Mohawk Chief Smoke Johnson “Sa-kay-en-qu-doh” was one of the most famous, and even infamous, of the Confederacy Chiefs of the late 1700th and early 1800th…
November of 1924 marks a date which all Six Nations and allied nations need to remember as when Canada, with the support of Britain, assumed…
The Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation have moved around a lot throughout Ontario over the centuries. And learning about their journey from the Credit…
SIX NATIONS — Looking back at the history of residency on the Six Nations territory is complicated. It’s a common misconception that only Indigenous people,…
Death, economic ruin and depopulation during the Sullivan-Clinton genocide against the Haudenosaunee
The Sullivan-Clinton Campaign against the Six Nations Iroquois Confederacy in 1779 was a devastating genocidal attack against the Haudenosaunee people — the ends of which…
By Jackson Pind Eleven years. That’s how long it took the federal government to agree with 325 First Nations over the collective loss of language…
On the local Six Nations political battlefield there is a hundred years long war that is still waging: elected leadership vs hereditary leadership. Some see…
Treaties Recognition Week: Haldimand Proclamation granted new homeland for pro-loyalist war losses The Haldimand Proclamation was not made for all Haudenosaunee. It was the decree…
THE STORY Although the Iroquois nations had officially declared neutrality during the Seven Years War between Britain, France and Spain — and the war concluded…
OTTAWA — On November 27th, 1920, the Commissioner of Indian Affairs received a field report from traveling Doctor, F.A. Corbett in which several serious health…
OHSWEKEN — It’s a romance story for the ages, the kind that makes your hairs stand on end — two people from different worlds —…
BRANTFORD – A memorandum dated March 26th, 1918, and addressed to Minister of Indian Affairs, Duncan Campbell Scott informs of a lawsuit filed by two…
MOHAWK VILLAGE, SIX NATIONS – It seems the abuse of indigenous children at the infamous Indian residential schools knew no bounds at all. This time,…
OTTAWA – At the advent of WW1, there were many Six Nations young men who signed up for service in the Canadian Military which made…
SIX NATIONS — Imagine poking around the internet and discovering you are a direct descendent of the founder of one of North America’s first Native…