Northern fire fighters celebrated at graduation

SIX NATIONS – In partnership with the Ontario Native Fire Fighter Society and Indigenous Northern Affairs Canada, the Six Nations Fire and Emergency Services Department…

Improve the survival of the trees planted this spring

Here are a few tips to give the trees you plant this spring the best chance of survival. Every year the landowners of the Grand…

$225,000 OTF grant supports the expansion of a major event

LONDON – Carolinian Canada Coalition hosted the event, Go Wild Grow Wild. The biggest biodiversity expo in southern Ontario, now in its third year, was held…

“Indian” Warriors of Vimy Ridge

FRANCE – Last week Canada celebrated the victory and honoured brave Canadians who fought and died taking Vimy Ridge in France during the First World…

Where does the Easter Bunny come from?

SIX NATIONS – Easter is a Christian holiday that acknowledges the death and the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Oddly enough—the Bible makes no mention of…

Algonquin Grandmothers file challenge over land development and title rights

PIKWAKANAGAN – A group of Algonquin Elders (Grandmothers of Pikwakanagan), filed an action on March 2, 2017 in the Superior Court of Ontario challenging the…

NAIG preps underway at Six Nations

SIX NATIONS – The North American Indigenous Games (NAIG) are coming soon and there is a lot yet to do. NAIG Chief Executive Officer Marcia…

Sen. Lynn Beyak says ‘silent majority’ supports her on residential schools

OTTAWA — Conservative Sen. Lynn Beyak says her party’s decision to sanction her for comments about Canada’s residential school history amounts to a threat to…

Settlement reached in class action over alleged abuse at school for the blind

TORONTO — A class-action lawsuit involving allegations of physical, emotional and sexual abuse at an Ontario boarding school for the blind has been settled out…

Confederacy Chiefs unknowingly made shareholders in Canadian corporation

SIX NATIONS – A leave for a class-action lawsuit filed against the Haudenosaunee Development Institute (HDI) by William Monture and Wilfred Davey is back in…

Logan Staats nominated for three IMAs

SIX NATIONS – Goodbye Goldia by Logan Staats has received three award nominations at the Indigenous Music Awards in Winnipeg, M.B. The already award-winning album…

Fifteen Dogs winner of Canada Reads 2017

The winner of this year’s Canada Reads “battle of the books” competition goes to writer and rapper, Humble the Poet, for his efforts defending the…

Donations instead of presents

OHSWEKEN – Two five-year-old twins decided to donate non-perishable food items to the Six Nations Community Food Bank this year instead of asking for birthday…

Ganohkwasra hosts family violence training

OHSWEKEN – As many know, “Ganohkwasra” (ga-noh-qua-shra) translates to “love among us”. On Tuesday, April 4 within the Healing Centre of the Ganohkwasra facility, began…

Five ways to garden with climate change

GRAND RIVER – Gardeners know first-hand that the weather has always been unpredictable, but the new normal under climate change has shown increased temperatures and…