NYS ignores Senecas and budgets in gaming revenue
Ignorance, arrogance or intimidation? First, let's put the simple facts out there: in all of the legalese, questions of fairness, who is regulating who, what…
Opinion
Cultural appropriation
This topic is surfacing again with Canadian mainstream media. A recent issue of Write published an editorial by Hal Niedzviecki where he states that he…
Ten of the greatest lies in American-Indigenous history: Part one
An article by Doug George-Kanentiio, Akwesasne Mohawk, that the Two Row Times has broken up into several sections that will run through the next few…
Entering the legal arena
Recently the Men’s Fire and the Haudenosaunee Development Institute (HDI) have become engaged in a legal battle concerning clarification of the liabilities and limitation of…
Iroquois Caucus and Anishinabek Nation issue declaration regarding Radioactive Liquid Shipments
KAHNAWAKE – The Iroquois Caucus and the Anishinabek Nation wish to announce that they have issued a Joint Declaration regarding their serious concerns regarding the…
Either legalize it or leave it alone
SIX NATIONS – It’s like the Wild West out there right now when it comes to the implementation of fully legalized marijuana use in Canada.…
Mu WÎyan Î’uch: Thunder Woman speaks – Kill the Indian
Prior to settler colonials infecting the original ways of the Indigenous, the First Peoples had sustainable systems and communal ways that worked for centuries. In…
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…