Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation re-open council house
By Austin Evans Writer “Look how it used to, function as it should,” was the motto shaping the work done to restore The Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation (MCFN) Council House. MCFN councillors and Chief Claire Sault were joined by Members of Parliament (MP) Arif Virani and Filomena Tassi to celebrate the reopening of the 140 year old council house on October 25. Restorative work on the council house began a year and a half ago according to MCFN Councillor Ashley Sault, and she said nearly everything inside the building was brand new. “Basically what we were doing was bringing back the old look with new technology,” she said. “It was supposed to look how it used to but function as it should, is what our kind of catchphrase...
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Six Nations Police and paramedics put through the hoops in Canadian Air Force emergency training
By Austin Evans Writer Photos: Jim C. Powless Putting both human and canine officers to the test: Six Nations Police spent a day training to track injured people in heavily forested areas. Six Nations Police partnered with Six Nations Paramedics and the Royal Canadian Air Force’s (RCAF) Unit 424 Search and Rescue (SAR) squadron for a three-way training day. The RCAF provided their SAR technicians and helicopter to assist Six Nations Police in their training. Friday, Oct. 25th Six Nations is home to the largest expanse of Carolinian forest in southern Ontario, which Canine Handler Jared Miller said the police have conducted air searches for previously. “It’s very likely given the hunting culture around here that we could have a hunting accident or just somebody who’s trying to enjoy the...
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Who is the elected Chief?
Six Nations Elected Council (SNEC) is marking its first year in office. The system itself has been in place for 100 years and is still trying to turn itself into a political body, while remaining answerable to Ottawa. From what we have seen in the first year, it’s a struggle they haven’t made much progress on. The problem is because it is an elected part time body progress depends entirely on its leader. And currently hiccups are occurring that put any efforts they think they have made on progress behind, not to mention, the huge following the Grand River Haudenosaunee Confederacy Council has where supporters watching the new elected council simply shake their heads and move on. After a year in office the current SNEC is still struggling to find...
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Today In history
Oct 29 In 2021, the National Advisory Committee on Immunization was now recommending booster shots of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines for people who received two doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine. It was also recommending boosters for adults over the age of 70, front-line health-care workers with a short interval between their first two doses, and First Nations, Inuit and Métis people. In 2021, the federal government appealed a ruling that ordered Ottawa to compensate First Nations children removed from their homes — but said the parties had agreed to keep talking outside the court. In 2016, the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal found Ottawa discriminated against First Nations children by knowingly underfunding child and family services for those living on reserves. It ordered compensation that could have reached $2 billion. Oct 31...
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UNDER THE NORTHERN SKY: Halloween Is Very Scary This Year
By Xavier Kataquapit www.underthenorthernsky.com My family and my home community of Attawapiskat on the James Bay coast has always enjoyed Halloween. The idea of the whole thing just perfectly fits into a lot of our traditions of scary stories, spirits, other worldly beings and monsters that are part of the legends that our parents and Elders taught us. The whole idea of Halloween celebrations being just a holiday for children and to have fun was also something that my parents and many of our Elders thoroughly enjoyed. Halloween on the James Bay coast is a very new idea that has only been around for a few generations. When I was a boy in the 1980s, everyone was still unfamiliar with the idea of what it meant or why it was...
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Man charged in drug raid
Six Nations Police seized a large quantity of cocaine during a raid on a Chiefswood Road address that saw a man from Mississauga, Ont., became combative during the search. Six Nations Police, armed with a search warrant, raided the Chiefswood Road residence September 25th, where they said during the “warrant execution” police came into contact with a “combative” man who was taken into custody. During a search of the residence police seized cocaine, oxycodone, firearm ammunition, a replica firearm and a large quantity of currency. Matthew Glac, 20, of Mississauga, ON, has been charged with: Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking: Cocaine Proceeds of Crime Over $5, 000 Assault Peace Officer X 3 Possession of a Prohibited Weapon Contrary to Prohibition Order X 2 Breach of Probation X 3 The...
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Stallions defeated in league championship game by undefeated Orangeville
By Sam Laskaris Writer One more victory this season would have been preferable. But most members of the Six Nations Stallions squad have to be quite pleased with their 2024 season. The Stallions advanced to the championship final of the Ontario Senior Men’s Field Lacrosse League (OSMFLL). But the Six Nations club was downed 14-10 by the Orangeville Generals in the final, which was held this past Saturday in Mississauga. Stallions’ captain Danton Miller, who is also the team’s manager, was relatively pleased with how the season transpired. “I think we had three subs and they had eight,” Miller said of the league’s final against the Generals. The Stallions certainly had plenty of players who were interested in suiting up for the Stallions this season. But a league rule stipulates...
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Six Nations player chosen to represent Laurentian at university rookie all-star contest
By Sam Laskaris Writer As it turns out, Rowan Smith’s first lacrosse season in the Canadian university ranks is not over yet. Smith, an 18-year-old Six Nations member, was a rookie midfielder with the Sudbury-based Laurentian Voyageurs. The Voyageurs had a challenging season as they failed to win any of their 10 regular season contests in the Canadian University Field Lacrosse Association (CUFLA). Smith, a midfielder, appeared in all 10 games for the Voyageurs. And he led the club in scoring, collecting seven points, including six goals. As a result, Smith was chosen to showcase his abilities at the CUFLA’s season-ending championship tournament, which begins on Friday and continues until Sunday at Brock University in St. Catharines. Six clubs will participate in the championship weekend. Smith will also be at...
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ILA to host 7 National Lacrosse League pre-season games
By Sam Laskaris Writer Local lacrosse fans will have plenty of opportunities to see some of the world’s top lacrosse players relatively close to home. And the best part, admission will be free for the seven National Lacrosse League (NLL) pre-season matches that will be held during November at the Iroquois Lacrosse Arena (ILA). “This is definitely the most games we’ve had here,” said Tracy Johnson, the ILA’s manager. Last year the local facility hosted four NLL exhibition contests. In recent years both the Halifax Thunderbirds, owned by Six Nations member Curt Styres, and the Georgia Swarm have staged their training camps out of the ILA. Johnson said that representatives from the Albany FireWolves also reached out to the ILA brass this year and requested to have their three pre-season...
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Six Nations own Brandon Montour hopes to inspire children back home
By Arielle Orsuto K5 SEATTLE — Brandon Montour is just cracking the surface of his Kraken career, but the defenseman has been in the league for seven years. With Seattle being his fourth city, with previous stops in Florida, Buffalo and Anaheim, he and his family is used to being new in town. “My family enjoys where we’re at. We’re settling in finally now. Making our house feel more like home,” said Montour. Even as he gets settled, Montour said his plan is to be here for a long time. “This is home and this is a community we’re going to grow.” His last stop was a big one, winning the first Stanley Cup in Florida Panthers history in 2023. He scored eight goals during the teams playoff run, leading...
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Haudenosaunee deer hunt dates set
The annual Haudenosaunee deer harvest is gearing up to start November 4th. The Haudenosaunee Wildlife and Habitat Authority (HWHA) and Hamilton Conservation Authority (HCA) have agreed to dates for the 2024 hunting season running from November 4 to Dec. 5 on HCA lands, the Hamilton Conservation Authority announced. The now 13-year-old annual hunt stems from a 2011 agreement. In 2011 the Ontario Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs recognized and supported the Nanfan Treaty, or the Treaty at Albany of 1701. The treaty outlines the Haudenosaunee right to harvest and fish in the Dundas Valley Conservation Area (DVCA). The HCA and HWHA agreement outlines Haudenosaunee treaty rights HCA lands and protocols. The 2024 deer harvesting has two schedules and will be held in two areas of the DVCA from November to December...
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Three facing charges after failing to stop for police
OHSWEKEN-Three Ohsweken people are facing a series of charges from drugs to firearm possession after the vehicle they were in failed to stop for police. Six Nations Police said on September 5th, 2024, at about 11:00 a.m. officers spotted a motor vehicle that had failed to stop for police in a plaza on Sour Springs Road near Mohawk Road. Police said the motor vehicle was successfully blocked in after attempting to flee from police again. Police arrested three people and seized fentanyl, hydromorphone and a replica firearm. As a result of the investigation Dillon James Miller, 34, of Ohsweken, has been charged with the following criminal offences: Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking: Fentanyl Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking: Hydromorphone Proceeds of Crime Under $5,000 Operation While Prohibited X...
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A century after Native Americans got the right to vote, they could put Trump or Harris over the top
RED SPRINGS, N.C. (AP) — Native American communities were decisive voting blocs in key states in 2020, and with the 2024 race remaining stubbornly close both campaigns have tried to mobilize Native voters in the final weeks of the presidential election. But when it comes to messaging, the two campaigns could not be more different, many Native voters said. It’s been 100 years since Native Americans were given the right to vote, with the passage of the Snyder Act in 1924, and whichever campaign is able to harness their power in this election could swing some of the most hotly contested counties in the country. In swing states like Arizona, North Carolina, Michigan, and Nevada, the candidates — particularly Vice President Kamala Harris — have been targeting Native Americans with...
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Seal is served: How coastal First Nations are reclaiming their roots by bringing back the hunt
By Nora O’Malley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Before there was an Island highway connecting the west coast to the rest of Canada and long before there was a food store bringing in fresh supplies, coastal First Nations hunted and ate seal for subsistence. To bring back this forgotten tradition, young Indigenous men from the Nuu-chah-nulth Youth Warriors Family harvested four harbour seals in October – two from Sarita Bay in Huu-ay-aht First Nations (HFN) modern treaty territory and two from unceded Tla-o-qui-aht First Nations (TFN) territory. For most of the Warriors, the whole experience of harbour seal hunting, or kuukuḥw̓isa ʔuʔuʔiiḥ as they say in Nuu-chah-nulth language, was a first. “There were a lot of emotions and tears of joy and pride in bringing this back and revitalizing this knowledge...
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AFN National Chief and Alberta Premier ask feds for more First Nations policing funds
By Jeremy Appel Local Journalism Initiative Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith both attended a special chiefs assembly in Calgary from Oct. 16 to 18. In opening remarks on the assembly’s first day, Premier Smith said she had a “very meaningful and productive conversation” with Woodhouse Nepinak on Oct. 15. “We are united in our commitment to establish First Nations policing as an essential service in First Nations communities,” said Smith. On Oct. 21, Woodhouse Nepinak and Smith released a joint statement reaffirming their shared commitment to First Nations policing and calling on the federal government to provide more funding towards it. “We call on the federal government to move forward on their commitment to implement amendments to the First Nations and...
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Haines Junction school without principal and teachers for multiple grades
By Talar Stockton, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter St. Elias Community School in Haines Junction is dealing with nine educator vacancies, according to the president of the Yukon Association of Education Professionals. Ted Hupé told the News in an Oct. 28 interview that the school is looking for primary and intermediate teachers, a principal and educational assistants. St. Elias Community School is operated by the First Nation School Board (FNSB). It offers classes from kindergarten to grade 12, according to the school’s website. It follows the B.C. curriculum with Yukon First Nations and Champagne and Aishihik First Nations content as a foundation, reads the school’s website. Wade Istchenko, the MLA for Kluane, told the Yukon legislature Oct. 23 that grades 1, 2, 3, 6 and 7 are without qualified teachers at...
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Interference didn’t change Peguis election result, rules judge
By Dave Baxter Local Journalism Initiative reporter A federal judge has ruled the results of a Manitoba First Nation’s election are valid despite evidence of “direct” interference when voters went to the polls in 2023. Federal Justice Ann Marie McDonald ruled last Thursday she would not negate the results of the April 6, 2023 election for chief and council held in the Peguis First Nation, an election that saw current Peguis Chief Stan Bird beat incumbent Glenn Hudson by 440 votes in the community with more than 12,000 members. After losing the election, Hudson launched an appeal asking that the results be thrown out and a new election called claiming that Bird and supporters of Bird had interfered with operations at an advance poll in the community on March, 28,...
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Jody Wilson-Raybould challenges Canada’s history in new book
By Abby Luciano, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter It was a full house at West Vancouver Memorial Library Sunday night in celebration of former Liberal MP Jody Wilson-Raybould and author Roshan Danesh’s latest book, Reconciling History: A Story of Canada. The book shares the voices of both Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples, touching on Canada’s history of colonization and how that history has been painted. “We definitely still have a long way to go, and there’s still horrible disparities and realities. But I think we have to take stock in recognizing that there has been constructive change and continue to build on it,” Wilson-Raybould said. Reconciling History also touches on the history of her people, the Musgamagw Tsawataineuk and Laich-Kwil-Tach, both part of the Kwakwaka’wakw Nation on northern Vancouver Island. When Wilson-Raybould...
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