For indigenous people, the only thing worse than being called immigrants by the Governor General is supposed friends on Facebook agreeing with him. “We’re a country based on immigration, going
For indigenous people, the only thing worse than being called immigrants by the Governor General is supposed friends on Facebook agreeing with him. “We’re a country based on immigration, going
The Haudenosaunee have never had a government, anyone who tells you so does not understand what the word “govern” means and how our society truly operated before colonization began
We asked young adult readers about their opinions on the Burtch land controversy and a lot of them told us they did not know what or where Burtch even is
Canadians are probably tired of hearing about the horror of residential schools and are getting uncomfortable. Everytime you turn on the news now there are increasingly worse stories about the
Starting right now, whenever you see a goose call it a Mohawk Goose, or maybe a Cayuga Goose — anything but a Canadian Goose. These geese are much older than
Anyone who has spent a decent amount of time on Six Nations has been bit by a wood tick. It’s inevitable. The wood ticks live in the long grass and
When you receive a threatening letter from a lawyer it will usually read, “govern yourself accordingly” at the end as a tidbit of sobering advice. In the end that’s who
Crown Land is a 17th Century concept whereby certain lands and all derived from it are claimed to be subject to the ownership, jurisdiction and will of the British Monarch.
If you happen to be an indigenous woman or girl in Canada, for no fault of your own, you are six times more likely than a regular Canadian to be
There was a time more than 10 years ago when grassroots activists of Six Nations decided to take back what was rightfully ours. It caused a commotion and some people
There have been two major car accidents in the last week with a number of fatalities and serious injuries. Sunday night a little girl was airlifted to McMaster hospital to
When we were children our imagination about the future was limitless — that’s what made us so precious. Today that innocence embodies our own dreams that we once had for
If you’ve been paying attention to the news on Six Nations lately it’s apparent that people are dying. Drug overdoses, car accidents, homicides, we’ve seen it all. It’s easy to
Looks like the warlords of the U.S. are flexing their muscles down at Standing Rock again. It seems like they are forgetting what happened to General George Armstrong Custer at
When I first learned about Orenda, it was when I was taught about traditional lacrosse sticks. I was told that a woman’s power and the Orenda in a traditional lacrosse