Men’s Fire injunction appeal not stopped by Confederacy
SIX NATIONS ‑ The Men’s Fire have received the go ahead to keep on the path they have begun, which is to find a way…
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Mohawk elder invited to sit with Trudeau
OTTAWA – Six Nations Mohawk elder Janice Longboat was stunned but honoured when asked by a Trudeau aid if she would sit with Prime Minister…
Men’s Fire ready to take on McClung Development
HALDIMAND ‑ As reported earlier, the Men’s Fire of Six Nations has taken up the torch to defend what they believe to be unceded and…
Bail denied in Kent Owen Hill retrial
BRANTFORD ‑ Kent Owen Squire-Hill of Six Nations, has been denied bail as he awaits a new trial in connection with the death of his…
Government launches survey seeking input on MMIW inquiry
OTTAWA – The public will now have a say in how the Liberal government will design the inquiry into the missing and murdered Indigenous women…
National MMIW inquiry begins
THUNDER BAY ‑ After years of wrangling with an unsympathetic government, newly elected Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has officially begun the promised National Inquiry into…
Roman sword found at Oak Island
NOVA SCOTIA ‑ A Roman shipwreck dating 1000 years before Columbus, was found just off of Oak Island in Nova Scotia recently, which could change…
Local volunteer Alex Martin builds essential skills at Six Nations Community Food Bank
OHSWEKEN – If you ask people what their dream job is, you may be hard-pressed to find someone as excited about working in a grocery…
Suicide prevention discussed at Rekindling Our Fires dinner
OHSWEKEN – Laurie A. Hill says that suicide is a desperate act by someone in great pain who feels they have no other options –…
Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business Names Award Recipients
TORONTO – When Whitecap Dakota First Nation Chief Darcy Bear was elected in 1991, his community was facing many hurdles, including a major financial debt and a 70 per…
Who represents me, asks Mohawk man
BRANTFORD – A member of the Kanienkehaka (Mohawk Nation), living within the city of Brantford has begun a neighbourhood association. On its agenda is clearing…
Child welfare group seeks to heal families
OHSWEKEN — O Gwadeni:deo is committed to help the community re-establish its role of protecting their own children. “We want to find alternative ways within…
GREAT gives back to community with food bank donation
Staff from the Grand River Employment and Training agency (GREAT) raised and gave almost $1 800 to the Six Nations Community Food Bank. On Tuesday,…
Men’s Fire seek injunction on McClung development
SIX NATIONS – Tired of waiting for the Elected Council or the Haudenosaunee Development Institute (HDI) to do anything more than send letters expressing their…
OI Leasing Group employees on the hook for thousands
EAGLES NEST/BRANTFORD ‑ Court efforts to protect tax exemption for status Indians working for the OI Group (Native Leasing Services and OI Employee Leasing Inc.)…