In our area – two girls, both 11, were diagnosed with leukaemia in 2014. Makayla Sault was diagnosed in January 2014 with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia…
Trappers seek to stop mineral exploration SASKATCHEWAN – A group of First Nation trappers calling themselves the Northern Trappers Alliance has been camping alongside Highway…
Recently there was a murder in Oneida Territory. A man was shot dead by a masked intruder in his home. Nobody has been arrested. Police…
Like many other families on the rez, a lot of my relatives live on a family plot that has been with us for generations. Ours…
I’ve led a very tumultuous life of drugs, violence death, and abuse. Some inflicted upon me, and worse, times when I’ve unilaterally inflicted it upon…
Human Rights Watch report discovers culture of abuse inside RCMP TORONTO – Human Rights Watch has published a report blasting the RCMP not only for…
I knew this man last year. The inmates called him “Chief” which is a common name for aboriginal inmates. In the shady paranoid world of…
Breast cancer was never on my radar. It was never even a consideration. In fact out of everyone that was in my circle of friends…
Crazy Indian Brotherhood helps the homeless WINNIPEG – A Winnipeg support network for young men with troubled pasts called the Crazy Indian Brotherhood spent Tuesday,…
Although I am born and raised a Six Nations rez girl, my matrilineal ancestry is not Haudenosaune but British. My parents settled onto Six Nations…
Mohawk man asks Mrs. Flaherty to vacate ‘illegally’ occupied land Thahoketoteh, from the Mohawk Nation, wrote a letter to Mrs. Flaherty on Dec. 19 asking…
There are many people who abstain from federal politics on our territory. This position of abstinence is rooted in the atrocious act of the way…
US allows marijuana sales on reserves WASHINGTON, D.C. – The US Justice Department announced on Dec. 11 that it will advise all state attorneys to…
I had a really great visit with a woman from my community earlier this month. She told me that she doesn’t do Christmas. “What?!” I…
It was a cold and peaceful morning. My alarm went off and gently beckoned me, ‘Rise and shine sweetheart! It’s 7am! Time to get up,…