Six Nations man named candidate for People’s Party of Canada
BRANTFORD — The Brantford-Brant People’s Party of Canada has named a Six Nations man as candidate for the riding in the upcoming election. Cole Squire…
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National Gallery of Canada offers free admission to Indigenous Peoples
OTTAWA — The National Gallery of Canada announced Monday that admission will be free for Indigenous Peoples when it reopens this week for the first…
Former Shingwauk Residential School declared National Historic Site
OTTAWA — Minister of Environment and Climate Change and Minister responsible for Parks Canada, Jonathan Wilkinson, announced the designation of the Former Shingwauk (Pronounced: Zhing-waak)…
Walleye or Pickerel, the great debate
National Go Fishing Day was June 18, a great day to find a stream, a lake or pond, bait your hook, cast your line and catch a…
Decolonizing one word at a time, CBC’s new Indigenous podcast
CBC launched “Telling Our Twisted Histories” in May. An 11-episode podcast series that reclaims Indigenous history by exploring 11 words whose meanings have been twisted…
Arsonist targets church
OHSWEKEN — On Monday, July 5th, 2021, at approximately 2:08 AM, the Six Nations Police responded to a structure fire at the Johnsfield Baptist Church…
Elected Chief will not resign from office after “unprovoked and unfounded attacks” by publisher Chief says he was victim to a targeted attack on his identity in ‘catfishing’ scheme
OHSWEKEN — Six Nations Elected Chief Mark Hill says he will not be resigning from his position and sent out a scathing rebuke to Turtle…
Housing development cancelled at Land Back Lane as one-year anniversary draws near
As the one-year anniversary of the land reclamation known as Land Back Lane in Caledonia approaches, Six Nations people and allies are celebrating a victory:…
Housing development cancelled at Land Back Lane as one-year anniversary draws near
As the one-year anniversary of the land reclamation known as Land Back Lane in Caledonia approaches, Six Nations people and allies are celebrating a victory:…
Historic unity march in Brantford honours residential school survivors
The streets of Brantford were a sea of orange on July 1, as thousands of Six Nations people and allies marched in honour of the…
Seven new suspects arrested in Brantford murder
BRANTFORD — The murders of Coby “Kareem” Carter, 22 of Hamilton, Dorothy Lynn Vanevery, 62 of Brantford and Larry Reynolds, 64 now have seven new…
White corn as sustenance and cultural reclamation
The Haudenosaunee were some of the most advanced First Nations in their agricultural techniques and practices. So it is appropriate there is corn named in…
Telling the story of New York’s Indigenous ironworkers through animated film
By: Sara Laux Allan Downey is an associate professor in the Department of History and the Indigenous Studies program. A citizen of the Dakelh Nation (Nak’azdli…
Carey Price’s wife, Angela, helps to raise over $50,000 for First Nation Education Council
In light of the horrific revelations regarding Indigenous children, many decided to spend Canada Day differently this year. Given that it should be a period…
Six Nations Elected Chief condemns newspaper for alleging he posted nude images to social media
OHSWEKEN — Six Nations Elected Chief Mark Hill sent out a scathing rebuke to Turtle Island News publisher Lynda Powless over the weekend, demanding an…