Noam Chomsky: Indigenous people “are the ones taking the lead in trying to protect all of us”

MONTREAL - Noam Chomsky, the celebrated 85-year old American linguist, peace activist and social critic who is the author of more than one hundred books…

Netherlands celebrate ties with Iroquois

THE HAGUE – On a slow rhythm a procession of Moluccans moves towards the Tree of Peace in Wijkpark Transvaal in The Hague. They participate…

Mi’kmaq arrestees denied bail, facing large array of charges

Rexton, New Brunswick – Since the RCMP’s vicious pre-dawn raid of the anti-shale gas encampment in Rexton on October 17th, there has been a certain…

Day of the Dead – How Halloween is celebrated elsewhere

On Halloween this Thursday children will dress as little ghosts and goblins and travel from home to home with the threat of a trick being…

Akwesasne land disputes result in criminal charge dismissal

AKWESASNE–Amanda Herne of Akwesasne was charged with driving while intoxicated (DWI) in September 2012. She had been involved in an accident on St. Regis Road…

Ontario’s shale-gas: The next ‘fracking’ frontier?

With the consciousness of people in Canada taken up a notch on the issue of “fracking” by the Mi’kmaq-led resistance in New Brunswick, it’s only…

Haudenosaunee history front and centre in Germany

BERLIN, GERMANY – Germany’s fascination with the Haudenosaunee people, and all North American Indigenous cultures, was once again made evident as the Federal Republic of…

Gina Thomas conducted a one-woman protest at Oneida Business Park

Gina Thomas conducted a one-woman protest at Oneida Business Park on Fourth Line Rd, against her former employer, NPAABM Niagara Peninsula, Area Aboriginal Management Board.…

SN students participate in Halloween for Hunger

SIX NATIONS – Students at all Six Nations schools will be participating in “Halloween for Hunger” this year. Halloween for Hunger is a program begun…

Elsipogtog Mi’kmaq Nation brings thanks to Six Nations

SIX NATIONS – John Simon and Paul Milliea, members of the Elsipogtog Mi’kmaq Nation of New Brunswick, were in Six Nations last Saturday to thank…

First Nations Education Act ‘colonial’, says Madahbee

After decades of under-funding to First Nations schools – with high dropout rates and an epidemic of youth suicide that can’t be disassociated with the…

National Indigenous Writers Working Group Formed

VANCOUVER – Who better to define and lead a national indigenous writers union than indigenous writers themselves? Its hard to believe, with the number of…

Are GMO’s infecting Six Nations crops?

While Sagoyehsahta was tending his cornfields this year he noticed something grotesque. His white corn crops were coming in deformed. The gnarly cobs have been…

Make a difference, Recycle

SIX NATIONS — Last Monday, A.W. First Nations Recycling began pick ups of household trash for recycling from Six Nations resident in what owners Mark…

Idle No More co-founder Sylvia McAdam visits Six Nations

Sylvia McAdam, one of the four founding women of the Idle No More movement, was at Six Nations this past weekend touring the community. “The…