Indigenous baby dies in care of Manitoba foster family: mother
WINNIPEG — A Manitoba mother says the death of her four-month old while in the custody of foster parents shows a system set up to…
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Liberals add $4.5B for Indigenous services as reconciliation effort continues
OTTAWA — The federal Liberal government plans to spend $4.5 billion over the next five years to try to narrow the socio-economic gap between Indigenous…
Native Americans say movement to end ‘redface’ is slow
FLAGSTAFF, AZ — John Little can hardly go a week without a reminder that he and other Native Americans often are viewed as relics of…
Native American child welfare law faces biggest challenge
FLAGSTAFF, AZ — A federal law that gives preference to Native American families in foster care and adoption proceedings involving Native children is facing a…
Former JC Hill Elementary teacher dies in Ethiopian Airline crash
BRANTFORD — Grand Erie District School Board says Dawn Tanner, Department Head for Special Education at Hagersville Secondary School was one of 18 Canadians who…
Three Six Nations residents charged in triple homicide investigation
SIX NATIONS — Two men and one woman from Six Nations have been arrested in the deaths of 37-year-old Melissa Miller, 33-year-old Alan Porter, and…
Legalities cause Trust to clawback funds from language school
OHSWEKEN — Just over $118,000 in funds allocated by the Six Nations of the Grand River’s Economic Development Trust for a Six Nations language school…
‘Anne with an E’ finds cast for Indigenous storyline for season 3
TORONTO — The Canadian coming-of-age series “Anne with an E'' has found its cast for an Indigenous storyline that will unfold in the upcoming third…
Six Nations Victims’ Families Relieved by Arrests and Asking for Privacy
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 8, 2019 Ohsweken, ON – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and the Six Nations Police announced today the arrests of persons…
Two men in Brantford court facing murder charges ahead of OPP update on triple homicide
OPP say they have new information to share in the triple homicide investigation in to the deaths of Melissa Miller, Alan Porter and Micheal Jamieson.…
Saskatchewan First Nation files claim in court over cannabis dispensary
REGINA — A First Nation operating a cannabis dispensary without a provincial permit has laid the groundwork for taking the federal and Saskatchewan governments to…
Liberals table ‘historic’ Indigenous child welfare bill
OTTAWA — The Trudeau government has tabled its promised child welfare legislation aimed at stopping the over-representation of Indigenous children in foster care. The bill…
B.C. First Nation near pipeline explosion files lawsuit against Enbridge
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. — A British Columbia First Nation near the explosion of a natural gas transmission pipeline owned by Enbridge has filed a lawsuit…
New homes, new neighbourhood at Six Nations
OHSWEKEN — Six Nations Elected Council celebrated the completion of 5 townhouse units in a new residential area just off Fourth Line in Ohsweken. The…
Elected Council declares Human Trafficking Awareness Day for Six Nations
OHSWEKEN — Six Nations Elected Council took steps to declare February 22, 2019 as National Human Trafficking Awareness Day at Six Nations of the Grand…