Call for volunteers to help conduct PiT surveys

BRANTFORD — Jen Mt. Pleasant, the Aboriginal engagement co-ordinator at Brantford Native Housing is working with Point-in-Time (PiT) co-ordinator Annalise Clarkson to bring PiT Count…

Tobacco “raids” as announced by the Sûreté du Québec padded with untruths

SIX NATIONS — The Mohawk Council of Kahnawake and Six Nations Police are refuting information released by the Sûreté du Québec (SQ) this morning, claiming…

SNP and OTF standing against language loss

OHSWEKEN — Six Nations Polytechnic (SNP) has been approved for an Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF) SEED Grant worth $70,000. The grant is to help assess…

Appeals Court restores survivors’ rights

SIX NATIONS – Many of those who gave testimony during the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s (TRC) work, where their personal experiences were told and recorded,…

Family of 9 die in house fire; brings attention to northern public health crisis

PIKANGIKUM — A house fire on Pikangikum First Nation has killed six adults and three children. The three bedroom house was reported to be in…

Talking change with AFN National Chief Bellegarde

WATERLOO — The Assembly of First Nations National Chief Perry Bellegarde gave a unifying lecture last week at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo. He presented the…

The Food Bank received a donation from Enbridge Pipelines Inc.

OHSWEKEN — The Food Bank received a donation from Enbridge Pipelines Inc. on March 21 for $1750.00. Sonia Fazari, senior advisor of Aboriginal affairs is…

More indigenous women, victims of abuse by Sûreté du Québec, come forward

More indigenous women are coming forward, saying they were sexually and physically abused at the hands of Sûreté du Québec (SQ) police. The Native Women’s…

Six Nations First Responders avert crisis

SIX NATIONS – One man is lucky to be alive after the SUV he was driving rolled over and hit a sign outside Big Six Gas…

Haudenosaunee men arrested for tobacco; charged with “organized crime”, “fraud”

SIX NATIONS — The Mohawk Council of Kahnawake and Six Nations Police are refuting information released by the Sûreté du Québec (SQ) this morning, claiming…

SNEC does not support methadone clinic

OHSWEKEN – Six Nations Elected Council (SNEC) has decided it will not be supporting the dispensing of methadone and suboxone through Ancestral Voices Healing Centre…

Something stinks in Eagle place

BRANTFORD – The never ending battle continues to remediate more than 120 years of serious pollution, including known carcinogens, from the soil where the former…

Family working together to de-colonize

OHSWEKEN – Amy Bomberry and her children are trying to reverse the effects of colonization in a refreshing way. Together, as a family. Amy is…

Friends and neighbours: Grassroots done right

BRANTFORD – 94 recommendations within the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) is a lot to swallow all at once. Perhaps too much. That’s why Friends…

McClung development galvanizing Six Nations

HALDIMAND – It came as no real surprise when a legal challenge launched on behalf of members of the community by an organization known as…