7 reasons not to watch 13 Reasons Why

Spoiler alert. If you’ve got a Netflix, Facebook, Twitter or any social media account — chances are you’ve heard about 13 Reasons Why. Starting out…

Response to Confederacy Chiefs unknowingly being made shareholders in Corporation

In speaking only for myself and not the Six Nations Elected Council (SNEC) and with all due respect to the Haudenosaunee Confederacy Chiefs Council (HCCC),…

What’s under the Civic Centre and Casino?

BRANTFORD – Brantford celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Brantford and District Civic Centre last week with all of the usual pomp and pageantry a moment…

Times Up! Money for Nothing Ends for NYS from the Senecas

As the sun set on 2016, the world trembled in anticipation of what the Trump era of U.S. national politics would bring. Meanwhile at the…

Sympathizing with indigenous addiction

Many indigenous people attribute substance abuse directly to the child welfare experience, CAS system and the aftermath of Residential Schools. Those that don’t, tend to…

Canada doesn’t like the older conception of Indigenous justice depicted by Hollywood

Just weeks before filming was to begin, the Canadian government denied permission for Hollywood to shoot the movie Hard Powder in Rocky Mountain national parks…

The remarkable life and times of Deskaheh

SIX NATIONS – In 1917, Levi General became hereditary chief of the Cayuga with the title “Deskaheh”, meaning “more than eleven”. He worked as a…

Letter to the editor: Changes being made at the Brantford General Hospital

By Jim Hornell I would like to dispel some of the rumours and misconceptions we have been hearing in the community regarding some of the…

Signs of the times as told by elders

By Thohahoken 2012 — yikes! People fear the end of the world. It’s in our minds. Organized religions and governments teach fear of death. Repent…

Is there a duty to consult on legislation? SCC may decide

By Julie Abouchar, Charles Birchall, John J.P. Donihee and Nicole Petersen / Willms & Shier Environmental Lawyers LLP This week the SCC received an application to hear an appeal of the Federal…

Signs of the times as told by the earth and stars

By Thohahoken The 2010 documentary by Zach Kunuk titled, Inuit Knowledge and Climate Change catalogues a changing earth that was described by Inuit Elders —…

Reacting to the “Sixties Scoop” case

By Doug George-Kanentiio On February 14 Ontario Superior Court Justice Edward Belobaba made a historic ruling by holding Canada responsible for the pain and suffering…

Story time

By Gary Farmer It’s been a few months in between my time at Standing Rock and this evolving story. So much has changed since the…

Signs of Kakaratsikowa told by the Old Ones and women today

By Thohahoken Here’s what one Ohsweken woman said when talking about this week’s weather: “our mother (earth) is going to go through some major changes…

Long-Term Consequences

By Grace Li Xiu Woo This is the final chapter in an article written by that originally appeared in the electronic law journal Law, Social Justice…