Welcome to AMMSA.COM, the news archive website for our family of Indigenous news publications.
Launched in 2002. A publication specifically designed to serve the Indigenous people of Ontario.
Page 11
On April 27, the New Miss Indian World for 2002/2003 was chosen out of 24 contestants. Twenty-one-year-old Tia Smith of the Cayuga Wolf Clan from Six Nations won the coveted title of Miss Indian World. The runner-up is also originally from Ontario, Kinwa Bluesky.
The former Miss Indian World for 2001/2002 was Ke Aloha Alo of mixed ancestry from the Apache, Hawaiian and…
Page 10
Bob Antone, executive director of the KiiKeeWaNiiKaan Southwest Regional Healing Lodge on the Munsee Delaware Nation, had a dream about a circle of men talking about the true meaning of a First Nation man. Seven years later, the dream was fullfilled, as KiiKeeWaNiiKaan graduated the first class of Indigenous community workers from its Tending the Fire leadership program. That…
Page 9
M'Chigeeng First Nation Chief Glen Hare is no longer alone in his battle for recognition. Assembly of First Nations Grand Chief, Matthew Coon Come, travelled to Manitoulin Island recently to pledge his support.
M'Chigeeng is taking the Department of Indian Affairs (DIA) to court in a dispute over the legitimacy of the September 2001 band election.
Since the federal…
Page 9
Thanks in part to the Squire brothers, the Toronto Rock is once again the National Lacrosse League champion.
Six Nations of the Grand River First Nation members Kim (Kid Rock) and Rodd (Moose) Squire, who live on the reserve in Ohsweken, Ont., are members of the pro squad that won this year's NLL title. The Squires and their teammates edged the host Albany Attack 13-12 in…
Page 8
The former head coach of the Buffalo Sabres-and one of the candidates for the vacant head coaching job for the New York Rangers-was a guest of honor April 27 at Peepeekisis Pesakastew School for a fundraising dinner.
Nolan, the hockey man, is itching for an opportunity to get back behind the bench. Nolan, the Ojibwe man from the Garden River First Nation, has a lot of…
Page 6
Hockey, the quintessential pastime for Canadians, has a new tournament featuring some of Canada's best young Native hockey players. The first National Aboriginal Hockey Championships were held from April 21 to 27 in shared venues of the Akwesasne A'nowara'ko:wa Arena and Cornwall's Civic Centre.
Northern Ontario, Southern Ontario, Eastern Doorway and the North, plus…
Page 6
Ontario squads fared extremely well at the inaugural National Aboriginal Hockey Championships.
The province had four representatives at the tournament, which concluded in Akwesasne on Apr. 27. Matches were also held in neighboring Cornwall.
At the event, which primarily featured bantam- and midget-aged (1984-87) players, there were Ontario South and Ontario North…
Page 5
Homeless Aboriginal men in the city of Timmins will have access to a shelter this summer. Monica Lafontaine, executive director of the Timmins Native Friendship Centre, says the government will provide $160,000 in funds to get the shelter up and running this year.
The main service for the men will be to provide a supportive, nurturing environment, in order for them to…
Page 5
In February this year, the Anishinabek/Ontario Fisheries Resource Centre learned that it would benefit from a $168,000 provincial investment that would allow it to undertake a three-year study of whitefish stocks and population trends in lakes Huron and Superior. The study, titled the "Assessment of Lake Whitefish Stocks in Support of a Stable, Sustainable First Nation Commercial…
Page 4
On April 4, the federal government and the Ontario Federation of Indian Friendship Centres (OFIFC) agreed on a strategy to help the homeless.
They will apply $2,051,200 in funding they obtain through the National Homelessness Initiative program to address urban Aboriginal homelessness in small centres in Ontario, stated Peter Jacobs, the urban Aboriginal homelessness…
Page 3
May turned out to be a tumultuous month for Manitoulin film maker Shirley Cheechoo. Amid all the excitement of premiering a new film at an American festival, she learned that she has been accepted into the Canadian Film Centre established by Norman Jewison.
"I am the first Aboriginal director to be accepted," she revealed. "I tried once before but it didn't happen. Then…
Page 2
Dear Editor:
I am writing to your newspaper in the hope that some of your readers may be able to pass on to me their opinions and feelings on the growing number of non-Native people in my country who continue to exploit Native Canadian culture.
I admit, as an English, non-Native person, I am not best equipped to comment on the following issues, but I have been…
Page 2
She has been acutely aware of her culture since a very young age. She has cherished this knowledge and passed it on to other youth. Her name is Melissa Bromley.
The 21-year-old from Sudbury is one of five 2002 Metis youth role model winners announced at the National Metis Youth Conference in Vancouver April 26.
Bromley, the winner in the Metis culture and heritage…
Page 2
Dear Editor:
As a Wikwemikong band member, I have always honored and appreciated our belief systems, our language, our healers and herbalists, our customs and our way of life on Manitoulin Island. In our community of Wikwemikong, we have various beliefs and practices including our Anishnawbeh way of living, of which I have always maintained my respect for. I have never…
Page 2
New Ontario Premier Ernie Eves says he "is open" on the issue of whether to call a public inquiry into the shooting death of Dudley George, but he's steering away from an accounting any time soon.
Eves cites the wrongful death law suit against former premier Michael Harris and others in the matter as a reason to put an inquiry on hold.
"There is a civil lawsuit…