Turtle Island Story

Turtle Island News is based on the creation story of the Haudenosaunee. Turtle Island is North America, a continent, our creation story tells us, that was created on the back of a giant sea turtle. As a result Turtle Island News provides news articles on or about aboriginal people from across North America.

Awards-Turtle Island News and its staff have won both national and international awards for journalism that we are very proud of from the Native American Journalists Association to Ontario daily Newspaper Association and others..

Staff:

Publisher LYNDA POWLESS

Launched Turtle Island News in the basement of her home and has since respected national native weekly newspaper in Canada with a national and international readership.

Lynda, herself is one of Canada's most celebrated native journalists with awards from her more than 30 years working for daily newspapers across Ontario and New York. The CBC, and other mainstream media.

We are very proud of the experience Lynda brought with the creation of Turtle Island News. Lynda is one of the most experienced native journalists in Canada.

She is the proud recipient as well of the Native American Journalists Association's Lifetime Achievement Award for journalism.

In Business Awards:

She was named to the Top 100 Most Powerful Women In Canada in November 2006.

Lynda is also the RBC Entrepreneur of the Year Award winners in the Trailblazer Category for 2005. She was one of five women chosen from across Canada..

Lynda lives in her home community of Six Nations of the Grand River, just outside of Hamilton, Ontario with her three sons.

grown the weekly newspaper in 11 years to the most

Legal

Turtle Island News is a member of :
Native American Journalists Association
Native Journalist Association
International Committee to Protect Journalists Worldwide
OCNA,CCNA.