SNPD comes through for Makayla and Jada

SIX NATIONS – The families of two 11-year-old girls stricken with cancer received cheques for $10,000 each from the Six Nations Police Services last week.…

Cayuga bridge construction stopped

CAYUGA – Construction was stopped on the Cayuga Highway #3 bridge replacement last week by order of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy Chiefs Council through the Haudenosaunee…

Haudenosaunee deer harvest taking place in Dundas Valley

HAMILTON – Deer harvesting has been a long-standing tradition of the Haudenosaunee, dating back thousands of years and serving an important role in their way…

“Taff” Douglas says goodbye

SIX NATIONS – Last week Six Nations lost another warrior in the passing of Arnold Douglas, commonly known around the rez as Taff. He died…

Trio charged in highway closure

HALDIMAND –AOn October 4th, 2014, a portion of Highway #6 was shut down for two days for a demonstration intended to draw attention to the…

C-10 given Royal Assent, now “Canadian” law

SIX NATIONS — The second shoe has hit the floor with the passage of Bill C-10 last week in Ottawa. The controversial bill intended to…

Expulsion of Native elder from Edmonton Mall sparks outrage

On October 27 Gary Moostoos, also known as Red Rock and Four-Legged Human, from the Sturgeon Lake Woodland Cree nation in Alberta, captured national media…

Key witness testifies at coroner’s inquest into the 2011 death of Robert Clause

The coroner’s inquest into the March 4, 2011 overdose death of Robert Howard Clause, of Six Nations, commenced Monday, October 27th, 2014 in Brantford at…

Testing on Kearns machine begins  

SIX NATIONS – Is the Kearns disintegrator right for Six Nations? The proof will soon be in the pudding, as they say. Air emissions quality…

Brantford Labour caring and sharing

BRANTFORD – With many residents of Brantford struggling to put food on the table for their families, affiliates of the Brantford and District Labour Council…

Ontario Minister visits Onondaga Longhouse

SIX NATIONS – Armed with marching orders from Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne, Ontario Aboriginal Affairs Minister David Zimmer came to the Onondaga Longhouse at Six…

Residency, identity and the Great Peace

The community of Kahnawake has increasingly been in the news due to a conflict over a 1981 Band Council policy banning couples in mixed marriages…

We don’t wear costumes, we wear regalia

TORONTO – On Saturday, October 25th Tsong De Kwe (Cathy Calfchild) and some friends in Toronto were window shopping leisurely downtown. The group decided to…

Furniture drive for Mishkeegogamang First Nation

MISHKEEGOGAMANG – Mishkeegogamang First Nation is an Ojibwa nation located 500km north of Thunder Bay. Like other northern communities, Mishkeegogamang faces traumatizing poverty, despite billions…

Most faithful allies remembered

SIX NATIONS – Contributions made by Onkwehon:we (Native) men and women to honour the Two Row Wampum and Silver Covenant Chain treaties with Great Britain…