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…

The little matter of the Haldimand Deed

The biggest elephant in Canada is still the document that just celebrated its 229th anniversary last week, sometimes known as the Haldimand Proclamation, the Haldimand…

The Scrooge of Halloween

Probably the spookiest experience I ever had was when I worked at the Mush Hole. I was working with a dance company. Our office was…

Elsipogtog Mi’kmaq Nation brings thanks to Six Nations

SIX NATIONS – John Simon and Paul Milliea, members of the Elsipogtog Mi’kmaq Nation of New Brunswick, were in Six Nations last Saturday to thank…

SN students participate in Halloween for Hunger

SIX NATIONS – Students at all Six Nations schools will be participating in “Halloween for Hunger” this year. Halloween for Hunger is a program begun…

Gina Thomas conducted a one-woman protest at Oneida Business Park

Gina Thomas conducted a one-woman protest at Oneida Business Park on Fourth Line Rd, against her former employer, NPAABM Niagara Peninsula, Area Aboriginal Management Board.…

Haudenosaunee history front and centre in Germany

BERLIN, GERMANY – Germany’s fascination with the Haudenosaunee people, and all North American Indigenous cultures, was once again made evident as the Federal Republic of…

Hooded Wyoming Wolf Hunters Image Goes Viral

A photo went viral this week of a men wearing hoods while standing around an American flag and holding up the corpse of a dead…

Two Row Time

Much has been made of the Two Row Wampum lately. The “Two Row Wampum Renewal Campaign” and the launch of the “Two Row Times” are…

Ontario’s shale-gas: The next ‘fracking’ frontier?

With the consciousness of people in Canada taken up a notch on the issue of “fracking” by the Mi’kmaq-led resistance in New Brunswick, it’s only…

First Nations Education Act ‘colonial’, says Madahbee

After decades of under-funding to First Nations schools – with high dropout rates and an epidemic of youth suicide that can’t be disassociated with the…

Shorthanded Bantams lose 4-1 to Caledonia

OHSWEKEN – The Caledonia Thunder rolled into Six Nations this past Sunday afternoon in all minor rep divisions including the Bantam Southern Counties. The Six…

Language revitalization in Tyendinaga More Than Learning a Second Language

As an English speaking parent, I have always felt the shame when an outsider asked me what language I spoke, other than English. So when…