Organization continues search to identify Indigenous veterans in unmarked graves
The Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte have a long history of military service ranging from the First and Second World War to Afghanistan, but…
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Organization continues search to identify Indigenous veterans in unmarked graves
The Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte have a long history of military service ranging from the First and Second World War to Afghanistan, but…
Accessibility to diabetes care on SN
World Diabetes Day (WDD) was created in 1991 by the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) and the World Health Organization in response to growing concerns about…
Remembrance Day, did you know?
Remembrance Day in Canada and Veterans Day in the United States are celebrated annually in November to honour the many individuals who have served in…
Carolyn King receives Order of Canada in special ceremony
She was awarded Canada’s highest honour during the pandemic and last week, Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation elder and esteemed community member, volunteer and…
Private school operations chronically underfunded
Kawennio/Gaweniyo language immersion school is chronically underfunded in operations and maintenance. The school has to run a deficit just to cover its rent, Six Nations…
MCFN latest to intervene in Six Nations land rights case
The Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation are the latest party to apply as an intervenor in Six Nations’ long-standing land-rights case against the Crown.…
“Grand River teachings come home”: video series examines the Haudenosaunee Great Law of Peace
SIX NATIONS — A video series produced by Two Row Times, ‘Learning the KAIANEREKOWA — the Great Law of Peace’, has released seven new videos…
Court finds conditional sentence curbs are constitutional in Indigenous case
OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada has upheld the constitutionality of provisions that prevent an offender from avoiding jail by serving their sentence in…
‘Eliminate the fraudsters’: Report delves into Indigenous identity at universities
SASKATOON — A report commissioned after controversy circled a health professor’s claims of being Metis says the University of Saskatchewan was unprepared for Indigenous identity…
New Inuit Research Network aims to support self determination in research
OTTAWA — The federal government and an organization representing Inuit in Canada have announced $6.4 million in funding to establish an Inuit Research Network. Inuit…
Reconciliation a ‘call to action to all of us,’ Jody Wilson Raybould says in new book
OTTAWA — Jody Wilson-Raybould says when governments make promises around reconciliation they must be willing to do the “real work” to see them achieved. That…
‘Race discrimination’: Indigenous Quebec man who lived on reserve denied insurance
MONTREAL — An Indigenous Quebec man who was denied car insurance because he lived on a reserve was the victim of race discrimination, the province’s…
Massachusetts museum returns sacred items to Sioux tribes
BARRE, Mass. (AP) — About 150 artifacts considered sacred by the Lakota Sioux peoples are being returned to them after being stored at a small…
Injunction for grave search
MONTREAL —A group of Mohawk mothers have successfully acquired an interlocutory injunction for McGill University to halt an expansion project where there could be unmarked…