduates from Chippewas of the Thames; Munsee Delaware Nation; Oneida Settlement; Moraviantown; and one from Manitoba were honored:Sandra L. Albert…
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The marvels of modern technology allowed representatives from the length and breadth of our nation to participate in an Aboriginal Health Forum on June 26. Co-hosted by the National Aboriginal Health Organization (NAHO) and the Commission for the Future of Health Care in Canada, the forum was broadcast over television on the public affairs channel CPAC as well as video streamed…
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The marvels of modern technology allowed representatives from the length and breadth of our nation to participate in an Aboriginal Health Forum on June 26. Co-hosted by the National Aboriginal Health Organization (NAHO) and the Commission for the Future of Health Care in Canada, the forum was broadcast over television on the public affairs channel CPAC as well as video streamed…
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The open air stage constructed in the Holy Cross Mission ruins of Wikwemikong has attracted many avid theatre fans this summer. The De-ba-jeh-mu-jig troupe, famous for innovative productions since 1986, has created another crowd-pleaser.
This year's presentation entitled Ever! That Nanabush! is based on the storytelling of artist Daphne Odjig.
The legendary…
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In the 1990s, Norval Morrisseau, "Copper Thunderbird," created some of his most powerful paintings.
The Kinsman Robinson Gallery's preview of 50 of his acrylics on canvas, from 1989 to 1997, is a testament to Morrisseau's awe-inspiring artistic output in his later years.
Canada's best-known Aboriginal visual artist - and one of Canada's best-known painters - had…
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A carver releases the form dormant in a stone, piece of wood, marble - or bone.
Stan Hill came to carving late in life, but he's mastered the art of releasing the spirit from deer and moose antlers in ways that are traditional yet innovative. And the result is sculptures that are both delicately detailed and larger than life.
A retrospective of Hill's works - more…
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Margaret Penasse-Mayer has accomplished much in her lifetime. She is a passionate, determined, dedicated women who has done much not only to better her own community, but she has worked tirelessly to provide a voice for Indigenous women around the world.
Penasse-Mayer is the first woman chief in the history of the Nipissing First Nation and has been elected chief for four…
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At 15, Gillian Pash Smoke has accomplished one major goal - to win two gold medals in both of her favorite sports, hockey and fastball.
Pash Smoke just added her second national gold medal to her collection Aug. 3, at the North American Indigenous Games in Winnipeg. Pash Smoke, a pitcher for the Midget Girls Ontario Fastball Team, helped to lead her team to victory when…
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Sara Beaudry-Pitawanakwat has served as a positive role model for First Nations youth for the past dozen years. She has often performed as a trail-blazer, but never before has the significance of her role struck so close to home.
In her recent bid for medals at the fifth North American Indigenous Games, her son Alwyn was in the stands cheering her on. At the impressionable…
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From the opening ceremonies at the North American Indigenous Games in Winnipeg July 28, to the closing ceremonies on August 4, thousands of athletes, volunteers, and spectators shared in the excitement, exuberance and team spirit that was evident throughout the 11-day sporting event. At any time of day, hundreds of First Nations, Metis, and Inuit youth on Winnipeg streets and at…
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When Lisa Odjig was a teenager in Wikwemikong, Manitoulin Island, she wasn't sure what she wanted to do with her life, but she knew it wouldn't involve hoop dancing.
The 27-year-old, who went on to win the World Championship Hoop Dance Competition in 2000 in Phoenix Ariz., reluctantly began hoop dancing at 16 when an uncle urged her to take up the art.
"I kept…