‘This road is just the beginning:’ Isolated First Nation celebrates Freedom Road
SHOAL LAKE — For the first time in his life, Chief Erwin Redsky won't have to fight for each small stone that lies along the…
MPs urged to act on concerns on coerced sterilization of Indigenous women
OTTAWA — MPs on the House of Commons health committee heard grave concerns Thursday about ongoing sterilizations of Indigenous women without their consent — an…
Relationship with Metis Nation a model for reconciliation: Trudeau
OTTAWA — The Canadian government's relationship with the Metis Nation is a tangible and concrete example of reconciliation, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday. At…
First Nations push for massive conservation area in northern British Columbia
LOWER POST, BC — First Nations in northern British Columbia are calling on the provincial government to endorse an ambitious proposal for a 40,000-square-kilometre conservation…
Activists want a racist San Francisco high school mural removed
By Amna Khalid, Associate Professor of History, Carleton College and Jeffrey Aaron Snyder Associate Professor of Educational Studies, Carleton College For nearly a century, a…
NBA Championship for Canada won by Americans
Earlier this week on Monday, the Toronto Raptors rode through hundreds of thousands of fans during their championship parade atop a double-decker bus. Enormous crowds…
OCAN announces 2019 recipients to four prominent leaders
TORONTO — Six Nations artist Shelley Niro has been awarded an honorary doctorate degree by OCAD University. Niro is a prolific Haudenosaunee visual and multimedia…
Closures follow ceiling caving in at Lynden Park Mall
BRANTFORD — Sections of Lynden Park Mall’s ceiling fell crashing to the floor Monday, just barely missing unsuspecting customers and employees nearby. Mall officials posted…
Massive blaze at rubber recycling plant sends thick smoke, acrid odor through Brantford
BRANTFORD — An intense fire broke out at Northwest Rubber on Henry Street in Brantford Sunday morning, sending huge plumes of black smoke up into…
Helicopter spraying isn’t what you should be worried about
Last month, the Six Nations Wildlife Management Office released a Gypsy Moth Aerial Spray Program Update to Facebook reading: “Gypsy Moth infestation has been a…
Letter: Soil brokerage a dirty business
In speaking only for myself and not the Six Nations Elected Council (SNEC) this letter is in response to the story “Six Nations Elected Council…
Canada’s MMIWG report spurs debate on the shifting definitions of genocide
By Andrew Woolford, Professor, University of Manitoba When the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls released its final report, it described…
OP-Ed: History has a funny way of repeating itself
Way back in the year 1970, the Six Nations Council building was padlocked on instructions by the “Hereditary Chiefs.” Six Nations Elected Council employees were…
Logo for NAIG 2020 unveiled
HALIFAX — The North American Indigenous Games are set to hit the East Coast next July, and Wednesday, June 5 was the unveiling of the…
One more home game in regular season for Rebels
The finalization of a nearly perfect regular season will culminate this coming Friday for the Six Nations Rebels, who have suffered just one loss in…