Bridget Tolley is an Algonquin grandmother of five from the Kitigan Zibi reserve in so-called Quebec. On Oct. 5, 2001, Her mother Gladys was struck and killed on the reserve by a Quebec Police cruiser. Since then, Tolley has been fighting for accountability, seeking justice for her mother.
Algonquin Daniel Bernard "Amikwabe" set up a camp to keep a Sacred Fire burning round the clock next to the entrance of the Beaver Pond forest in Kanata. This is a personal initiative "to denounce the massacre of the wildlife and this sacred forest" in response to a declaration by Algonquin Elder William Commanda that the forest is sacred. Read the full story here.
News and views from the Ottawa Algonquin Fist Nation.
