#AMINEXT? New campaigns highlight struggle for MMIW

It is depressingly numbing every time another name of a missing and murdered Onkwehon:we woman is spotlighted in the media. But as the number of…

Understanding how BC Supreme Court ruling affects all Onkwehon:we

On June 26, 2014, the Supreme Court of Canada released its reasons in Tsilhqot’in Nation v. British Columbia. The decision is the first time that…

Make your choices, but now you know

My MC name is Sage, and I’m from Walpole Island First Nation (Bkejwanong Territory). I have 3 brothers and a beautiful sister. I had no…

Style House Salon, Open for Business

The opening of a new business is always a cause for celebration, and so it was especially for the Grand Opening of Style House Salon…

Yoga in the Womb

Yoga is becoming more and more popular within our community. Although yoga is an ancient tradition from the East, its teachings are very similar to…

The search for “Good Living” from northern Ontario to Ecuador

In 2013, Darlene Necan, an Ojibwe woman of the Nation of Saugeen #258, built a cabin on her family’s trap line that she hoped would…

Despite NEB approval of Line 9, opposition continues

The Line 9 campaign in Southern Ontario has been a movement that has used civil disobedience, education, and grassroots organizing to oppose tar sands expansion.

Soaring: A Musical Antidote

These days my mind is filled with worry. I have been watching the events unfolding in the news concerning the Ukraine. I find it unbelievable…

There are other ways

The Indigenous economics supported by the Canadian power elite is the large-scale sale of natural resources and the re-sale of petroleum and tobacco products produced…

“Sometimes the law is an ass”

With Respect to All my Relations Let’s be clear here, the Kahnawà:ke residency Law that states anyone who marries a non-Mohawk or non-“Indian” automatically has…

Eating and living the diet of our ancestors

I am Anishnaabe kwe from the Ojibwe tribe with some Scottish ancestry. I grew up in a small village in Northern Ontario right on the…

What can we learn from the tailings pond disaster in British Columbia?

Let’s start off with the facts. 10 billion litres of water. 4.5 million cubic metres of metal-laden fine sand, which by the way is very…

There are No DNA Checkpoints under the Tree of Peace

Over the last few days I have been watching my community implode as members try to stop a woman from building her home. Why? Because…

The rule of law vs. the rule of judicial discretion: the Tsilhqot’in Nation case

By the year 1897 constitutional law was settled in Canada based upon the interpretation in the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council of section 109…

Stopping the Iron Snake

The Iron Snake, a film by Clifton Arihwakehte Nicolas, is thought provoking and frightening in its content. The footage of the tar sands and pipeline…