Tag Archives: First Nations

TDSS hosts 9th annual Pow Wow

Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES — In symbolic fashion…a flock of geese flew overheard in a v-formation as the 9th annual Timiskaming District Secondary School Pow Wow grand entry began on Friday, June 5.  The weather was cool, with overcast skies and there was a steady wind

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TRADITIONAL DANCE

It was a cool, overcast day for the 9th annual Timiskaming District Secondary School Pow Wow held on Friday, June 5. Heating up the action was traditional men’s style dancer Lindsay Sarazin from the Golden Lake First Nation. Traditional dancers tell the story of battles and hunting expeditions with

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Walking to Ottawa

The Truth and Reconciliation Walkers, travelling by foot from Cochrane to Ottawa for the closing ceremony of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission May 31 to June 3, stopped in New Liskeard as guests of the Hillview United Church Friday, April 17, then departed again the following day. Pictured here

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Footsteps Forward

Patrick Etherington of Cochrane posed an interesting challenge for non First Nations people while in New Liskeard. He is part of a group walking from Cochrane to Ottawa for the closing truth and reconciliation ceremony.Observing that the next generation of First Nations people is exhibiting effects from their

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