Rivermen poised to strike
OHSWEKEN – The third place Ohsweken Rivermen are in a perfect position to strike out at the Sr. B leaders, holding games in hand over…
OHSWEKEN SPEEDWAY PR: ZEMKEN, BROWN, WINGER, LAFANTAISIE, & DEBOER TAKE WINS ON ROCHESTER KNIGHTHAWKS NIGHT
OHSWEKEN – 110 drivers signed in to race on Rochester Knighthawks night at Ohsweken Speedway on Friday, June 6, 2014. Jessica Zemken, Jake Brown, Lee…
Senior’s women’s field lacrosse team score double-win
The Six Nations senior women’s field lacrosse team played in Burlington over the weekend and won both games. According to Head Coach Marisa Di Bari,…
Short handed chiefs struggle at .500
SIX NATIONS – After starting the new season with an 11-6 hick-up in Waterloo, the Mann Cup defending Six Nations Chiefs of the OLA Sr. Major Series Lacrosse league, had opportunity to right the ship this past Saturday night at the Iroquois Lacrosse Arena with their home opener against the visiting Brampton Excelsiors. Monday, they were in Oakville to see the Rock and lost a close 13-11 decision.
WHITIE Compliant? You are Kidding, Right?
On June 2, 2014, every “member” of the Seneca Nation of Indians (SNI) received a letter from his/her President announcing the launch of the Seneca Nation’s new Enhanced Tribal Identification Card (ETC) program.
Chiefs of Ontario reject Bill C-10; criminalization of indigenous tobacco trade
Toronto, ON (June 10, 2014) — The Chiefs of Ontario are calling the latest Conservative bill a direct attack on the livelihood of First Nations people.
True equality between nations
KANONHSTATON – The six nations territories had another unwarranted visit from Gary Mchale making a so-called citizens arrest.
Kenora lawyer faces protest over residential school settlements
A group of protesters from the Ojibway Nation of Saugeen #258 gathered in a protest outside of Kenora based lawyer Doug Keshan’s office on Wednesday June 4th and Thursday June 5th. They were there to state their displeasure with how they say their lawyer has been handling their community’s residential school settlements. They feel as if the elders who have gone through the legal system have been poorly represented, and are being deprived of the settlement money that should be their due.
WE ARE THE SOVEREIGN
MNN. June 5, 2014. We have a law. The Great Peace, which is the true direction. We should have no fear from anybody to use it. People attending band council meetings are a minority who in effect sanction the fraudulent corporate system. The band/tribal council writes whatever the corporate agenda directs. In fact it is easy for any community to dissolve their corporate entity and reclaim their sovereignty because it is our true destiny.
Community consensus disintegrates
OHSWEKEN – Around 50 community members gathered at the Six Nations Landfill Site last Wednesday to let John Kearns of Kearns International know that his disintegrator…
Praise for Brian Maracle
As a non-Native resident of Brantford, and first generation Canadian of Hungarian heritage who understands the importance of keeping one’s heritage and language, I was pleased to hear that Brian Maracle is continuing his Kanien’keha’:ka language classes. I was first introduced to Brian and his book “Back on the Rez” (1996), and all of the interesting stories he had to tell about coming back to Six Nations to live.
The system was never sovereign
I was taught that the meaning of the word “Onkwehon:we” is literally “the shell that holds the spirit.” Our ancestors were wise and knew that a good spirit could be found in a body that had no lineage outside of the Rotinonhsón:ni confederacy. This is why we always had the adoption process through ceremony and in accordance with the Great Law of Peace/Kaianerekó:wa. Even before European contact; as we know the Confederacy has adopted the Tuscarora Nation.
Your very own Elder
I once made a comment where I referred to “My Elder taught me this.” And someone said, “Holy ever special, you got your own Elder?” Little did they know, that this specific Elder sat me down, and had some deep conversations with me, and said, “I’ve known you quite a long time now, I’d like to believe that you look up to me as your Elder…”
Maracle Man’s serves up mouth-watering menu
It is said that most restaurants have a very slim chance of making it past their first year of operation. Nine out of ten restaurants will close down within one year of opening their doors.
Indigenous Hawaiians seek to save Mauna Kea from desecration
Mauna Kea advocates are seeking justice in Hawaii courts. Six plaintiffs have filed a notice of appeal in circuit court challenging the board of Land and Natural Resources’ (BLNR) on the April 12th decision by Judge Greg Nakamura to grant the University of Hawaii at Hilo a permit to construct the world’s second largest telescope, the Thirty-Meter Telescope (TMT), atop Mauna Kea.