Onkwehonwe Week in Review: September 28th 2016

Indigenous nations across Turtle Island sign mutual defence treaty to protect against tarsands expansion Chiefs lined up to add their names and their nations to…

Onkwehonwe Week in Review: September 21, 2016

Winnipeg MP breaks ranks with Liberal caucus over controversial Site C project   The Justice for the Peace Caravan has recently traveled from British Columbia…

Onkwehonwe Week in Review: September 7, 2016

Opaskwayak Cree trappers and fishers blockade highway over failed negotiations Near Gillam, Manitoba, the local Cree Fur Council and and the Opaskwayak Commercial Fishery Co-op…

Onkwehonwe Week In Review: August 31, 2016

Health Canada closes nursing stations on remote Northern reserves with 2 days notice On August 23, federal officials shocked Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) with a…

Onkwehonwe week in review: August 24, 2016

Indigenous leaders from across the country praise Gord Downie’s words at tour finale The Tragically Hip’s lead singer, Gord Downie, bas been diagnosed with terminal…

Onkwehonwe week in Review: August 17, 2016

Caldwell First Nation hosts first ever pow wow on rematriated lands   Last weekend, a unique celebration happened; a powwow on land that was rematriated…

Onkwehonwe Week in Review: August 10, 2016

Mount Polley Mine shut down on second anniversary of largest industrial disaster in Canadian history The Secwepemc Women’s Warrior Society (SWWS) blockaded the entrance to…

Onkwehonwe Week in Review: August 4, 2016

Trudeau supports Site C mega project despite treaty grievances Site C is a controversial mega dam that is located on the Peace River near Fort…

Onkwehonwe Week In Review: July 27 2016

Tornado rips through Long Plain First Nation in Manitoba More than 500 evacuees from a small reserve near Portage La Prairie in Southern Manitoba have…

Onkwehonwe Week in Review: July 13, 2016

Paddlers from across Ontario canoeing to Garden River for Great Lakes Gathering Two separate water journeys have converged on route to Garden River, Ontario for…

Onkwehonwe Week in Review: July 6 2016

Mohawk Institute to become educational centre Reconciliation has become one of the biggest buzzwords of 2016. Last year, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Report (TRC)…

Onkwehonwe Week In Review: June 29 2016

Fort McMurray hit with wasp swarms and flooding following wildfires More than 80, 000 residents from the Northern Alberta community of Fort McMurray were forced…

Onkwehonwe Week In Review: June 15 2016

Quebec legislation puts the future of Mohawk internet casinos in jeopardy   Bill 74 is a little publicized bill that is moving it’s way through…

Onkwehonwe Week In Review: June 8, 2016

Controversy in Kanesatake over possible mine re-opening Nio-can is a mining company that has tried to re-open the dormant niobium mine in Kanesatake territory continuously…

Onkwehonwe Week in Review: June 1, 2016

Mohawk College plants Three Sisters Mohawk College’s Indigenous Gathering Space, named the Hoop Dance Garden, is now the home of mounds of soil planted with…