WWND?
It’s been a year now since I wrote my very first article “The Wind Storm”, which was also the first of nearly thirty articles in…
Opinion
Elected systems on First Nations are colonial imposed systems
Elections in Indian country are a colonial construct. Prior to settlers, the original people had varied governance systems. In highly complex systems, there were two…
Brantford Tax Project 2018 Takes Up the Cause of Mohawk Nation’s Liberation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (July 22, 2018) — The Six Nations Indians or Mohawks in Brantford, Ontario, have a new mission to defend their tax rights and…
Canada v Native Indians: being a Racist is a way of life
Lately, many Canadians have been implying and somewhat naively, that Indians are too quick to “use the Race Card” in their dealings with Canada's police…
That’s just the way she grows
Have you ever come into crossing with a gathering of trees or a small forest and noticed anything peculiar, or especially out of the ordinary?…
Familiar stories in unfamiliar lands
By Lyle Hill Lacrosse has always been more than just a game for the Iroquois people, it is medicine. It begins with the little ones…
Status Holder’s Income Situated on Reserve
A thorough explanation of income tax exemption involving indigenous people. Section 81 of the Income Tax Act and section 87 of the Indian Act work…
Justice was Denied; again
By: Doug Whitlow, BA On Wednesday, June, 27, 2018; a Jury of his Peers found Peter Khill Not Guilty of 2nd Degree Murder in the…
And what about the water?
At least on one point the Crown agrees with me. Of course not saying what was really done. This makes it so very important on…
I have never celebrated Canada Day.
In the early hours of a cold March day in 1983, long before cellphones and GPS systems, my good friend Karl Staats was driving back…
Are there property rights on stolen land?
Canada prides itself on being a country of fairness in human rights issues. How fair is a country when the majority of incarcerated people are…
PRESS RELEASE: Six Nations Elected Council – Deeply Disappointed by the Canadian Justice System, Again
Six Nations Elected Council – Deeply Disappointed by the Canadian Justice System, Again. OHSWEKEN – Six Nations Elected Council joins other Indigenous voices expressing shock…
Ghost Forest
My parents backyard backs onto an acre of a sparse and symmetrical little walnut forest. Private and serene, the backyard has always been a place…
New Premiere of Ontario: Same old problems for Canadian Natives in Ontario
By: Doug Whitlow (BA, First Nations Studies) On June 08, 2018 Conservative Party Leader (Doug Ford) took over the reins of Political Power in the…
Isadore Day on Indigenous History Month
June is National Indigenous History Month. The recognition began in 2009 after a unanimous motion was passed in the House of Commons — one year…