Jukasa Studios produce Juno winning album
SIX NATIONS — Harrison “Sweet Taste” Kennedy took home a Juno last Saturday night for the best Blues Album of the Year. The album was…
Jace Koblun
SNP and OTF standing against language loss
OHSWEKEN — Six Nations Polytechnic (SNP) has been approved for an Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF) SEED Grant worth $70,000. The grant is to help assess…
Talking change with AFN National Chief Bellegarde
WATERLOO — The Assembly of First Nations National Chief Perry Bellegarde gave a unifying lecture last week at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo. He presented the…
The Food Bank received a donation from Enbridge Pipelines Inc.
OHSWEKEN — The Food Bank received a donation from Enbridge Pipelines Inc. on March 21 for $1750.00. Sonia Fazari, senior advisor of Aboriginal affairs is…
SNEC does not support methadone clinic
OHSWEKEN – Six Nations Elected Council (SNEC) has decided it will not be supporting the dispensing of methadone and suboxone through Ancestral Voices Healing Centre…
Family working together to de-colonize
OHSWEKEN – Amy Bomberry and her children are trying to reverse the effects of colonization in a refreshing way. Together, as a family. Amy is…
Friends and neighbours: Grassroots done right
BRANTFORD – 94 recommendations within the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) is a lot to swallow all at once. Perhaps too much. That’s why Friends…
Pink Feather Society supports MMIW survivors
BRANTFORD – The Pink Feather Society would like to congratulate Wonda Jamieson for being the recipient of the first Pink Feather Society’s Bursary. Jamieson was…
Rebels donate to food bank
OHSWEKEN – The Six Nations Rebels lacrosse team asked community members to bring a non-perishable food item to the Intersquad game last week instead of…
10,000 copies of Birdie for Canadian high schools
OTTAWA – Even though Tracey Lindberg’s first novel didn’t win this year’s Canada Reads competition, Birdie is a book for those who care about reconciliation…
Ganohkwasra seeks to educate with family violence prevention program
OHSWEKEN – Violence effects everyone and each person who experiences the different types of violence is effected in their own personal way. To bring awareness…
Sharing stories at SOADI: our way, our issues, our matter, our culture
THORALD — It doesn’t matter how old you are, storytelling is for everyone and is a part of all First Nations cultures. “Stories are so…
Band Council presented with Tim Hortons proposal
OHSWEKEN – Last night Dakota Brant taught elected band council how to say, “what is your name?” in Mohawk. When the proposed Tim Hortons opens…
Reconciliation always worth taking about
BRANTFORD – These days there can never be too many conversations about reconciling the relationship between Indigenous people and settler Canadians, it’s far too important…
Pre-trial for Kent Owen Squire-Hill
BRANTFORD – A pre-trial for Kent Owen Squire-Hill of Six Nations took place last Wednesday in preparation for a new trial in connection with the…