How donors from Canada and Europe helped fund Indian Residential Schools

By Tiffany Dionne Prete, SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow. Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary Indigenous communities have detected hundreds of graves near former Indian Residential…

Impaired Driving Charges

SIX NATIONS — On July 31, 2021, at approximately 11:30 PM, police were on general patrol, travelling westbound on 5th Line Road, when they observed…

Indigenous Sport Heroes Education Experience

Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame is preparing to launch virtual educational opportunities that share the stories and triumphs of its members, specifically its Indigenous Hall…

First Nations group says all residential schools need to be investigated

WINNIPEG — A First Nations advocacy group in Manitoba is urging RCMP across the country to open criminal investigations into all former residential schools following…

Archdiocese apologizes after priest accuses residential school survivors of lying

WINNIPEG _ A Winnipeg archdiocese says a priest who suggested during a sermon that residential school survivors lied to get settlement money is no longer…

ISWO’s Virtual Programming Creates Wellness Community for all Ages during the pandemic

Submitted to TRT Staff MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO — When the COVID-19 global pandemic was declared last March, Indigenous Sport & Wellness Ontario (ISWO) knew that the…

Six Nations Chiefs return to the floor

OAKVILLE — Like a breath of fresh air for lacrosse fans, games have been taking place for the Major Series Lacrosse League at the Toronto…

‘It’s never too late,’ with Delaney Maracle

SIX NATIONS — Lacrosse is a sport that encapsulates more facets of Haudenosaunee culture than just one: it is a spiritual and physical medicine game,…

The nastiest dirty word thrown about? Tax.

The back and forth rhetoric of dirty words on the Rez is a historical truth that has been in play since the deposition of the…

Two new cases of COVID-19 on Six Nations

OHSWEKEN — Six Nations of the Grand River reported two new cases of COVID-19 — after marking a month of zero cases and the community…

Manitoba RCMP have spent years investigating abuse allegations at residential school

WINNIPEG — A residential school in Manitoba known for harsh discipline and fatal runaway attempts has been the focus of a large-scale, years-long investigation into…

Family of woman killed in hotel says justice served, but killer to appeal conviction

EDMONTON — The daughter of an Indigenous woman who was killed in a hotel room a decade ago says a judge’s decision to sentence her…

Man tased by police in Ohsweken

OHSWEKEN — Six Nations Police say a 38 year old man from Ohsweken has been arrested and taken to hospital after a suspected mental health…

Canadian Government says revitalization of Indigenous laws in Ontario a priority

OTTAWA – Several officials from the Canadian government are showing support to the Association of Iroquois and Allied Indians (AIAI) and Lakehead University’s Bora Laskin…

Cory Stephens receives 2021 Award for Excellence in Aboriginal Relations

By: Jace Koblun with files Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business (CCAB) and CIBC announced Cory Stephens of Indigenous ACE as the recipient of the 2021…