National Immunization Awareness Week declared on Six Nations

Chief Ava Hill signed a proclamation at Six Nations Elected Council offices this week officially acknowledging April 25 – May 2, 2015 as National Immunization…

Indigenous people unite in fight against Chevron

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Indigenous peoples from the North, Central and South American parts of the continent converged in Washington D.C. on Apr. 21 to demand…

Earth Day Celebrated at Tyendinaga

Last Saturday the Environmental department hosted the Annual “Earth Day Celebration” in Tyendinaga. Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte (MBQ) Environmental Technical & Good Minds…

Search continues for two young men lost

Tyendinaga community members have been holding their breath since early Sunday morning when two young men went missing during an early morning fishing trip. Sometime…

Joint Submission seeks clarification on “Aboriginal right” to use indigenous medicine

BRANTFORD – A joint submission was heard in a Brantford courtroom Friday, seeking clarification on Justice Gethin Edwards ruling which declared utilizing Ongwehonwe Onongwatri:yo (indigenous…

Peacemaker’s Journey beautifully modeled at Everything Cornhusk

In October 2014, Elizabeth Doxtator, better known as Bets, opened Everything Cornhusk in the plaza right in the centre of Ohsweken. “We’re so tiny many…

New Delaware Nation nature trail wins conservation award

MORAVIANTOWN – The Delaware Nation’s new 1.8 km-long nature trail in Moraviantown, called the Weelateéxung Nature Trail, has been selected as a 2015 Carolinian Canada…

Environmental Expo includes Indigenous knowledge

Anishinaabe knowledge keeper and Our Wisdom Tree Project leader Andrew Judge and Wild Craft Permaculture founder Jessica Robertson were at the first ever Go Wild,…

Province seeking to restore bee population under new changes to Pesticide Act

Coffee, strawberries, cocoa and popular types of cooking oil – these are just a few items from the massive list of goods that we enjoy…

California is running out of water

After years of subtle and not so subtle warnings by scientists and environmental activists, the water situation in California has hit a state of crisis,…

Remembering the Pledge of the Crown

The City of Hamilton and Six Nations community members are joining to commemorate the end of the War of 1812. Representatives from various Native Nations…

Six Nations Youth Council gathers to empower each other

OHSWEKEN – Approximately 30 youth from the territory gathered at Six Nations Polytechnic this weekend for the 2015 Six Nations Youth Gathering. Youth aged 13-24…

Local teacher Summer John competing for Miss Indian World

This week Six Nations elementary school teacher Summer John is travelling to Albuquerque, New Mexico as one of 22 participants in the Miss Indian World…

35 years of service honoured

SIX NATIONS – Six Nations’ Volunteer Firefighter Howard VanEvery was honoured Monday at a lunch hour gathering at the temporary Fire Station at Public Works…

House fire on Tyendinaga

On April 4th, Mary and Ron Maracle’s house was destroyed in a fire – a week after Cheryl and Mice Maracle’s home suffered the same…