Blast and McCoys are neck-and-neck
DUNDAS – The Brantford Blast and the Dundas Real McCoys are still in the tightest battle of the Allan Cup Hockey League. Last week, the McCoys dropped a 3-2 decision in Brantford.
Slow start too big for 4th quarter rally
BUFFALO – Despite a huge fourth quarter, the Rochester Knighthawks could not make up the distance the Buffalo Bandits created in the first three quarters as the Bandits hung on for an 11-10 win at the First Niagara Centre Saturday night.
Toronto show rocks the tar sands
Veronica Johnny of The Johnnys band,originally from Fort Chipewyan, held a benefit concert for the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation Legal Defense Fund at the Rivoli in downtown Toronto on Sunday.
Atoms bounce Burford 6-1
OHSWEKEN – Led by a four goal performance by Brenden Anderson, the OMHA Six Nations Atoms crushed the Burford Coyotes 6-1 in playoff action at the Gaylord Powless Arena in Ohsweken Sunday afternoon.
Six Nation PeeWee’s lose squeaker to St George
OHSWEKEN – Sunday afternoon, the Six Nations OMHA PeeWee’s lost a 1-0 heartbreaker to St. George in playoff action at the GPA. The two teams were very evenly matched and both had outstanding goal-tending, as the score would indicate.
John Kane Named Interim Host of “First Voices Indigenous Radio” at WBAI-FM in New York City
(WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan. 23, 2014) – John Kane, Mohawk activist and national commentator on Native issues, has been named Interim Host of the long-running weekly one-hour radio program, “First Voices Indigenous Radio” (FVIR) at WBAI-FM 99.5 in New York City.
UN Rapporteur James Anaya visits Leonard Peltier
UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples James Anaya, along with board member for the International Indian Treaty Council (IITC) and National Native American Prisoners Rights Coalition (NNAPRC) Leonard Foster visited imprisoned indigenous activist Leonard Peltier yesterday.
Kahwatsire: Empowering New Narratives and Restoring Realities Call for Papers 10th Annual Indigenous and American Studies Storytellers of the Americas Conference
Haudenosaunee, Onkwehonwe, and allied scholarship will once again center this year’s 10th anniversary Storytellers Conference with the Kanienkeha (Mohawk) concept of kahwatsire: “all of our fires are connected.”
Zapatista’s celebrate 20 year anniversary
On January 1st, the Governments of Canada, US and Mexico marked the 20th anniversary of the passing of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
Indigenous Youth from across Ontario gather at Polytech
This weekend the Six Nations community hosted the Chiefs of Ontario’s Indigenous Youth Engagement Forum, a leadership conference for Ongwehon:we youth.
Political prisoners denied basic human rights
The Elsipogtog protest against fracking seems to be over for everyone except Mi’kmaq men Aaron Francis and Germaine Jr. Breau who have been held in custody since the RCMP raid on October 17th 2013.
Tuscarora Nation declared Heroes
A war memorial commemorating the 200th anniversary of the Tuscarora aiding the citizens of Lewiston, NY during the war of 1812 was erected in one of the town’s public parks last month.
Land title is all usufruct up
It has been argued that the British Crown only gave Joseph Brant’s Mohawks and such others, “usufruct rights” to land named under the Haldimand Deed – meaning that they did not give them the land in “Fee Simple,” which is how the Crown gave land to its own subjects. They say, the right to use the soil was all that Joseph Brant got.
Future of Six Nations Central Fire Station remains uncertain
Although the Six Nations Station #1 Fire Hall was condemned due to mold back in June 2013, the fire department officially moved out about two weeks ago.
Native Land Cleansed from City Documents
Brantford’s voters, who may be browsing the City’s Ward maps, are served a map cleansed of Six Nations Indian Reserve No. 40 and Glebe Farm No. 40B. These Native lands – parts which are also known as the Eagles Nest Tract – have a Federally designated total area larger than Brantford’s downtown core and have recently been stricken from the 2014 City Ward 5 map.