A man from Wasauksing First Nation will receive an award for his First Nation Storytelling. Waubgeshig Rice is a video journalist in the CBC’s Ottawa newsroom who produced a television documentary about contemporary Aboriginal life in Ottawa and other projects. Rice has been selected to receive the 2014 Debwewin Citation for Excellence. The Debwewin Citations are the first major awards intended to recognize and encourage excellence in reporting about Native issues by First Nations and other writers. He’ll be given the award during the 2014 Evening of Excellence presented by the Anishinabek Nation Seventh Generation Charity August 20th in Sudbury.
