Tyendinaga gets a new Administration Office

TYENDINAGA – The Tyendinaga Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte administration office is expected to move into a new building at the end of June.…

Cordillera Day commemorates Indigenous Peoples’ Struggle in the Philippines

TORONTO – Cordillera Day, an annual commemoration of the Indigenous peoples’ struggle in the Cordillera region in the northern Philippines, was celebrated in Toronto. Amidst…

Coalition to Stop Bill C-10 marches forward

On Sunday April 27, 2014 the Coalition to Stop Bill C-10 held a successful meeting with some 40 people from about a dozen different organizations…

Houses on Manitoba reserve moved off land and sold

After the federal government paid nearly $2 million to destroy homes on a condemned, flood-ravaged Manitoba First Nations reserve slated for demolition, dozens of buildings…

Following the vision and journey of Taylor David

On March 28 Taylor David began his journey from Victoria, British Columbia that will end on June 21 in Ottawa. David states that “this walk…

Lobby group calls on Ontario to not raise taxes on Tobacco

The Ontario Convenience Store Association has delivered 20,000 postcards signed by voters to Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne urging her not increase taxes on tobacco. An…

Study reveals shocking premature death rates

A recent study Walking in their shoes published by Anishnawbe Health Toronto finds that the average age of death for users of four “Aboriginal” health…

Onondaga Nation files human rights violation in Washington DC

In the Great Law as told by Jake Thomas, there would be a time that a strong wind would come in and threaten to blow…

Glebe lands and the BSAR

The City of Brantford is sniffing around the Glebe Farm lands again for the completion of the decades old Brantford Southern Access Route (BSAR), which…

Elected Council to learn Mohawk

OHSWEKEN – Spectators were in for a surprise at the opening of a Committee of the Whole meeting at Elected Council last week when three…

Six Nations may get Elder & Youth Centre

After years of community members pressuring its leaders to build a youth centre, that dream is one step closer to becoming reality. Representatives from K.L.…

Elected Chief visits NDP leader on Bill C-10

Six Nations Elected Chief Ava Hill, along with band council representatives from Kahnawake and Tyendinaga met with NDP leader Thomas Mulcair at Parliament Hill last…

Stark similarities of missing indigenous peoples of North and South America

The missing and murdered Indigenous people movement in Canada has been gaining increasing awareness in the past few months. More and more groups are lobbying…

Grassy Narrows stands against resumption of logging

On April 1, the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources’ (MNR) 10 year Forestry Management Plan (FMP) for the Whiskey Jack Forest comes into effect, with…

Law and Order, Mr Harper? First, Let’s Put an End to Tory Election Fraud

The Harper Government – as our Prime Minister modestly likes it to be called – has been showing its teeth during the past several years.