Honorariums, McClung project discussed at Confederacy Council

OHSWEKEN – With the Wampum laid at 10:40 a.m., the Haudenosaunee Confederacy Chiefs Council (HCCC) officially started. On Saturday, Chief Allan McNaughton told the other…

Sodexo supplies shelter with donations

OHSWEKEN – Sometimes all it takes is a small team with big hearts to start a chain of reactions that can make a difference within…

Local woman fundraising for Miss Indian World

OHSWEKEN — Chezney Martin wants three things. To be a role model for girls across North America, to highlight her community’s great triumphs and to be…

Mac students lead health conference

HAMILTON – Did you know that Indigenous people are Canada’s fastest growing population? Also, did you know that only one quarter of the First Nations…

Men’s Fire injunction appeal not stopped by Confederacy

SIX NATIONS ‑ The Men’s Fire have received the go ahead to keep on the path they have begun, which is to find a way…

Mohawk elder invited to sit with Trudeau

OTTAWA – Six Nations Mohawk elder Janice Longboat was stunned but honoured when asked by a Trudeau aid if she would sit with Prime Minister…

Men’s Fire ready to take on McClung Development

HALDIMAND ‑ As reported earlier, the Men’s Fire of Six Nations has taken up the torch to defend what they believe to be unceded and…

Bail denied in Kent Owen Hill retrial

BRANTFORD ‑ Kent Owen Squire-Hill of Six Nations, has been denied bail as he awaits a new trial in connection with the death of his…

Local volunteer Alex Martin builds essential skills at Six Nations Community Food Bank

OHSWEKEN – If you ask people what their dream job is, you may be hard-pressed to find someone as excited about working in a grocery…

Suicide prevention discussed at Rekindling Our Fires dinner

OHSWEKEN – Laurie A. Hill says that suicide is a desperate act by someone in great pain who feels they have no other options –…

Who represents me, asks Mohawk man

BRANTFORD – A member of the Kanienkehaka (Mohawk Nation), living within the city of Brantford has begun a neighbourhood association. On its agenda is clearing…

Child welfare group seeks to heal families

OHSWEKEN — O Gwadeni:deo is committed to help the community re-establish its role of protecting their own children. “We want to find alternative ways within…

GREAT gives back to community with food bank donation

Staff from the Grand River Employment and Training agency (GREAT) raised and gave almost $1 800 to the Six Nations Community Food Bank. On Tuesday,…

Men’s Fire seek injunction on McClung development

SIX NATIONS – Tired of waiting for the Elected Council or the Haudenosaunee Development Institute (HDI) to do anything more than send letters expressing their…

OI Leasing Group employees on the hook for thousands

EAGLES NEST/BRANTFORD ‑ Court efforts to protect tax exemption for status Indians working for the OI Group (Native Leasing Services and OI Employee Leasing Inc.)…