Anishinaabe

A well-known Anishinaabe elder who's been in a northern Ontario hospital for three months and says he's faced problems he attributes to staffing shortages is calling for stepped-up cultural safety training, especially for temporary…

A new mural unveiled Tuesday at Winnipeg City Hall is meant to invoke connectedness and spirit, as part of the city's long-term commitment on equity, diversity, and anti-racism.  "What better and more appropriate space for that really…

Anishinaabe art will be on full display on Team Canada uniforms at next year's Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Beijing.  Red Lake, Ont., two-spirit artist Patrick Hunter, whose family is from Keeseekoowenin First Nation northwest of…

One man's trash is another man's beadwork. Nico Williams, an Anishinaabe contemporary artist, is turning pieces of garbage that he found lying on the ground in Montreal into beaded works of art for a new exhibition. He said that In the…

Joe Pitawanakwat is walking slowly along a forest path, but his mind is racing as he surveys the bounty of medicine plants before his eyes. "There's jiichiigominaawashk." He points to a big stalk full of dangling white flowers, also known…