The Spirit of All Nations.
On my “Let’s Talk Native…” radio show on Sunday, March 9, I announced my new campaign. No, I am not running for office. My campaign is about truth telling and clearing away false assumptions about what the United States and Canada believe they have reduced us to — namely, their subjects.
NAPANEE,ON – Ontario Provincial Police released a statement this afternoon listing the charges laid following arrests at Tyendinaga Saturday.
If you have a youth in your family who love to be centre stage and are looking for something to do over March Break, Kaha:wi Dance Theatre is holding two March Break Performance Camps in Toronto. The best news is, it’s only $10 to register!
Ministry of Environment officials say the air quality over Six Nations and New Credit has been monitored following the fire at Rosa Flora Greenhouses in Dunnville this morning.
A chemical odour filled the air over Six Nations this morning after a raging blaze destroyed the Rosa Flora greenhouse in Dunnville.
SIX NATIONS – Six Nations’ rocker Derek Miller is using his celebrity and his musician friends to raise awareness and funds to help the people of Tyendinaga who are on the front line of protests against the Harper Government’s lack of interest in calling for an inquiry into missing and murdered Native women.
My Name is Wesli Day and I am a podcaster. I am from Serpent River First Nation and have been involved in media relations for the past 7 years. If you had asked about podcasting a year ago, I would have told you that I was an avid fan of the medium and that I really support it and enjoy the programming that is available. I wouldn’t have told you that I was going to start doing it myself!
SIX NATIONS – The Haudenosaunee Development Institute delivered its March 1st report to the Confederacy Chiefs and Clan Mothers this past Saturday at the Onondaga Longhouse, at Six Nations of the Grand River Territory. There were several items to report, beginning with an update on the Samsung wind energy project.
Much information is flying around the community at the moment and as usual there is a fair share of misinformation. Misdirection, misinformation, inaccuracy and ignorance are all tools of parties who seek to divide the people and divert attention from the issues at hand.
In 1951 the Indian act was revised so that Aboriginals were now allowed to possess and drink alcohol for the first time, but only on their own reserves. The provinces gained an increased role in determining Indian status. However, ultimate control over the Aboriginal peoples still resided (and still resides) with the federal government.
SIX NATIONS – Four representatives from the Turtle Island Trade and Commerce (TITAC) organization at Six Nations, requested a position paper from the Chiefs Council on taxation of Haudenosaunee people and their economy through Bill C-10 and other legislation.
Nothing beats Six Nations in the spring. When I was a kid it was always exciting the first time you got to play outside without your winter coat on. My little sister Laura and I would go racing back the bush, hair blowing in the wind trying to be the first one down to the crick.
AKWESASNE – Yet another one of the vaunted 1000 Islands on the St. Lawrence River has been offered for sale. According to published reports, Sheep Island is now available on the Canadian real estate market. The United States government has claimed some of the islands “on behalf of the Mohawk people”. Akwesasne residents assert that ownership of the islands has never been ceded.
TYENDENAGA – By about 2:30 on Monday afternoon, there were far more police in the area than there were protesters. The Mohawks made good on Shawn Brant’s promise to engage in direct action if the Harper government doesn’t commit to a national inquiry into the more than 800 cases of murdered and missing Native women across the country over the past few decades.
SIX NATIONS – Peter Jamieson of Cattaraugus was at the Onondaga Longhouse Saturday to ask on behalf of organizers of a “Treaty Exhibition” at the Indigenous Peoples Museum in Washington D.C., and New York, for the loan of two delicate and historically important Wampum Belts held in trust at Six Nations.
