GREAT to host Community Leadership Program
The Six Nations Women of the Grand River project, funded by Grand River Employment & Training will be hosting an upcoming Community Leadership Program.
Jen MtPleasant
Tuscarora Nation. Honours BA Criminology, Class of 2013. Advocate for missing and murdered ogwehoweh men and women. @JenMtPleasant
Chemical disaster creates total chaos
CHARLESTON, WV: A chemical spill last Wednesday in the Elk River put the capital city of West Virginia into disaster.
Six Nations sends language delegation to Hawai
The Six Nations Language Commission (SNLC) is sending a delegation of 16 people, mostly Instructors and Program staff, to Hawaii University in Hilo, Hawaii for the 21st (biannual) Stabilizing Indigenous Languages Symposium from January 15-19th.
Birthing Center celebrates first baby of the New Year
About 15 staff, family and friends gathered at The Birthing Center on Six Nations Friday afternoon to celebrate the center’s first baby of the New Year.
Last monolingual Chickasaw Speaker Passes Away
The Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma has announced the death of Emily Johnson Dickerson, 93, who spoke only Chickasaw her entire life.
Aboriginal Persons’ Court opens for business
The Ontario Court of Justice in Brantford was packed Tuesday morning as the new Aboriginal Persons’ Court (APC) held their open ceremonies. The
Troubled First Nation changes its name
MASKWACIS – Hobbema, Alberta, one of Canada’s most crime-ridden and troubled First Nations formally changed its name, effective January 1st.
Dechinta Bush University: Education in the North
Started in 2008 on traditional Dene territory (Yellowknife), at Dechinta University, students learn about self-determination and the land.
St. Andrew’s wants Thorold Blackhawks logo changed
In a statement issued to Thorold Blackhawks owners, Ralph Sacco and Tony Gigliotti, St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Thorold expressed their concerns regarding the refusal of the Blackhawks owners to change their offensive team caricature.
Idle No More: the indigenous news event of 2013
From an Onkwehon:we perspective, there are few more important stories in 2013 than the rise to prominence of the Idle No More movement.
Mother Nature still has her touch!
Mother Nature reminded us last weekend that she’s still the boss. Freezing rain set in last Saturday and continued throughout the night leaving hundreds of thousands without heat or hydro just days before Christmas.
What new court ruling on prostitution laws mean for First Nations women
For years, women’s advocacy groups, sex trade workers and their supporters have been lobbying and fighting the government to change the laws surrounding prostitution.
Local grassroots youth group question Enbridge pipeline
NEW CREDIT – Enbridge Gas Distribution Inc (Enbridge) sent representatives to the New Credit Community Centre, Wednesday, to answer questions regarding the proposed Line 11 Westover Segment Replacement Project. Line 11 starts at Westover Station and goes south then southeast to Nanticoke Junction.
Justice for Levi
On June 24, 2009, Levi Schaeffer, 30 years old, was fatally shot by an Ontario Provincial Police officer. Since then, Levi’s mother, Ruth has been fighting for justice.
Justice Denied to Children Tortured at St. Anne’s Residential School
Between 1936 and 1984, the St. Anne’s Residential School near James Bay, Ontario was run under the authority of the Catholic Church. For decades, victims of St. Anne’s have been telling their tragic stories.