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Sarah Lewis representing Curve Lake First Nation at inaugural Miss Indigenous Canada

By Natalie Hamilton, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Sarah Lewis, Peterborough’s inaugural poet laureate, is in the running for the Miss Indigenous Canada title. Lewis, a spoken-word artist from Curve Lake First Nation near Peterborough, is one of 26 contestants vying for the crown, which will be awarded on Saturday (July 27) as part of an event currently underway at the Courtyard by Marriott in Hamilton, which is Six Nations of the Grand River territory. Unlike other pageants, Miss Indigenous Canada…

Editorial

Brandon is bringing the Stanley Cup

The cup is coming and Brandon Montour is bringing it. While the Stanley Cup playoffs may…

Mending fences and economic reconcilliation…not a bad idea

Mending fences at the AFN

Editorial Cartoons

Weekly Cartoon

Weekly Cartoon

Weekly Cartoon

National Indigenous People's Day

Heated Solidarity Day fun, but rides and firefighters kept it cool!

By Austin Evans Writer The heat warning wasn’t enough to stop Six Nations from showing off…

GrandBridge Energy working to build positive relationships with Indigenous Peoples

The Importance of Celebrating Indigenous Culture

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…

The Feather Report – Black & White and Red All Over

The Feather Report Summer Blues

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…

New First Nations Report Details Groundbreaking Dialogue around Native Stewardship of Lands, Natural Resources and Sacred Sites

Statement by Minister Wilson-Raybould on the accomplishments of 2016

Other Publications

Aboriginal Business News

Aboriginal Business Magazine

Choices Educational Magazine

Choices Educational Magazine

Discover Six Nations Magazine

Discover Six Nations Magazine

Aboriginal Tourism Magazine

Aboriginal Tourism Magazine

Turtle Club Kids - Earth Day Edition

TCK - Earthday Edition

Turtle Club Kids - Anti-Bully

TCK - Anti-Bully

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:…

Cree Nation pushes for more representation at UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

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…

Six Nations rolling out new colour coded COVID-19 chart, one active case

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