Youth Conference stirs emotions and makes an impact
The Sanderson Centre was packed with over 400 Six Nations youth from Grades 7-12 last week for the P.A.R.T.Y. Program – Preventing Alcohol and Risk-Related Trauma in Youth.
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2013 Rock your mocs
The moccasin has walked many trails in the footsteps of the Original People. From the Navajo and Sioux, to the nations of the Haudenosaunee, it has been crafted into many likenesses to sooth the soles of the people.
In gaming conflict with the Oneida, Cayuga Nation gains support
The Cayuga Nation of New York has been in the news for economic development for the past few years. In 2012 the tribal government launched a Cayuga brand tribally manufactured cigarette. In 2013, the Cayuga Nation re-opened a Class II electronic bingo parlor in Union Springs, New York.
The tribal government business plan has now received the support of a prominent group of elected councils. The United South and Eastern Tribes (USET) formed in 1968, is based in Nashville, Tennessee.
Six Nations boxer gets shot a Canadian title
BRANTFORD – Twenty-four-year-old Six Nations boxer Cher Obediah-Blasdell, of the Seneca Nation, Turtle Clan, couldn’t believe her luck after being informed that she had made…
Bantams crush Langton 7-0
OHSWEKEN – The 4 o’clock game on Saturday had the Six Nations Bantam Local League squad up against a much smaller Langton team. Six Nations…
Royal Proclamation now on display at Canadian Museum of Civilization
[tweetable] The Royal Proclamation of 1763 is on display this fall [/tweetable] at the Canadian Museum of Civilization in Gatineau, Quebec. The showing is in…
Walk Against Violence brings community together in Peace
OHSWEKEN – Six Nations Walk Against Violence Participants walked through the Six Nations community from all four directions, ending at Veteran’s Park, Ohsweken for free burgers…
AFN Chief Atleo supports resource extraction – but wants respect and better terms
Shawn A-in-chut Atleo, the National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations, spoke to the Vancouver Board of Trade last week, indicating a willingness to…
Indigenous rights record blacken Harper’s eye
In today’s information age, it is impossible to keep skeletons in the closet for long, as Prime Minister Stephen Harper is finding out.
Dance Responsibly
The year Gramma Rovina got sick, we went to longhouse. We were sitting on the bench together, my Onondaga Beaver grandmother keeping me right under her wings, and it came time to dance. I didn’t know she was sick. And for some reason when the women got up to dance she didn’t join in. I timidly stayed by her side, unsure of what to do. The women danced right past me and Gramma scolded me…”go on, get out there!”