2017 Newsletter Archives
In This issue: -What Does It Mean To Be Metis? -The Secret Life of Trees: The Astonishing Science of What Trees Feel and How They Communicate -12 Books by Indigenous Women You Should Read -Gutsy Gourmet Native American Recipes -Christi Belcourt Interview: Walking With Our Sisters -On The Blog: A Legendary Man- Chief Membertou -Metis Scholarships and Bursdaries for 2017 -Opportunities Lost – A Member Article -A Colouring Book For All Ages: The Seven Grandfathers Teachings -Native American Women May Have Made It To Europe 500 Years Before Columbus Was Born -Music Video – Carlos Nakai: Earth Spirit
In This Issue: -A Member Writes -Watching 4 Mi’kmaq Legends Come To Life -Making Pemmican -Wild Bison Roam Banff National Park for 1st Time In More Than Century -African and Native Americans Share A Rich History -Research Confirms Native American Use of Sweetgrass as Bug Repellant -Northern Cree Perform at 2017 Grammys -Honouring Black History Month – Shared Histories: 2 Alliances Between Africans and Natives -On The Blog: The Trials and Tribulations of DNA Testing -Judge Rules In Favour of Indigenous Survivors of Sixties Scoop -Much More Than Code Talking – The Role of Native Americans in World War II -On The Blog: Rich and Complex Beyond the Red River -On the Blog: Finding a Fur Trader is NOT enough -Kent Monkman Walks Canada Back Through Time With ‘Shame and Prejudice: A Story of Resilience” -Metis Scholarships and Bursaries for 2017
In This Issue: Metis Community Resources – How to Construct a Long-Lasting Traditional Bow – CreeFoodTv: Traditional Pemmican – 26 Plants You Should Always Grow Side-By-Side – Winnebago Paddles – Indigenous Author Bev Sellars Hopes to Spur More Aboriginal People To Write – When Indigenous Healing Practices Meet Modern Medicine CBC Unreserved – The Incredible Legacy of Susan La Flesche, the First Native American to Earn a Medical Degree – On The Blog: The Genocide of the North American Indian – Mi’kmaq Craftsperson to Teach Birch Bark Canoe Building in Millbrook – On The Blog: Solving the “Indian Problem” – Assimilation Laws, Practices, and Indian Residential Schools – Families Divided After Ottawa Tells Thousands They’re Not Indigenous – On The Blog: Residential Schools in Canada – Metis Scholarships and Bursaries
In This Issue: Native Cooking: When Spring Hits, It’s Time For Asparagus – Some Places of Importance Ontario Metis People – Aboriginal Worldviews Courses Online – Free! – Women of the Moon – Making Regalia – Broken Treaties, An Oregon Experience – Old School Wild Game: How to Can Your Venison – Oren Lyons – We Are Part Of The Earth – Fort William First Nation Accepts Non-Indigenous Man As Full Member – On The Blog: THe Mystery and Legacy of Ots-Toch – No More ‘Superbugs’? Maple Syrup Extract Enhances Antibiotic Action – How Science and First Nations Oral Tradition are Converging – Fourdirectionsteachings.com – Sacred Feminine: Indigenous Art Colouring Book Celebrates the Power of Women – Reflections of the Great Lakes – Paiute Native American Elder Shows Us How to Cook Salmon the Traditional Way – Metis Scholarships and Bursaries for 2017
In This Issue: The Story of SkyStone Turquoise and the Meaning to Native Americans – Dr. Dale Auger Encouraged Artists to Get Out of Their Comfort Zones – How to Make Delicious Wine, Coffee, Jelly and even Bread from Dandelions – N’we Jinan Artists – “THE HIGHWAY” (Video) – 10 Ways to Listen to Trees – Cree Elder Talks About How the Natives Used Rat Root to Cure Diseases (Video) – Vancouver’s Indigenous Community Fights to Save Native Plants at Risk – On The Blog: Etienne Pigarouiche : Tent Shaker – Why Native Americans Do Not Separate Religion from Science – Remarkable New Evidence for Human Activity in North America 130,000 Years Ago – Teaching Garden Will Grow Indigenous Culture – Lost Generations – Indigenous Kids Were Healthy Before They Were Sent to Residential Schools: Study
In This Issue: On The Blog: Native Schools – How to make Bear Grease & What is Bear Grease For? – Using Traditional Crafts to Fight the Effects of Colonization – Cree Elder Bertha Skye Sharing Knowledge about Birch Trees As Medicine – London Public School Unveils New Indigenous-Inspired Playground – Grand Chief Membertou’s gourd part of exhibit on Mi’kmaq, French History – There is no DNA Test to Prove you’re Native American – Looking White and Being Aboriginal – Blackfeet Researcher Leads her Tribe Back to Traditional Foods – Lifelike Portraits Tell Northern Indigenous Stories of ‘Incredible Resilience’ – Artists and Activists use Twitter to Highlight 150 Years of Indigenous Resistance – METIS UPRISING ONTARIO 1849 – Science Corner: European Diseases Left a Geneti Mark on Native Americans
In This Issue: Welcome Newest Member of Painted Feather Woodland Metis Community! – Video: Sky World – By Bear Fox performed by Teio Swathe – How To Grow An Endless Supply of Blueberries – Video: Hide Tanning The Woods Cree Way – I Am Indigenous Interactive Presentation – The People : A Short Film by Indigenous Filmmakers – Burdock the super plant: It’s a food and a medicine – “I Will Not Be Quiet: Aboriginal Woman’s Powerful Poem Becomes Internet Sensation – Smoked Salmon Candy – How to Straighten and Trim Feathers : Craft Tutorial – On The Blog: Etienne Pigarouiche: The Final Chapter – History Corner: Canadian Explorere Alexander Mackenzie’s Remarkable Metis Guide – Painted Feather Woodland Metis Community Art – Letter: I am not Canadian, I am Anishinaabe – Painted Feather Woodland Community Member Recognized with Award: Elliot Lake’s Senior of the Year awarded – The Secret Legacy of the Man who caught Louis Riel – Why Did It Take So Long for Residential School Claims to Come To Court? The Excrutiatingly Gradual Civilization of Canada’s Legal System – How a Smallpox Epidemic Forged Modern British Columbia – Being and becoming Metis and Muslim – Being and Becoming Metis and Muslim (Part 2) – Removal of 140-year-old tree highlights Metis history in Edmonton Neighbourhood
In This Issue: Native American Student Proves Traditional Chokecherry Pudding is Medicine – How to be Healthy with Native American Remedies – Proposed Citizenship Oath Change Prompts Some To Call for More Education About Indigenous People – Hurricane Irma Unearths Historical Dugout Canoe in Indian River in Brevard – Delicious Indigenous Recipes – Burn a Bay Leaf In Your House. The Reason? You’ll be Amazed – 5 Reasons Natives Have Lustrous Locks: Ancient Indigenous Hair Remedies- “A real agent of change’; Former senator Thelma Chalifoux remembered at Metis Wake – History Matters: Treaty Six promises were quickly broken – An Indigenous Woman’s View of the National Gallery of Canada – Montreal adds Iroquois symbol to flag, strips British general of street name – HIstory, science, and the ‘Year of Two Winters’; uncovering the secrets of Dene migration – Ancient Pottery Reveals Insights on Iroquoian Population’s Power in the 16th Century – On the Blog: Cultural Safety Training Manual – The Story of How the Chicken Dance Came to the Blackfoot people – Seven Sacred Grandfather Teachings
In This Issue: A Member Writes – 10 Delicious Native American Vegetarian Recipes – Native American Storyteller tells the legend of “She Who Watches” – How to Grow 10 Foot Tall Tomatoes with Straw Bales – Science Corner: The Many reverberations of colonialistm: Native American language facing extinction – Community News: Simcoe County District School Board Community Feasts – Ontario now home to Canada’s Largest Metis Populations, census shows – Lest We Forget: Indigenous Veterans – Remembering Gord Downie – Let Me Tell You About Inter-Generational Trauma – Louis Riel’s Walking stick donated to Manitoba Museum – Peterborough teacher’s Secret Path lesson plan goes National
In This Issue: Canada’s first Indigenous police officer remembered in Passchendaele c entennial – Old canoe Bows to New Purpose – Metis Flute Song by Charlie Fife – Oglala Lakota Chef Features Recipes with No Colonial Ingredients – A biologist believes that threes speak a language we can learn – On the BlogL Metis – A Historical Scientific Perspective – The Eastern Metis and “Negationism” In the Academy – A Community Member Takes A Walk Through Aboriginal History – Science Corner: Groundbreaking genetic study links living First Nations woman to 5,500-year-old ancestor – How ToL Woodland Cree Gauntlet Mitts – Pushing the door fully open