McMaster Indigenous group hosts cultural exchange

HAMILTON – Reclaiming space and sharing knowledge was the goal of last week’s cultural gathering at McMaster University last Thursday. The gathering, put on by…

Free energy saving tools and appliances for qualifying homeowners

OHSWEKEN – Representatives from First Nations Engineering Services Limited (FNESL) are in the beginning phases of the First Nations Conservation Program and came to elected…

Are you appreciating or misappropriating?

Cultural Appreciation is learning about a culture different than your own with respect and thoughtfulness. It is appreciating what you can learn from a culture…

Barry Hill writes book on the history of the Royal Mohawk chapel

OHSWEKEN – Barry Hill’s book St. Paul’s H.M. Royal Chapel of the Mohawk is finally completed and ready to be sold and used as an…

MCA ambulance receives Advanced Life Support certification

The Mohawk Council of Akwesasne announced that the Akwesasne Mohawk Ambulance (AMA) is now certified and equipped for Advanced Life Support (ALS) calls. Prior to…

Fatality on Mississauga Road

NEW CREDIT — On Sunday morning, October 2, 2016, at approximately 4:30 a.m., the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Haldimand County Detachment responded after a body was located near…

Puffball in nana’s kitchen

The white volleyball look-a-like plant, known as “puffball” has been making it’s move from the earthy outside to the warm kitchens of Six Nations homes…

Six Nations Pride a success

SIX NATIONS – After a cancellation due to threat of thunder storms, the Six Nations Pride 2016 was held indoors this year at the Six…

Six Nations Colour Run rallies support

SIX NATIONS – Dubbed the largest Moment 4 Life event of the year, the Annual Six Nations Colour Run made it through with a great…

In search of the “Welsh Indians”

In the opening prologue of the first installment of the mega movie trilogy, The Lord of the Rings entitled: The Fellowship of the Rings, there…

1,200 archaeologists stand with Standing Rock

STANDING ROCK – This past week, Fox News reported that 1,200 licenced archaeologist have joined the chorus of voices speaking out against the Dakota Access…

Pros and cons of biosolids as fertilizer

SIX NATIONS – The list of genuine concerns regarding the application of human waste as fertilizer are many, but the industry continues to thrive in…

Theatre group seeks partnership with Six Nations

OHSWEKEN – Brant Theatre Workshops, a training and performing arts centre for actors in Brantford, is seeking a partnership, including practise space, with Six Nations…

20 years since Friel forded the grand

BRANTFORD/SIX NATIONS – In Nov. 1997, an agreement was reached after weeks of negotiations and peaceful protest surrounding Brantford’s perceived need to cross the Grand…

Bus driver fired and removed from Six Nations

“It just breaks my heart thinking of some little four-year-old trying to defend themselves against this guy” SIX NATIONS – Kawenni:io/Gaweniyo Elementary Students were allegedly…