Rivermen in trouble after two losses
COQUITLAM, BC – The Six Nations Rivermen fell behind 0-2 after Games #1 and #2 of the Presidents Cup Championships held in Coquitlam B.C. this week.
There are other ways
Indigenous economics supported by the Canadian power elite is the large-scale sale of natural resources and the re-sale of petroleum and tobacco products produced by…
The search for “Good Living” from northern Ontario to Ecuador
In 2013, Darlene Necan, an Ojibwe woman of the Nation of Saugeen #258, built a cabin on her family’s trap line that she hoped would become a learning centre that could be used to educate natives and non-natives about their rich indigenous culture.
Mohawk man turns to crowdfunding to realize dream
We use the Internet for all sorts of things, to keep track of our friends on Facebook, to watch silly cat videos on Youtube, maybe even to do our banking. One young Mohawk man from the Tyendinaga territory is using the Internet to fund his passion for carving. Rahkaratahkwas Will Fisher, Mohawk bear clan, has opted to use the “crowdfunding” website Kickstarter.
Despite NEB approval of Line 9, opposition continues
The Line 9 campaign in Southern Ontario has been a movement that has used civil disobedience, education, and grassroots organizing to oppose tar sands expansion.
Ontario Changes to Methadone Program a Mistake, BC Patients Warn.
Ontario’s 40,000 methadone patients are being switched to a new formulation of methadone, a medication prescribed to treat opiate addiction. Patients in BC were switched on to the new product – called Methadose – earlier this year. The results are proving problematic. Many patients are reporting that the new methadone doesn’t hold them until their next dose. They wind up in withdrawal, back in the cycle of sickness and craving from which they fought to escape. Some are relapsing back to heroin.
Rebels are first to return to Six Nations with a trophy
SIX NATIONS – The Six Nations Rebels Jr. B’s were the first of four teams spread from BC to Halifax to have returned to Six Nations for an impromptu parade down Chiefswood Road escorted by Six Nations Firefighters, sirens whaling.
Indigenous voices make themselves heard at PSF
The People’s Social Forum was held this past weekend in at the University of Ottawa on unceded Onkwehon:we land. The four-day gathering was billed as a space for activists and organizers of all stripes to meet in order to develop a coherent and unified strategy to confront the policies of Prime Minister Stephen Harper. The Forum organizers worked diligently to ensure that the voices of Indigenous peoples were not only present but also prominent.
Arrows Express bring home the Minto Cup
LANGLEY, BC — Let the party begin! The Six Nations Arrows Express represented the first of what could be a four-title season for Six Nations lacrosse by winning the Jr. A Minto Cup Saturday night in Langley British Columbia, defeating the Coquitlam Adanacs 14-8, in Game #6.
Chiefs take stranglehold over Lakers
SIX NATIONS – The defending Mann Cup Champion Six Nations Chiefs took one step closer to becoming the fourth Six Nations OLA franchise from Six…
‘Hook’ing in public – History of ‘the Hook’
Perhaps it is because of the power of social media connecting Haudenosaune people beyond territorial gaps, but it seems to me that ‘the hook’ has…
Chiefs lead Lakers 2-1
SIX NATIONS — The Six Nations Chief took a 2-1 series lead over the Peterborough Lakers Tuesday Aug, 21st, for the Major Series Championship and…
Rebels are set to make history … again
HALIFAX N.S. —The Six Nations Rebels left no doubt whose game lacrosse is after annihilating the hoist Nova Scotia team 23-1 Saturday night to end…
Six Nations Redmen
The Sr. B Six Nations Rivermen will be arriving in BC as the Minto Cup winning Six Nations Arrows leave for home. The Rivermen, in…
Beekeeping, the sweetest hobby
Without bees, so much of the food we enjoy, from apples to avocados to broccoli, would simply not exist. That’s because these foods are dependent…