Residential school survivors learn to heal at Manitoba Lake

A group of Ojibwa elders returns prefers the lessons of the land to the hearings of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission

Keith Berens recalled being beaten at a residential day school on his Manitoba reserve.

“They hit us with yardsticks across the back, or made us kneel all day on … Continue Reading

Group works towards getting world heritage site designation for boreal forest area

A group of First Nations from Manitoba and Ontario are working together to have their traditional lands deemed UNESCO World Heritage site.

“There are fewer and fewer places in the world that have been left undeveloped, unchanged by human activity” said Gord Jones, with the Pimachiowin Aki World Heritage group.… Continue Reading