Jim Thorpe – greatest athlete of all-time

It would be an injustice in this space not to turn attention towards not only the finest Indigenous baseball player ever to play the game,…

1862 – Six Nations refuses municipal governance

SIX NATIONS — Many today think the constitutional battle to recognize the sovereignty of the Six Nations Confederacy government versus the municipal style of governance…

When Canada was a Republic

By general standards, Canada is still a very young country, not having its own Charter or Rights and Freedoms and Canadian Constitution until 1982 with…

Collusion against Six Nations in 1923

SIX NATIONS — In 1923, Cayuga Chief Deskaheh was the official delegate representing Six Nations of the Grand River Territory, and he was creating an…

December 1922: the first raid on Six Nations

SIX NATIONS – Anyone who has any knowledge of the political history of Six Nations will have heard when the RCMP invaded Six Nations and…

Indian massacre in 1574 still a mystery

By Jim Windle / Tuscarora Chief Elias Johnson There is a story recorded in Elias Johnson’s book ‘IROQUOIS, OR SIX NATIONS, AND HISTORY OF The…

Mohawk fingerprints on Bell’s telephone

TUTELA HEIGHTS – It would easy to know whose voice was transmitted in first recorded telephone call between Tutela Heights and Brantford’s downtown telegraph office,…

Religious cult targeted Brant County in 1700s

Around 1793, a petition for land was filed by Abraham Dayton, and his wife. The piece of land was to meet certain specific qualities. Dayton…

CORONA-19 versus the 1918 Spanish Flu

It was more than 100 years ago, but looking back at the last major pandemic to encircle the globe in light of the current CORONA-19…

“Indian” Warriors of Vimy Ridge

By Jim Windle / w notes, photos and excerpts COURTESY OF authors JOHN MOSES and TIMOTHY WINEGARD AND OTHERS FRANCE — Canada will soon celebrate…

The internal battle of Six Nations still exists

OHSWEKEN — In the Confederacy Council minutes of 1879, Chief George Buck made his feelings known to his fellow Chiefs regarding the internal bickering amongst…

Six Nations voting history: Chiefs held first referendum in 1881

SIX NATIONS — The issue of voting on maters of importance to Six Nations has been a troublesome issue since long before the RCMP raids…

The history of Six Nations refusing a municipal government

SIX NATIONS — Some people today believe the constitutional battle at Six Nations between a hereditary Confederacy government versus a municipal style of governance which…

HISTORY: Letter from Grand River Indian Agent wants a bigger Mohawk Institute

Letter sent to the Superintendent General of Indian Affairs in 1876. It’s a report by the Grand River Indian Agent, what at that time was…

Teosinte: modern corn’s ancient ancestor

MEXICO —  One of the most evolved vegetables in the world is what we now call corn. The roots of corn lay deep within the…