Awenda provincial park reclamation continues

TINY TOWNSHIP: A reclamation of Awenda Provincial Park is now entering its 19th month. Organizers have formed a grassroots connection with neighboring Springwater Provincial Park…

Two Tyendinaga residents honoured for language revitalization

Thotharatye Joe Brant and Tewateronhiakhwa Mina Beauvais, both Mohawks living in Tyendinaga, were awarded the Language Passion Award and Lifetime Achievement, respectively, at the 2013…

Two Row Wampum unites NYS opposition to fracking

As early as 2007, the Onondaga Nation began understanding the repercussions of hydrofracking, a method of extracting methane gas from deep shale formations and warned…

U.S. Supreme Court Says “No” to Onondaga Land Rights

On October 15, 2013, the United States Supreme Court declined to hear the Onondaga Land Rights appeal. This shameful decision closes the door on the…

MNR tries to stop grassroots home building in “unorganized Indian settlement land”

On October 29th, 2013, Darlene Necan, an elected spokesperson of the off-reserve members of the Ojibway Nation of Saugeen no. 258, was issued a stop…

Federal criminal case highlights Akwesasne money laundering and informant network

SYRACUSE – The federal criminal case against William D. Humphries has now begun in Syracuse, New York. The South Carolina tobacco farmer is accused of…

The gift of medicine

Cody Jamieson and Craig Point were at the Hamilton Regional Indian Centre this week to hand out free lacrosse sticks to indigenous youth. The sticks…

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…

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…

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…

MOHAWK NATION AT KAHNAWÀ:KE STAND IN SUPPORT OF MI’KMAQ PROTEST AGAINST HYDRO-FRACKING

Kenténha (October) 17, 2013 – The Mohawk Nation at Kahnawà:ke – People of the Longhouse – is horrified by the recent RCMP attack of indigenous protesters…

Akwesasne reacts to New Brunswick Mi’kmaq encampment attack by RCMP

AKWESASNE – Word of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) raid on an Onkwehon:we encampment in Rexton, New Brunswick reached Akwesasne this past week and…

Southgate rezoning for ‘sludge’ plant at headwaters of the Grand

Since February 2013 Lystek International has been shipping Toronto’s sewage waste – what’s generally known as “sludge” – to Dundalk, Ontario, to be processed into…

New anti-pipeline film released

TIOTIAHKE (MONTREAL) – Kahsatstenhsera: Indigenous Resistance to Tar Sands Pipelines is a short documentary film and anti-pipeline movement resource co-produced by Amanda Lickers and subMedia.tv…

Renewing the Anishinabek/Haudenosaunee Friendship Belt

The Oshkimaadziig Unity Camp was established when the Coldwater Narrows Specific Land Claim Settlement was pending approval in 2012 by Beausoliel, Rama, Cape Crocker and…