Read more Editorialticker Merry Christmas and a Happy Holiday December 18, 2024 77 views It may seem early, but at Turtle Island News we want to wish you, all of our readers, a very Merry…
Read more Editorialticker Justin Trudeau…stop the tears…call an inquiry December 11, 2024 180 views Indigenous women, mothers, stood in front of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during the Assembly of First Nations Special Chiefs Assembly…
Read more Editorialticker First Nations Policing isn’t about funding a program…it’s about saving lives… December 4, 2024 212 views In 2018, police serving Indigenous populations reported an abysmal statistic. The overall crime rate for Indigenous populations hit 30,333 incidents…
Read more Editorialticker 30 years and counting! November 27, 2024 225 views By Lynda Powless, Editor Time really does fly when you’re having fun. And we have been! Turtle Island News will…
Read more Editorialticker PretendIndians…when will it stop November 20, 2024 277 views From academics to entertainers and now politicians. Where will it end? And why are so many seemingly intelligent individuals (of…
Read more Editorialticker Psst…there’s a holiday but it’s a secret! November 13, 2024 297 views Six Nations Elected Council (SNEC) members ALL need to explain to the community why they are keeping secrets from them.…
Read more Editorialticker Murray Sinclair…he became the shoulder we all leaned on November 6, 2024 305 views Tributes are pouring in from across the country as Indigenous people across Canada mourn the loss of a great statesman.…
Read more Editorialticker Who is the elected Chief? October 30, 2024 330 views Six Nations Elected Council (SNEC) is marking its first year in office. The system itself has been in place for…
EditorialLocal News UNDER THE NORTHERN SKY: Halloween Is Very Scary This Year October 30, 2024 301 views By Xavier Kataquapit www.underthenorthernsky.com My family and my home community of Attawapiskat on the James Bay coast has always enjoyed…
Read more Editorialticker Where will Six Nations be in 100 years… October 23, 2024 315 views October 25th is just two days away. A day that celebrates the new homelands of the Haudenosaunee sealed by Haldimand…
Read more Editorialticker Feds band system..Governance or secretary? October 16, 2024 371 views Six Nations is marking 100 years of an imposed governance system dubbed simply the band council. It’s a system Canada…
Read more Editorialticker A failed coup d’état October 9, 2024 420 views It couldn’t be more ironic. This month marks a dark period in Six Nations history. 100 years since Canada removed…
Editorialticker Letter to Editor October 9, 2024 414 views Six Nations does not have a community decision-making process that satisfies and is approved by the collective including the Six…
Read more Editorialticker A day of hope and reconciliation October 2, 2024 463 views Across the country a parade of orange shirts took to streets to mark the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation…
Read more Editorialticker The CMA says sorry…! September 25, 2024 472 views Last week the Canadian Medical Association (CMA) became the latest organization to formally apologize to Indigenous Peoples for the “actions…
Read more EditorialLocal News LETTERS TO EDITOR: Securing the future, identifying our own September 25, 2024 467 views By Helen Miller If we fail our children, we are bound to fail our present, future, faith, cultures and civilizations.”…
Read more Editorialticker An important day is coming… September 18, 2024 439 views Canada is about to mark the fourth annual National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on September 30, 2024. The federal…
Read more Editorialticker Talks will be needed September 11, 2024 489 views No one wants to see Six Nations massive billion-dollar land claim lawsuit resolved more than the municipalities surrounding the community.…
Read more Editorialticker Time to rethink the move September 4, 2024 511 views Six Nations Elected Council is struggling with its inherited new system of administration. And no one can’t blame them. The…
Read more Editorialticker SNEC closes doors to spend millions August 21, 2024 520 views Behind closed doors… Let’s say that again…behind closed doors… Six Nations Elected Council (SNEC) decided to rack up what could…