Canada’s new food policy means everyone’s at the table

By Evan Fraser, Professor, Director of the Arrell Food Institute and Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Global Food Security, University of Guelph Marie-Claude Bibeau,…

Driving fast, slow and hard on the Rez

Lately I have been getting passed by speeding cars, no matter the road. The speed limit on the Rez is above the norm, say from…

Two Rows of History

As June 6th marked the commemoration of D-Day, let us look at the cause for the liberation of Europe and France in particular. Firstly, France…

How the Trans Mountain green light could benefit First Nations

By Harrie Vredenburg, Professor & Suncor Chair in Strategy & Sustainability, Haskayne School of Business; Research Fellow, School of Public Policy, University of Calgary The…

Canadians can learn from Indigenous systems that recognized the power of the women

The release of the final report of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) Inquiry has unleashed opposing views hijacked by the use…

Six Nations Elected Council Statement on Indigenous People’s Day

CELEBRATING OUR UNITY AND DIVERSITY The Six Nations Elected Council would like to wish everyone a safe Solidarity & Unity Weekend. This weekend is about…

Activists want a racist San Francisco high school mural removed

By Amna Khalid, Associate Professor of History, Carleton College and Jeffrey Aaron Snyder Associate Professor of Educational Studies, Carleton College For nearly a century, a…

Helicopter spraying isn’t what you should be worried about

Last month, the Six Nations Wildlife Management Office released a Gypsy Moth Aerial Spray Program Update to Facebook reading: “Gypsy Moth infestation has been a…

Letter: Soil brokerage a dirty business

In speaking only for myself and not the Six Nations Elected Council (SNEC) this letter is in response to the story “Six Nations Elected Council…

Canada’s MMIWG report spurs debate on the shifting definitions of genocide

By Andrew Woolford, Professor, University of Manitoba When the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls released its final report, it described…

OP-Ed: History has a funny way of repeating itself

Way back in the year 1970, the Six Nations Council building was padlocked on instructions by the “Hereditary Chiefs.” Six Nations Elected Council employees were…

SNEC responds to MMIWG Inquiry final report

The Six Nations Elected Council acknowledges the final report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.  This report to federal,…

Six Nations voting history: Chiefs held first referendum in 1881

SIX NATIONS — The issue of voting on maters of importance to Six Nations has been a troublesome issue since long before the RCMP raids…

Six Nations of the Grand River is Ours

The Haldimand Proclamation of 1784 proclaims that the Mohawk Nation and others of the Six Nation Indians have been granted, by His Majesty King George…

Haldimand Patent: A Mohawk Perspective

As the Haldimand suggests, the Mohawk of Grand River are under a different footing than others of the Six Nations. Maybe I can explain why, but…