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2024
May
Wikwemikong resurrects tradition of Take Back the Night observance | Hamilton Spectator (Wikwemikong)
Feature film shot in Timmins up for Northern awards | Timmins Today (Moose Cree)
Why I Chose a Native American Designer For the 2024 Met Gala | Vogue (Nipissing)
Lake Nipissing candles at the Ziigwan/Spring Handmade Artist Market in Duchesnay | Anishinabek News (Nipissing)
MCA Announces Hiring of New Executive Director | Indian Time Newspaper (MCA)
Akwesasne Powwow moving to Cornwall | Yahoo News (MCA)
'Buy Indigenous' could add millions to First Nations economy | Toronto Star (Shawanaga)
Chiefs of Ontario Encouraging First Nations Businesses Owners to Register for First Nations Business Directory | Chiefs of Ontario (Chiefs of Ontario)
Landmark agreement ushers in new era of equity for FN students | SN News Watch (Biigtigong)
Anishinaabek elders and environmentalists unite to call for halt on herbicide use in Ontario forests | Yahoo News (M’Chigeeng)
Alfred makes the cut for inaugural pageant | The Eastern Door (Six Nations)
Nation-to-nation ribbon skirt exchange honours MMIWG | CBC (Six Nations)
Ontario Improving Mental Health Care for Postsecondary Students | Ontario Newsroom (Six Nations Polytechnic)
Algoma University, Shingwauk Teaching Lodge get mental health support | Sault Star (Shingwauk Teaching Lodge)
"There's nowhere like home" Aamjiwnaang opens hospice-like space | Sarnia News Today (Aamjiwnaang)
Indigenous professionals selected for prestigious Harvard Business School program | NetNewsLedger (Mattagami)
Talented Anishinaabe youth artist featured on cover of 30th Annual Great Lakes Pow Wow Guide | Anishinabek News (Beausoleil)
Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists collaborate in reconciliation art project Call to Action #83 | Anishinabek News (Beausoleil)
Canada and Blue Jays teaming up to renovate Mary Dorothy Jacobs Memorial Park | Yahoo News (Curve Lake)
Chippewas of the Thames First Nation focuses on nutrition at the upcoming pow wow | Anishinabek News (Chippewas of the Thames, Munsee-Delaware)
Old Sudbury hospital-site project to break ground 'within five years' | Northern Ontario Business (Five Nations Energy)
Tyendinaga woman recognized with Indspire Award for Education | Quinte News (Indspire)
Native Horizons Centre “Phoenix rising” as program expands | Turtle Island News (Native Horizons Treatment Centre)
April
Honouring the spirit of languages | Anishinabek News (Alderville)
Edna Manitowabi receives an Indspire Award for her contributions to culture, heritage and spirituality | CBC (Indspire)
The Indigenous-led plan to protect a vast swath of northern Ontario | The Narwhal (Moose Cree)
Curve Lake resident honoured for public school culture connections | The Peterborough Examiner (Curve Lake)
First Nation-owned Energy Companies Advance Clean Energy and Nuclear Projects in Ontario | EIN Presswire (Mississaugas of Scugog)
'Spirit of the Land' Cultural Rights and Interests Toolkit released | Anishinabek News (Anishinabek)
Six Nations works with National Research Council to digitize languages | APTN News (Six Nations)
Sharing cultures: Muskoka powwow organizers want to bring people together from across region | Muskoka Region (Wahta)
Hockey equipment drive helps to support Indigenous youth with largest collection yet | CTV News (Indigenous Hockey Drive)
Giant glowing wall will divide busy Toronto destination from Gardiner Expressway | blogTO (Mississaugas of the Credit)
Program offering way to learn about Indigenous cultures launches in Timmins | Timmins Today (Mattagami)
Kinàmàgawin Symposium Explores Indigenous Spirituality and Connection to the Land | Carlton University (M’Chigeeng)
MPs, Caldwell First Nation applaud millions for Windsor's Ojibway National Urban Park in federal budget | CBC (Caldwell)
Film by Six Nations filmmaker to debut in Brantford | The Hamilton Spectator (Six Nations)
How Indspire helped this Canadian student pursue her dreams in literature | Daily Hive (Indspire)
Brantford student wins prestigious $40,000 Laurier Scholars Award | The Stratford Beacon Herald (Aundeck-Omni-Kaning)
New series features Indigenous youth warriors | Windspeaker (Garden River)