Onkwehonwe Week In Review: June 29 2016

Fort McMurray hit with wasp swarms and flooding following wildfires More than 80, 000 residents from the Northern Alberta community of Fort McMurray were forced…

On reconciliation time: why is Six Nations identity divided by corporations?

By Gary Farmer For years I thought, why do we have two postals codes — well, more like 5 postal codes — and two area…

National Aboriginal Day commemorates the adoption of Canada into the Long House of Many Nations

By T’hohahoken “If it wasn’t for your people Canada would not be a nation today,” said the late-Sylvannus General, last of the old time Mohawk…

Indian Agents at the Fort tables

Mu WÎyan Î’uch (Thunder woman speaks) Long, long ago in our camps or lodges the people lived each day with a spiritual and community connection.…

Onkwehonwe Week In Review: June 15 2016

Quebec legislation puts the future of Mohawk internet casinos in jeopardy   Bill 74 is a little publicized bill that is moving it’s way through…

Op-Ed: Chiefs Council

The Longhouse was called and some people drove many miles to attend only to find Allan McNaughton never bothered to show up, much as he…

Helping teens cope with death: struggling with grief

This material was adapted from Helping Teens Cope with Death by The Dougy Center, The National Centre for Grieving Children & Families. It is republished…

The Law of Mother Earth

by Gary Farmer Bolivia passes “Law of Mother Earth” which gives rights to our planet as a living system. The Law of Mother Earth (“Ley…

Onkwehonwe Week In Review: June 8, 2016

Controversy in Kanesatake over possible mine re-opening Nio-can is a mining company that has tried to re-open the dormant niobium mine in Kanesatake territory continuously…

Letter to the editor: Here on Earth

By Rope Loft In the manner of speaking of our time here on Earth, I can not help but wonder as to why we as…

How do we heal trauma suffered by Native communities?

By Gabor Maté It is not enough that the Attawapiskat First Nation has declared a state of emergency over the epidemic of suicides and suicide…

Mu WÎyan Î’uch: Thunder Woman speaks

By Rachel A. Snow For this inaugural column, I will speak on education. If we think back to the teachings and original education systems of…

Onkwehonwe Week in Review: June 1, 2016

Mohawk College plants Three Sisters Mohawk College’s Indigenous Gathering Space, named the Hoop Dance Garden, is now the home of mounds of soil planted with…

Letter to the editor: follow the money

Dear editors, HDI also known as the Haudenosaunee Development Institute appears to be conducting various types of business transactions, one of which is the leasing…

Haudenosaunee leadership meet with United Nations

Leaders from the Haudenosaunee Confederacy had a private meeting with Secretary General of the United Nations Ban Ki-Moon during the United Nations Permanent Forum on…