Police look for items in homicide
BRANTFORD — City Police are reaching out to the public for assistance locating clothing items they believe are connected to a homicide investigation. On October…
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Canada failing Black, Indigenous prisoners as overrepresentation persists: report
OTTAWA — Canada has made scant progress in addressing the overrepresentation of Black and Indigenous people in prisons, with some facing even worse conditions than…
Government stalls on providing funding in search for graves
The Six Nations Survivors’ Secretariat has been waiting since April for its latest transfer payment of $2.4 million to aid in the search for potential…
Drug arrests
OHSWEKEN — Six Nations Police conducted a traffic stop which resulted in a drug bust. On October 24, 2022, Six Nations Police observed a prohibited…
Six Nations Economic Development restructuring
Six Nations of the Grand River Elected Council (Elected Council) and Six Nations of the Grand River Development Corporation (SNGRDC) are collaborating to review the…
Community safety a priority after attempted abductions
A concerned group of community members is working to make the village of Ohsweken safer, after reports of speeding around school zones and an estimated…
Jay Treaty applies to all Indigenous people
The Jay Treaty of 1794 is one of the most often referenced treaties in North America when it comes to freedom of movement for Indigenous…
House of Commons officially recognizes Indian Residential Schools as genocide
The Indian Residential School system in Canada has officially been recognized as genocide by the House of Commons. Winnipeg MP Leah Gazan brought forward a…
Six Nations paranormal show to premiere on APTN
There are many haunted locations along the Grand River and one local paranormal research group is intent on unraveling the secrets of the river and…
First Native American woman in space awed by Mother Earth
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The first Native American woman in space said Wednesday she is overwhelmed by the beauty and delicacy of Mother Earth,…
More Indigenous led services for youth needed to prevent deaths, inquest hears
Ontario should establish more Indigenous-led and culturally appropriate services for youth in crisis to prevent tragedies similar to the death of an Indigenous teen who…
Establish ‘right to return’ for First Nations youth in care, inquest jury recommends
Ontario should establish a right for First Nations children receiving child-protection services to return to their home communities, a jury recommended Friday at a coroner’s…
Class-action lawsuit against HDI still moving through the courts
SIX NATIONS — A group of Six Nations members who filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of the Haudenosaunee people against the Haudenosaunee Development…
Community wants employees back in band office
Community members want band employees back in the office after the pandemic – at least, according to one elected councillor. A discussion at Monday’s political…
Six Nations youth stars in new feature film
Her bubbly personality and precocious reading abilities landed her a starring role in a feature film and in November, you’ll be able to see the…