Six Nations offers details on how they are managing coronavirus response
We had an opportunity to ask Six Nations Emergency Control Group questions about the details of how they are managing coronavirus responses on Six Nations:…
Beading circles have moved online
BRANTFORD — In many indigenous communities, beadwork artists often gather to work on their latest pieces in together. But the coronavirus pandemic has called for…
Healing jingle dress dancing goes viral amidst COVID-19
Women and young girls across North America have begun to jingle dress dance in the face of COVID-19 on social media. The dance is being…
In History: Spanish Flu pandemic hit Mohawk Institute, Six Nations
BRANTFORD — The last time the entire world was brought to a halt was just a little more than 100-years ago when the Spanish Flu…
To: All Residents in and Visitors to of Norfolk County and Haldimand County RE: SECTION 22 ORDER – EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY
A Section 22 Order, under the Health Protection and Promotion Act (HPPA), R.S.O. 1990, c.H.7 has been issued by Dr. Shanker Nesathurai, Medical Officer of…
Grand River PowWow canceled
SIX NATIONS — On Monday, The Grand River Champion of Champions Pow Wow Committee made the decision to announce their cancellation of the 2020 pow…
Ontario projects up to 1600 deaths, 80,000 coronavirus cases by end of April
TORONTO — Provincial medical officials say if all current safety measures are upheld — the month of April could see a mass influx of 80,000…
Local coronavirus data shows young adults have nearly four times the infection rate of seniors
HAMILTON — Statistics from surrounding communities shows COVID-19 infection rates among adults between the ages of 20-64 quadruple the rate of infection among the elderly.…
Six Nations not releasing local statistics on coronavirus infections
By Nahnda Garlow with CP files OHSWEKEN — Six Nations says it will not be releasing any data about coronavirus cases in the community. TRT…
Where is the financial safety net for Six Nations businesses?
Six Nations is facing a situation we have never confronted in all of history. A pandemic of unknown duration has forced the shut down of…
First Nations face governance crisis as pandemic threatens elections
OTTAWA _ The chief of an Ontario First Nation says her community is caught up in bureaucratic and “paternalistic'' voting rules that could leave it…
COVID 19 crisis distracting from flood prone First Nation’s plight: NDP
OTTAWA — New Democrats say the COVID-19 pandemic is distracting the federal and provincial governments from helping a northern-Ontario First Nation whose residents have been…
Ottawa owes less than feds calculated in First Nations child welfare case: PBO
OTTAWA — Canada’s parliamentary budget officer says Ottawa will have to pay up to $2.9 billion in compensation to First Nations children and families torn…
Group of First Nations want Supreme Court to hear appeal on Trans Mountain
VANCOUVER — A group of British Columbia First Nations is seeking to challenge the federal government's second approval of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project…
Grand River Attack tryout postponed
SIX NATIONS— Due to world outbreak of COVID-19, the first round of Grand River Attack tryouts were officially postponed. Coming off an OWBLL (Ontario Women’s…