Indigenous elder

Indigenous communities call on U.S. to confront Canada’s toxic mining runoff at border

Indigenous communities call on U.S. to confront Canada’s toxic mining runoff at border

In a city of pinstripes and partisan power brokers, Mike Allison sticks out like a sore thumb. He’s in the wrong place — and he knows it. “I shouldn’t be here,” the denim-clad Indigenous elder suddenly says, fighting tears beneath the brim of his trademark cowboy hat. “I should be out on the land, working with my kids, teaching them values. I should be teaching them kids how to work with the environment, not fight for it.”

Brampton school ditches Sir John A. Macdonald’s name, honours Indigenous elder

Brampton school ditches Sir John A. Macdonald’s name, honours Indigenous elder

The naming ceremony saw the name changed to ‘the Water Walker’ in Ojibwe to recognize water rights advocate Josephine Mandamin. The Anishinaabe grandmother, elder and founding member of the Water Protectors walked around the Great Lakes to bring awareness to water pollution. She walked 25,000 miles around the shorelines of all Great Lakes and other North American waterways while carrying a bucket of water to bring awareness to the need to protect the waters from pollution.