Demons perfect at 6-0 to top CLax
SIX NATIONS – Back-to-back wins this past weekend vaulted the Ohsweken Demons into a four-point hold on first place ahead of the Niagara Lock Monsters in Canadian Lacrosse League (CLax) action.
OPP Closes Wyman’s Road in Tyendinaga
TYENDINAGA – The OPP, the Canadian Military and the RCMP have surrounded Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory in response to a series of protests. On Friday, February 28th, Wyman Rd was closed by police when members of Tyendinaga lit a fire to request a response to Shawn Brant’s letter to the Prime Minister asking for a National Inquiry into the more than 825 missing and murdered Indigenous women across Canada.
Missing Inuk woman found slain
Another one of our girls has been found dead. The disappearance of Loretta Saunders, 26, has now shifted into a homicide investigation. The body of Saunders, who is Inuk from Labrador and was almost three months pregnant, was found Wednesday afternoon along the Trans-Canada Highway in New Brunswick.
Pro-Fit Corvairs capsize Pirates 14-2
CALEDONIA – If there was any hope left in the Port Colborne dressing room, it was removed after Sunday afternoon’s 14-2 destruction of the Pirates…
#NotYourTonto goes VIRAL during Oscars
A ‘Twitter Storm’, targeting the Academy Award nomination for Disney’s “The Lone Ranger” went viral on Sunday during the Oscars. The film was controversially nominated by the Academy for “Achievement in Make up & Hair Styling”.
Missing woman’s suspected killers arrested
HALIFAX – Loretta Saunders, a 26-year-old Inuk Student at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax, will not be soon forgotten. She was writing her University thesis on the Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women across Canada last week when she herself became another number to add to the more than 800 names already on the statistic sheet.
Bill C-10 is the latest in a long, long list of bullying attempts
Bill C-10 is the latest in a long, long list of bullying attempts to make “First Nations” give up identity, rights and even existence. Every precedent indicates C-10 will not be the last; there will be more.
Economy? We Don’t Need No Stinking Economy!
I haven’t weighed in much on Canada’s Bill C-10 issues but in the overall scheme of things it is no different than any of the others on the long list of anti-Native laws, regulations and policies that Canada and the U.S. have attempted to impose on our people and lands for centuries and, of course, this includes their provinces and states, as well. It all boils down to an attempt to control, marginalize and criminalize our people.
Low flying military plane creates aviation terrorism rumor
AKWESASNE – A low-flying Canadian military aircraft was spotted on Feb. 28, 2014 by Akwesasne community members living on Cornwall Island (Kawehnoke).
Warriors blockade at Tyendinaga demanding inquiry into missing and murdered indigenous women
About 80-100 men gathered to erect a blockade at on Tyendinaga territory Sunday night at about 8:30 p.m. Sources told the Two Row Times that two large fires are going across the street and vehicles are parked, blocking Shannonville Road.
Native Americans Protest ‘The Lone Ranger’ Oscar Nomination for Redface
Portland, Oregon – Eradicating Offensive Native Mascotry, a group of Native parents from across the country are protesting the nomination of 'The Lone Ranger' for…
OPP block roadways at Tyendinaga territory
A group of people have gathered at the Mohawk Territory of Tyendinaga today and gathered in a direct call for an inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women across Canada.
High risk of spring floods in Grand River watershed
After a cold and snowy winter, we could be facing a spring of high water. The possibility of flooding in the Grand River system is the highest it’s been in years, according to flood control staff at the Grand River Conservation Authority.
Seeding our Future
Part of the planning process for the spring is to decide which seeds to plant and how to save the seeds for next year. Seed saving seems simple in theory yet is quite complicated given the many threats that exist to ensure a seed’s genetic traits stay true from seed to seed.
3-year-old genius has Six Nations roots
ARIZONA – Millions have read recently about the 3-year-old toddler with an IQ estimated to be equivalent to Albert Einstein, Stephen Hawking, Bill Gates and Charles Darwin.