National News
Mom urges chiefs to vote in favour of landmark $47.8B child welfare reform deal
CALGARY-CP-The plaintiffs who successfully sued Canada over discrimination in the child welfare system gave emotional speeches on Thursday urging First Nations chiefs to support a landmark $47.8-billion deal to reform that system. The deal was struck in July between Canada, the Chiefs of Ontario, Nishnawbe Aski Nation and the Assembly of First Nations after a nearly two-decade legal fight over the federal government’s underfunding of on-reserve child welfare services. The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal said that was discriminatory. It tasked…
Six Nations News
Route 54 Annual Harvest Festival give-away is a family event, with a lot of help from friends
By Austin Evans, Writer Photos by Austin Evans & Jim C. Powless Cars lined up on…
Sports News
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Last-minute Team Indigenous entry takes part in Super Sixes tournament in B.C.
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Local lacrosse player inks contract with Toronto Rock
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Sports Briefs
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Caledonia Corvairs to retire Brandon Montour’s jersey this month
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Six Nations teen becomes regular with Corvairs at age 15
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Sports Briefs: From Women’s Lacrosse to Bearcats
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Both Haudenosaunee clubs capture bronze medals at world championships
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Montour scores goal in his home debut with Seattle Kraken franchise
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Sports Briefs: Stallions to Hawks busy sports seasons
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Local elementary schools take to the diamond for fun!
Editorial
Feds band system..Governance or secretary?
Six Nations is marking 100 years of an imposed governance system dubbed simply the band council.…
National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
TURTLE ISLAND NEWS SPECIAL EDITION: Truth and Reconciliation…the searches go on
Survivors’ Secretariat holding hope for missing children By Austin Evans Writer One hundred children…so far. Children…
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Special Reports
Historical stereotypes challenged in reconstruction of Haudenosaunee armour
By Lisa Iesse Writer HAMILTON – A Six Nations man’s reconstruction of 400-year-old Haudenosaunee armour speaks…
Press Releases
City launches Digital Service Squad to help small businesses adopt online technologies
Brantford, ON – In partnership with the Downtown Brantford BIA, the Brantford-Brant Business Resource Enterprise Centre…
National Indigenous People's Day
Statement from Ministers Vandal, Anandasangaree, and Hajdu on the passing of Grand Chief Cathy Merrick
OTTAWA, ON, Sept. 6, 2024 – Today, Ministers Vandal, Anandasangaree, and Hajdu issued the following statement: “We are deeply saddened by the sudden passing of Cathy Merrick Grand Chief of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs (AMC). Grand Chief Merrick was a trailblazing leader, as the first female Chief of the AMC, and a cherished member of the Pimicikamak Cree Nation. On behalf of the Government of Canada, we extend our heartfelt condolences to the family, friends, community of Grand Chief Merrick, and all Manitobans. Grand Chief Merrick dedicated her life…
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World News
What to know about the Morocco earthquake and the efforts to help
By Sam Metz THE ASSOCIATED PRESS An earthquake has sown destruction and devastation in Morocco, where death and injury counts continue to rise as rescue crews dig out people both alive and dead in villages that were reduced to rubble. Law enforcement and aid workers, both Moroccan and international, have arrived in the region south of Marrakech that was hardest hit by the magnitude-6.8 tremor Friday night and several aftershocks. Residents await food, water and electricity, and giant boulders now block steep mountain roads. Here’s what you need to know:…
Covid-19
Meet the Chiefs: Delaware Nation/EELÜNAAPÉEWI LAHKÉEWIIT Chief Denise Stonefish: 90% of community vaccinated
By Victoria Gray Writer The Delaware Nation at Moraviantown has fared pretty well through the COVID-19…
