Ron Jamieson named to the Order of Ontario
Six Nations’ very own Ron Jamieson was awarded a medal and invested to the Order of Ontario during a ceremony at Queen’s Park on Thursday.
Nahnda Garlow
Nahnda Garlow is former writer for the Two Row Times. Stories have been archived for continuity.
Florida high school apologizes for video
The Florida High School who performed a racially prejudiced impression of a Pow-Wow has issued a public apology this month.
UN Rapporteur James Anaya visits Leonard Peltier
SAN FRANCISCO – UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples James Anaya, along with board member for the International Indian Treaty Council (IITC) and National Native American Prisoners Rights Coalition (NNAPRC), Leonard Foster, visited imprisoned indigenous activist Leonard Peltier on Januray 24th.
Rhymes for Young Ghouls to premiere this week
Mik’maq director Jeff Barnaby’s debut feature film ‘Rhymes for Young Ghouls’ makes its’ theatrical debut this Friday at Cineplex Young & Dundas in Toronto.
UN Rapporteur James Anaya visits Leonard Peltier
UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples James Anaya, along with board member for the International Indian Treaty Council (IITC) and National Native American Prisoners Rights Coalition (NNAPRC) Leonard Foster visited imprisoned indigenous activist Leonard Peltier yesterday.
Indigenous Youth from across Ontario gather at Polytech
This weekend the Six Nations community hosted the Chiefs of Ontario’s Indigenous Youth Engagement Forum, a leadership conference for Ongwehon:we youth.
Political prisoners denied basic human rights
The Elsipogtog protest against fracking seems to be over for everyone except Mi’kmaq men Aaron Francis and Germaine Jr. Breau who have been held in custody since the RCMP raid on October 17th 2013.
Tuscarora Nation declared Heroes
A war memorial commemorating the 200th anniversary of the Tuscarora aiding the citizens of Lewiston, NY during the war of 1812 was erected in one of the town’s public parks last month.
Honouring Dick Hill
When someone who inspired foundational change in the community leaves us, it is very important to take the time to acknowledge such a loss. Such is the case for Six Nations this week as we say goodbye to Dick Hill.
Prominent Canadians Support Neil Young
Not even a full day after Neil Young’s incredibly successful “Honour the Treaties” Tour, which raised more than half a million dollars to help the Athabasca Chipewyan challenge further tar sands encroachment within their traditional homelands, a noted group of Canadian authors, musicians, and climate scientists released a letter of support to the campaign, noting “the time has come for Canada to decide if we want a future where First Nations rights and title are honoured, agreements with other countries to protect the climate are honoured, and our laws are not written by powerful oil companies.”
Ongwehowe talent nominated for Canadian Screen Awards
Six Nations very own Cheri Maracle got some great news this week; the talented actress is nominated by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television (ACCT) for ‘Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program or Series’ for her role as Sarah Bull in the APTN series “Blackstone”.
Pay It Forward 2014
So there’s this kid I know of, well he’s not a kid actually. More of a young man. His name is Ascension. His mama and I were pregnant at the same time and would often wave miserably at each other as we waddled throughout the hot summer of 2001.
Commemorative moccasin vamps on display in Parry Sound
The national exhibit, Walking With Our Sisters, which honours Canada’s missing and murdered indigenous women in a stunning array of over 1700 donated moccasin vamps, will make its Ontario debut this week.
True repentance
A cold autumn morning in my first year of high school, a girl named “Ang” taught me how to smoke. Ang was fourteen, and I thought she had it all; she was pretty, swore like a trucker straight to her parents face, and all the boys liked her. One morning before school she offered me a cigarette.
Artifacts of Residential Schools to be used in national memorial
A national monument commemorating the dark legacy of the Indian Residential School System and its devastating effects on indigenous identity is in the works.