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…
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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…
Mohawk Council of Kahnawake being sued for evictions of non-native residents
The Mohawk Council of Kahnawake announced on Friday that it was served with a lawsuit regarding on-going and pending mass evictions from the territory of non-native residents.
1500 year old artifacts unearthed in Brantford
A significant amount of archaeological materials were unearthed at the site of the new Laurier-YMCA project on Colborne Street in Brantford. According to a press…
Dress for the cause comes to Six Nations
SIX NATIONS – Last Friday in Chiefswood Park at Six Nations firefighters and Elected Band Council members, along with their family and friends gathered at…
THREE PEOPLE FACING STOLEN VEHICLE CHARGES
BRANT — At approximately 6:40 a.m. October 21st, 2014, officers attended the residence on Baptist Church Road and found the vehicle to be stolen. The…