Justice for Shen

Shenny Smith has dreams of playing professional hockey someday and his dreams may not be that far out of reach – Shenny comes from an…

Easements

Easement is a word. It is a legal term that means a right to cross or otherwise use someone else’s land for a specified purpose.…

Land of the free — home of the brave

It is hard to sit back and passively take in the limited information we, the public, are being provided about the events unfolding at Standing…

Dear full-blooded Canadians

If you have any native friends on social media then you are aware of #NODAPL and the anti-oil stance of indigenous people. For all others,…

The Beautiful Americas

There are many different types of Americas. North America, South America, Trump’s America, but largely forgotten is the original Americas, which some call Turtle Island…

The sun still shines

A nation consisting of 16 wolves and 14 sheep are taking a vote to see if they will be eating blades of grass or lamb…

Make Six Nations Grand Again

OK — this is pretty complicated subject matter. We as indigenous people have no obligation to be coherent to our guest nations but, let’s take…

Indigenous humour lost in translation

Anthropology is one of the most boring words in the world but simply put, it means the study of human beings and their ancestors. Indigenous…

It feels good to be known

Editorial by Jonathan Garlow Irene Martinez is only 13 years old, but this Toronto middle school student reads these three powerful announcements each morning before…

Indian corporations

As indigenous nations we do not pay Canadian tax because our more than 500 nations have already paid taxes to the Queen in our own…

What are your pipelines made out of?

Editorial by Chezney Martin Peru faced three oil spills in one month this year, Nigeria experienced an oil leak that went into local creeks after…

Wampum to follow

An Editorial by Jonathan Garlow In centuries and millennium past, our people developed a system of honour and an international agreement of the sacred. It…

Can Six Nations extend a righteous hand to stop oil pipelines?

An Editorial by Jonathan and Nahnda Garlow In Kahonwe worldview we say the human race has been put in place to protect the earth and…

Sports: a benign form of warfare

Editorial by Jim Windle The thrill of victory and agony of defeat brings out both the best and the worst in people, be they players,…

Black Snake

Thousands of indigenous people and settler allies from across Turtle Island have gathered together within the Standing Rock Sioux reservation in North Dakota to stop…