Indigenous Injustices
By Doug Whitlow BA – The Canadian Government and visa-vie, the non-native Canadian public have a legal system which is inherently unjust towards indigenous people.…
Opinion
White Blanket
By Quin Staats – If there was one piece of advice that I had to share; ‘words to live by’ that, in my opinion, are…
Opinion: Stanley acquittal demonstrates systemic injustice for brown people facing Canada’s courts
Gerald Stanley, a Saskatchewan farmer held that gun that killed Colten Boushie. This is a perspective on what happened the day Colten Boushie died. Colten…
HCCC, Elvera Garlow releases statement
This statement was posted to Facebook in regards to the Haudenosaunee Confederacy Council meeting last Saturday at the Onondaga Longhouse on Six Nations. “I was…
Letter from the Maplehurst Correctional Centre
January 8, 2018 Sago: Hello: I am writing on behalf of the aboriginal population at Maplehurst Correctional Centre. As you may know, the Brantford Jail…
Moonlit Message
By Quin Staats This past Wednesday the moon was on it’s full-tilt game. It rose from humble shadows and clouds and gave us all a stunning performance of…
Letter to the editor: Holding Wynne accountable
One has to remember our now premier has been in cabinet since 2003 and must be held accountable. A look at the liberal record shows…
Reading Someone Else Mail
Compiled by Jim Windle Chief consider co-operation with Dominion Government in 1923 Ohsweken Council House April 3rd, 1923 General Council opened in due form by…
Five lessons that changed my perspective on cannabis
You are not alone if you’ve spent most of your adult life believing that cannabis is bad for you. I used to think cannabis was…
Education is a collective right for the Original people
The dizzying calendar speed and final celebration of colonial holidays rushed the Assembly of First Nations to pass a resolution at their 2017 December meeting…
Stop labelling theories and hypotheses as fact
The Bering Strait Theory and now the Solutrean Hypothesis are two speculations that need to be put to rest. The first theory is the idea…
Councillor concerns on SN accepting Hydro One sale
In speaking only for myself and not the Six Nations Elected Council (SNEC) I have concerns about Six Nations’ participation in the Hydro One Sale…
Six Nations needs to protect those renting space on reserve
A number of years ago my husband and our then two children were scrambling to quickly try to rent a home on Six Nations. We…
Higher minimum wage results in a widened gap of inequality
Megan is a first year Social Welfare student at Wilfred Laurier University in Brantford. An increase in minimum wage will only result in an increasing…
Human Rights Day 2017
Dear Ms. Tauli-Corpus: My name is Rod Whitlow. I am a seventh-generation grandson of Haudenosaunee Pine Tree Chief, Thayendanegea, (Captain Joseph Brant). I am a member of…