Crystal Miller talks about hitting rock bottom and climbing her way back up
Anybody who has ever been in a leadership role will attest to this: you have to be prepared to fail a few times along the…
Walking the Red Road
Six years ago, I was 155 pounds, living on the streets, drunk, high and doing what I had to survive or escape the pain I…
When non-native people are afraid of the rez…
When I was in high school I became friends with this Iranian kid named Pej. He was first generation Canadian. His parents fled Iran because of religious persecution and somehow they ended up in Brantford. I was the first real native person he’d ever met from Six Nations.
C-10 given Royal Assent, now “Canadian” law
SIX NATIONS — The second shoe has hit the floor with the passage of Bill C-10 last week in Ottawa. The controversial bill intended to…
Expulsion of Native elder from Edmonton Mall sparks outrage
On October 27 Gary Moostoos, also known as Red Rock and Four-Legged Human, from the Sturgeon Lake Woodland Cree nation in Alberta, captured national media…
The taking of Pelham
CALEDONIA – After a scoreless first period, despite outshooting the visiting Pelham Pirates 16-7 Saturday night at the Haldimand Arena, the first place and defending…
Ron “Mouse” Henry takes helm as Demons head coach
OHSWEKEN – The Ohsweken Demons will be opening the new Canadian Lacrosse League season with Ron “Mouse” Henry behind the bench as head coach, assisted…
Hawks quietly improving game by game
HAGERSVILLE – It took the first period to gain traction, but the Hagersville Hawks got it going with a three goal second period to defeat…
Kent Monkman: Painting in an age of colonial denial
SIX NATIONS – Over 50 people spent an enjoyable evening at the Woodland Cultural Centre with reknowned Cree-Canadian artist Kent Monkman last Wednesday night. Monkman…
The Ollivanders – Two Suns
Raw. Honest. The truth. Primitive. Rebellious. The truth. Dry. In your face. It’s always refreshing to hear production values that honor the artist, the poet,…
Craft-Brewed Beer and Rock for the Soul
If craft beer, good food and live local rock bands is your kind of thing, you have to check out Zander’s Fire Grill & Brew…
Hagersville Hawks grounded over the weekend
HAGERSVILLE — The Hagersville Hawks have fallen into sixth place in the eight-team Niagara District Jr. C loop, after losing 4-2 to the first place…
Guts and grease: the original diet of the Onkwehon:we
Above all, the food writers tell us, avoid fats, especially saturated fats. The hunter-gatherer’s diet was highly politically correct, they say, rich in polyunsaturated and…
Key witness testifies at coroner’s inquest into the 2011 death of Robert Clause
The coroner’s inquest into the March 4, 2011 overdose death of Robert Howard Clause, of Six Nations, commenced Monday, October 27th, 2014 in Brantford at…
Testing on Kearns machine begins
SIX NATIONS – Is the Kearns disintegrator right for Six Nations? The proof will soon be in the pudding, as they say. Air emissions quality…