Ontario’s scary proposal to streamline environmental permissions must be stopped

  Ontario’s proposal to “streamline” environmental permissions is a thinly veiled attempt to further privatize and/or abolish what should be public services.   Citizens are…

Wildfire preparedness and response must include planning for unhoused people and other vulnerable populations

By Holly Mathias, PhD student, School of Public Health, University of Alberta and Ashleigh Rushton, Postdoctoral Fellow, Health Sciences, University of The Fraser Valley The…

The very cool and true connection between Six Nations and the Coronation Chair

Millions of people around the world tuned in to virtually attend the crowning of King Charles on Saturday morning. The event was filled with the…

Six Nations based HCCC/HDI are not the government of the Haudenosaunee

Across Ontario, Quebec and the United States there are a total of 15 communities occupied by the Mohawk, Oneida, Seneca, Cayuga, Onondaga and Tuscarora people…

OPINION: Thousands of individual tragedies being remembered on Truth and Reconciliation Day

By Robert Jago In my family, the older aunts and uncles tell a story about “the oven baby”. “That was Maryanne” my aunt June tells…

Where did the Canadian society come from?

Who does Canada really think it is, no, really, I would like to know. Who are they, and where did they come from. After the…

Chiefswood Park under new management

SIX NATIONS – Six Nations of the Grand River Development Corporation (SNGRDC) in agreement with Six Nations Elected Council (SNEC) will be assuming management of…

Boyden: an imposter under Native Law

According to the customs of the Mohawk Nation, the author Joseph Boyden is a fraud, an impostor, an imposition and an impediment. One who has…

Supporting a Six Nations Alcohol Law

It was good to see the number of people who came out to cast their ballot at the Advanced Poll for the Alcohol Referendum on…

Referendum – to participate or no?

Participation in the referendum on January 10, 2015 at Six Nations Polytechnic accepts the Band Council’s authority to govern over the moral and ethical affairs,…

Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women

In Canada, it would not be unreasonable to say that an Aboriginal woman’s life is not as valued as a non-aboriginal woman’s life. It would…

Confrontation brewing over First Nations Financial Transparency Act

On October 27, Thunderchild First Nation in Saskatchewan received a threatening letter from Aboriginal Affairs. It warns of serious consequences if actions are not taken…

Canada’s wrongful conviction

As I reflect on the passing of Rubin “Hurricane” Carter, I recall information shared with me by one Vern Harper. Vern is my only source…

There are other ways

Indigenous economics supported by the Canadian power elite is the large-scale sale of natural resources and the re-sale of petroleum and tobacco products produced by…

WE ARE THE SOVEREIGN

MNN. June 5, 2014. We have a law. The Great Peace, which is the true direction. We should have no fear from anybody to use…