44th Annual lil NHL opens in Mississauga

MISSISSAUGA – Since its modest beginnings in 1971, at the Little Current Arena the Little NHL All-Native Minor Hockey Tournament has grown into the largest…

Gone but not forgotten: 4th annual gathering for MMIW held in Hagersville

NEW CREDIT – The 4th Annual Never to Be Forgotten Memorial for Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Girls and Women was held on Friday, February 13th.…

Kanienkehaka woman seeks to make film on MMIW

Kahnawake Mohawk Kawennahere Devery Jacobs has started a kickstarter campaign online to raise $15,000 for a short film on the story of one of indigenous…

Maple sap gathering time: a step by step guide

There is a sweet spot right around mid-March when the sun sticks around a little longer during the day, the snow slowly begins to melt…

Creating positive outcomes using mindfulness

A key attribute in the process of making change and simply living in the present moment is called “mindfulness.” This concept is not cultivated nearly…

Reztoring pride and eradicating diabetes: An interview with SOADI youth co-ordinator Marie Bowering

Can you tell us about SOADI’s youth diabetes program? The youth program with SOADI started in January 2010. We needed a way to engage youth…

Little NHL important to developing Native players

MISSISSAUGA – For the 44th time, young Onkwehonwe hockey prodigies are packing up their equipment and dreams to participate in the biggest all-Native minor hockey…

Cindy Blackstock shares evidence in the “Biggest human rights case in Canadian history”

OHSWEKEN – Dr. Cindy Blackstock was at Six Nations Polytechnic on Friday, speaking to a crowd of about 200 people on the work being done to…

Beavers returning to the Mohawk/Glebe lands

EAGLE’S NEST/BRANTFORD – The majestic beaver was plentiful in the Grand River Valley when Joseph Brant brought his Mohawks and others of the Six Nations,…

Nine years since the reclamation: an interview with Janie Jamieson

This interview was conducted on Friday March 6th. The transcript has been edited for clarity and length. Click here to hear the original audio  Could…

Pink Feather Promise supports survivors & “living victims” of #MMIW

Just over 100 people gathered in the sunshine on Sunday outside the Aboriginal Student Centre in Brantford’s downtown core to march, drum, offer prayers and…

Li’l NHL pays big rewards

Once again it’s li’l NHL time when young Native hockey talent from throughout Ontario gathers to celebrate hockey and their Onkwehonwe heritage. In years past…

Sweet Sweet Potato

I’m a big fan of naturally sweet foods because they can satisfy my craving for sugar in a nutritious way. Sweet potatoes are a perfect…

Peace, power and reason

Inside the bowels of the “just-us” system of incarceration I found something out. The old people at longhouse always told me hats-sqay/you see. Ya gotter…

Scone Dogs & Seed Beads: The Hot Wing Hurl

I don’t get manliness. While I respect it in all of its forms there are things that confuse me. Case in point: the Garlow Hot…