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Death of First Nation chief's grandson in house fire spurs renewed calls for Ottawa to take action
The recent death of the three-year-old grandson of Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug Chief Donny Morris has prompted renewed calls for Ottawa to take action. The Oji-Cree community in northwestern Ontario and a tribal council launched a human rights complaint seven months ago against Indigenous Services Canada, arguing...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/ki-fatal-house-fire-9.7143159?cmp=rss

CBC Indigenous Mar 21

This remote First Nation is using 1 generator to power the whole community — again
After dealing with a week of intermittent power outages last month, Nibinamik First Nation is having problems with its diesel generating system again. On Wednesday, workers discovered the remote Oji-Cree community’s main generator — a Caterpillar C27 — had experienced a mechanical failure. Here's what the First ...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/nibinamik-first-nation-power-problems-9.7136855?cmp=rss

CBC Thunder Bay Mar 21

This remote First Nation is using 1 generator to power the whole community — again
After dealing with a week of intermittent power outages last month, Nibinamik First Nation is having problems with its diesel generating system again. On Wednesday, workers discovered the remote Oji-Cree community’s main generator — a Caterpillar C27 — had experienced a mechanical failure. Here's what the First ...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/nibinamik-first-nation-power-problems-9.7136855?cmp=rss

exdaful Feb 17

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Find it... wherever, or don't...
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Oji-Cree. North Spirit Lake to Thunder Bay.
This is where I'm from.

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Radical Anthropology Nov 7, 2022

Tomorrow's session of Radical Anthropology is special: we have a panel of #OjiCree writers, artists and scholars, led by knowledge keeper George Kenny, speaking on

'Ahnishinahbeyeshikaywin: the animist worldview of the Oji-Cree of Lac Seul, Ontario'

Hosted @UCLAnthropology by archaeologist Alicia Colson

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https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/radical-anthropology-talks-tickets-410409123737

#Indigenous #animism #OjiCree #rockart #archaeology

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Image description: rock cliff over Lac Seul Ontario, crowned with fir and pine. It bears ancient rock art visible only from the water.