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Baby born in Nipissing First Nation a historic birth

Baby born in Nipissing First Nation a historic birth

Mother Cassandra Laforest-Roy, and father Nick Piquette with baby Roman Laforest, Carol Couchie and Rachel Dennis. Photo courtesy of: Allison Roberts, Darkwoods Photography. NIPISSING FIRST NATION—The miracle of life has taken place on Nipissing First Nation territory with the birth of Roman. The arriva...
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Thousands Celebrate with Standing Rock Sioux

Thousands Celebrate with Standing Rock Sioux

Fireworks fill the night sky above the Oceti Sakowin Camp as Native Americans and other protestors celebrate (Scott Olson | Getty Images) OCETI SAKOWIN CAMP, Standing Rock, North Dakota – A thousand voices around the Sacred Fire went up in cheers and cries of “mni wiconi (water is life)” Sunday afternoo...
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14 INDIGENOUS YOUTH PUTTING THE 7th FIRE INTO MOTION

14 INDIGENOUS YOUTH PUTTING THE 7th FIRE INTO MOTION

Kawennáhere Devery Jacobs in the film The Sun at Midnight  | Image source: Jill & Jackfish Productions Inc. The Seventh Fire is an Anishinaabe prophecy that foretells a time when Indigenous Peoples will return to their traditional knowledge bundles with the help of Elders and teachers. The 7th Fire...
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MY BERRY FAST

MY BERRY FAST

Raspberries | Image source: Barrie Hill Farms The berry fast ceremony marks the stage of life when we start to put away our childhood toys and begin to focus on being a young woman, modelling behaviours and values for the younger generation. My first experience with a berry fast happened when I was four...
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MUST READ INDIGENOUS CHILDREN’S BOOKS LIST

MUST READ INDIGENOUS CHILDREN’S BOOKS LIST

Cover of the children’s book The Song Within My Heart | Image source: Strong Nations The beginning of May marked Canadian Children’s Book Week where family reading is celebrated and promoted across the country, First Nations Communities Read also announced their shortlisted selections for the 2016...
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SACRED WATER WALK 2015: LIVING IN THE SEVENTH FIRE

SACRED WATER WALK 2015: LIVING IN THE SEVENTH FIRE

The St.Lawrence River at Sunset. | Image Source: www.corewalking.com In 2000, author, and respected Midewin Elder, Eddie Benton (Ojibway) spoke at a large gathering in Pipestone, Minnesota where he prophesied that if society continues to neglect its responsibility for the waters -30 years from now an ou...
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