I Am Ready This Year!

Okay, I admit it. Last year when our special month of November rolled around, National Native American Heritage Month, I purposely kept quiet about it…

We are all survivors

When I was a child, there was nothing as lovely as waking up at my grandparents cottage. Imagine a little log cabin, with a little…

The gift of medicine

Cody Jamieson and Craig Point were at the Hamilton Regional Indian Centre this week to hand out free lacrosse sticks to indigenous youth. The sticks…

Federal criminal case highlights Akwesasne money laundering and informant network

SYRACUSE – The federal criminal case against William D. Humphries has now begun in Syracuse, New York. The South Carolina tobacco farmer is accused of…

MNR tries to stop grassroots home building in “unorganized Indian settlement land”

On October 29th, 2013, Darlene Necan, an elected spokesperson of the off-reserve members of the Ojibway Nation of Saugeen no. 258, was issued a stop…

A trailer fire at Fourth Line

A trailer fire at 1500 Fourth Line Road sent a column of black smoke into the sky over Six Nations Monday. The trailer was located…

Noam Chomsky: Indigenous people “are the ones taking the lead in trying to protect all of us”

MONTREAL - Noam Chomsky, the celebrated 85-year old American linguist, peace activist and social critic who is the author of more than one hundred books…

The Two Row Wampum Renewal Campaign expresses solidarity

The Two Row Wampum Renewal Campaign expresses solidarity with the Mi’q Maq people who are defending their part of Turtle Island from the destructive fracking…

Netherlands celebrate ties with Iroquois

THE HAGUE – On a slow rhythm a procession of Moluccans moves towards the Tree of Peace in Wijkpark Transvaal in The Hague. They participate…

Mi’kmaq arrestees denied bail, facing large array of charges

Rexton, New Brunswick – Since the RCMP’s vicious pre-dawn raid of the anti-shale gas encampment in Rexton on October 17th, there has been a certain…

Iconic Indie Rock Veteran Lou Reed Dies at 71

Musician Lou Reed, who was seen as a pioneer with the group “The Velvet Underground” in the late 60’s and early 70’s and who had…

B.C. Councillors Call Proposed Change to Reserve Policy “Scary” and a “Real Threat”

In the latest edition of “Settler Panic,” Councillors this week in Richmond, B.C. talked openly about their fears of potential changes to the Federal Reserve…

Day of the Dead – How Halloween is celebrated elsewhere

On Halloween this Thursday children will dress as little ghosts and goblins and travel from home to home with the threat of a trick being…

Caledonia Thunder rolls over Six Nations Midgets 5-2

OHSWEKEN – The Caledonia Midget Thunder defeated Six Nations Midget Reps by the score of 5-2 at the Gaylord Powless Sunday afternoon. There was some…

Akwesasne land disputes result in criminal charge dismissal

AKWESASNE–Amanda Herne of Akwesasne was charged with driving while intoxicated (DWI) in September 2012. She had been involved in an accident on St. Regis Road…