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MEET THE CHIEF: Akwesasne Grand Chief Abram Benedict, says border issues present difficulty for community during COVID

October 6, 2021 1830 views

By Victoria Gray Writer The border between US and Canada that runs through the Mohawk Nation at Akwesasne has posed…

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UNDER THE NORTHERN SKY – Hope, Justice And Healing

October 6, 2021 1953 views

By Xavier Kataquapit www.underthenorthernsky.com Finally Indigenous people all across Canada can feel some hope that Canadians and our governments are…

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MEET THE CHIEF: Munsee-Delaware Nation is a passion for Chief Mark Peters

September 29, 2021 4726 views

By Victoria Gray Writer Learning and spreading the long history of the Munsee-Delaware Nation has become a passion for Elected…

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Meet the Chiefs: Delaware Nation/EELÜNAAPÉEWI LAHKÉEWIIT Chief Denise Stonefish: 90% of community vaccinated

September 22, 2021 7683 views

By Victoria Gray Writer The Delaware Nation at Moraviantown has fared pretty well through the COVID-19 pandemic and Chief Denise…

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Meet the Chiefs: Onyota’a:ka/Oneida First Nation Chief takes office in a pandemic

September 15, 2021 3283 views

By Victoria Gray Writer He started in a pandemic. Virtual meetings, no physical contact or meetings, online elections, operating in…

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Survivors’ Secretariat: Dr. Beverly Jacobs takes on role of Indigenous Human Rights Monitor

September 15, 2021 2233 views

SIX NATIONS OF THE GRAND – The Mohawk Institute Survivors’ Secretariat has brought on noted Six Nations lawyer Dr. Beverly…

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SPECIAL: Six Nations Elected Council adviser says not to worry

September 1, 2021 2552 views

By Victoria Gray Writer Six Nations Elected Council’s (SNEC) Political Advisor doesn’t think Bill C-15 has any immediate impacts for…

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UNDER THE NORTHERN SKY – To Celebrate And Pause To Remember

August 11, 2021 4543 views

By Xavier Kataquapit www.underthenorthernsky.com Life is strange and very weird these days during the pandemic. We have had to deal…

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1492 Land Back Lane marks one year

July 21, 2021 3319 views

By Victoria Gray Writer A full year has passed since Six Nations Land Defenders walked onto the McKenzie Meadows housing…

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Black Walnuts Foraged Food Security

December 30, 2020 6519 views

By Terrylynn Brant Mohawk Seedkeeper Gardens Black Walnuts have been a traditional foraged food source among the Haudenosaunee for centuries.…

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Sustainable Communities Save Seeds!

December 23, 2020 6337 views

By Terrylynn Brant Since the beginning of agriculture over 10,000 years ago people have saved seeds. The Haudenosaunee seed savers…

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

December 2, 2020 6586 views

By Georgia LaForme Writer Six Nations is rolling out a colour-coded COVID-19 response framework, stricter than Ontario’s. The new framework…

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UNDER THE NORTHERN SKY: Don’t Let Your Guard Down

August 12, 2020 3890 views

By Xavier Kataquapit You would think that this Corona-virus pandemic had gone away judging by the way people are acting…

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UNDER THE NORTHERN SKY: Pandemic Be Damned

July 29, 2020 1695 views

By Xavier Kataquapit www.underthenorthernsky.com I come from a large family with eight siblings. My mom Susan and my dad Marius…

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The Flower Report

July 8, 2020 1968 views

“The earth laughs in flowers.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) By Rachel A. Powless Photos by Rachel A. Powless I…

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UNDER THE NORTHERN SKY: Learning In A Dangerous Time

June 3, 2020 2046 views

By Xavier Kataquapit www.underthenorthernsky.com An entire new generation of graduates from universities, colleges, secondary schools and elementary schools are moving…