Remembering Our Loved Ones Dinner held to comfort grieved community members
OHSWEKEN – Brightening the Spirit, Breaking the Silence Suicide Awareness Group held their Second Annual Remembering Our Loved Ones Dinner on Monday, December 21 within…
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Six Nations Police donation to Christmas Baskets
OHSWEKEN – Constable Terry O’Hallaran, Acting Sergeant Richard Martin, CSO Constable Janna Miller and Chief of Police Glenn Lickers are seen here helping out at…
Hundreds show up for Jamieson toy bingo
OHSWEKEN – Following six other Six Nations elementary schools, Jamieson Elementary School held their year-end toy bingo at the Six Nations Bingo Hall on Saturday,…
Federal government ends compliance measures outlined in First Nations Financial Transparency Act
OTTAWA – Minister of Indigenous and Northern Affairs Carolyn Bennett has announced that the federal government is putting a stop to controversial compliance measures laid…
Onkwehonwe Week in Review: Week of December 23 2015
First Nations 10 times more likely to die in house fires According to a report from 2011, First Nations are 10 times more likely to…
OPP release report on murdered and missing indigenous people
A report from the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) states that progress is being made on solving the numerous cases of murdered and missing indigenous people…
Fifth case of raccoon rabies confirmed in Ontario: here’s how to recognize the disease
CAYUGA – Rabies began to make headlines for the first time in almost a decade last week after an infected raccoon was found in Cayuga…
Dreamcatcher Charitable Foundation gives back to community with free public skate
OHSWEKEN – The sounds of laughter, chatter and skates on ice filled the Gaylord Powless Arena on Saturday, when the Dreamcatcher Charitable Foundation hosted a…
Grand River Insurance Brokers donate to food bank
Submitted content OHSWEKEN – Grand River Insurance Brokers is happy to announce that in partnership with the Six Nations Police Service, a donation of $5,000.00…
Historic voter turnout at New Credit election
NEW CREDIT — R. Stacey LaForme is New Credit’s chief, having won 322 of the 504 votes for chief at the election on December 12.…
Local hunter warns community of deer thieves
OHSWEKEN — “If it was a family that was in poverty and needed meat, we would have given them a deer,” said Ron Thomas Jr.,…
Making memories at New Directions caroling event
OHSWEKEN — On Thursday December 10, community members and families gathered within the New Directions parking lot to ride a choice of two horse-drawn carriages…
Permit to dump unknown materials on Johnson land not approved at council
SIX NATIONS — The temperature in council chambers likely increased by a few degrees last night when Men’s Fire challenged Earl Johnson’s request for a…
Families meet with government officials as first phase of MMIW inquiry begins
OTTAWA – Family members of missing and murdered indigenous women and girls met with government officials early Friday morning at an Ottawa hotel to begin…
Truth and Reconciliation Commission releases final report
OTTAWA – It weighs 11 kilograms, consists of seven volumes and 3,766 pages, but the true weight of the final Truth and Reconciliation Commission report…