Scott Self joins kid brother in Rochester

The two-time defending World Champion Rochester Knighthawks have re-signed veteran defenseman Scott Self to a three-year contract good through the 2016 season.

Six Nations PeeWees go head to head

Six Nations PeeWees #1 and #2 went head to head Saturday afternoon at the Gaylord Powless Arena.

A matter of integrity: Neil Young on the tar sands and First Nations rights

TORONTO - Rock legend Neil Young made a splash at a press conference in Toronto on Sunday.

Looking back and a fresh start

Spending the last few weeks with friends and family over the holidays, I have had the pleasure of a good amount of time to reflect…

Commemorative moccasin vamps on display in Parry Sound

The national exhibit, Walking With Our Sisters, which honours Canada's missing and murdered indigenous women in a stunning array of over 1700 donated moccasin vamps,…

Last monolingual Chickasaw Speaker Passes Away

The Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma has announced the death of Emily Johnson Dickerson, 93, who spoke only Chickasaw her entire life.

Aboriginal Persons’ Court opens for business

The Ontario Court of Justice in Brantford was packed Tuesday morning as the new Aboriginal Persons’ Court (APC) held their open ceremonies. The

Legal Ruling Allows Rain Forest Indigenous to Pursue Chevron in Canada

As the Unist'ot'en continue their protracted battle against Chevron and other companies in resistance to the Pacific Trails Pipeline in northern B.C. over unceded Wet’suwet’en…

Troubled First Nation changes its name

MASKWACIS – Hobbema, Alberta, one of Canada’s most crime-ridden and troubled First Nations formally changed its name, effective January 1st.

The diaspora

We have been people of the Grand River for just over two hundred years now but there are a few problems with our situation.

My near-death experience

After reading Rhonda Maracle’s article “Survival” in last week’s paper I felt compelled to share my near-death experience.

True repentance

A cold autumn morning in my first year of high school, a girl named “Ang" taught me how to smoke. Ang was fourteen, and I…

Dechinta Bush University: Education in the North

Started in 2008 on traditional Dene territory (Yellowknife), at Dechinta University, students learn about self-determination and the land.

Peace bridge march draws community activists

Sub zero temperatures didn't deter a crowd of people from marching on the Peace Bridge on Saturday afternoon to stand up for the environment.

2014 National Aboriginal Hockey Championships

The 2014 National Aboriginal Hockey Championships will be held in Kahnawake, Quebec from April 28 - May 3, 2014.