Chief confronted over medicine pouch by airport security The Canadian Air Transport Security Authority is facing controversy over two separate debacles regarding sacred items belonging…
There is probably no greater threat of extinction to Native peoples than the measure of those people by the irrelevant, scientifically false and prejudicial use…
Allow me to welcome you into my crisis for a moment. Today has been one of those days. I have eaten the topping off two…
Among the Haudeonsaunee of Six Nations is a long standing debate over the word “bwoot”. Bwoot, for those of you who don’t know, is the…
Someone asked on Facebook what the origin story is for the game of dingball. “This is what I was taught…” Dingball actually has a rather…
This week a Six Nations family was subjected to not one, but two instances of public humiliation when they overheard several racist remarks at a…
Last week my 7 year old brought a note home from school. It went something along the lines of ‘Your daughter has missed far too…
RCMP confiscate moose meat from hunters in Pine Creek FN PINE CREEK FIRST NATION, SK – On Dec. 15, 2015, Indigenous hunters from Pine Creek…
Creator has seen it fit to bless me with three daughters; a teenager, seven year old and an infant. Teaching them to be strong indigenous…
Blood Reserve grapples with epidemic of Fentanyl addiction Blood Reserve, Alberta – The community seems idyllic, set amongst the Rocky Mountains, but the Blood reserve…
Every year down on Six at New Years you will hear folks greeting each other with a festive “Nu-yah! Nu-yah!”. For some it is just…
The smell of pine always reminds me of my childhood adventures being back the bush. You know that place in the back of your nostrils…
For some women pregnancy is a glorious and sacred time, shrouded in the mystery and awe of woman bringing forth human life. For other…
Enbridge’s Line 9B manually shut down by activists Despite ongoing conflict about the constitutional legalities of running a pipeline carrying crude oil through indigenous territories,…
By Danielle Boissoneau Kahnawake Survival School stages walkout in protest of Montreal’s raw sewage dump The third largest waste facility in the world was shut…