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The Brock Badgers, coached by Six Nations member Vince Longboat, are hoping to have their share of celebrations at this weekend’s Baggataway Cup. Photo by zachtang.photography

November 1, 2023 609 views

By Sam Laskaris Writer Vince Longboat is hoping a new Canadian University Field Lacrosse Association (CUFLA) champion will be crowned…

Travis Longboat, on left, is hoping to become a regular with the National Lacrosse League’s Albany FireWolves this coming season. Photo by Shutterlax.com

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Sam Laskaris – BEHIND THE ACTION – TRAVIS LONGBOAT

November 1, 2023 571 views

By Sam Laskaris Writer Ideally Travis Longboat would now be preparing for his second National Lacrosse League (NLL) season with…

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Snipers looking to regain championship form in 2024

November 1, 2023 578 views

By Sam Laskaris Writer Darcy Powless is doing his best to get the old gang back together. Or the majority…

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Innu hockey player aspires to go pro after earning engineering degree

November 1, 2023 484 views

By Sam Laskaris, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter While Mikisiw Awashish continues to make his education plans, the 22-year-old Innu hockey…

Go Ticats... Go Six Nations - Six Nations elementary school students teamed up with the Hamilton Tiger Cats for a round of football last week. (Photo by Lisa Iesse) See story page 9.

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Hamilton TiCats take on Six Nations elementary students…go, go, go….

October 25, 2023 674 views

By Lisa Iesse Writer It was Ticats Day at Six Nations elementary schools last week when the Hamilton Tiger Cats dropped…

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Indigenous Players in National Hockey League

October 25, 2023 555 views

By Sam Laskaris Windspeaker.com Zach Whitecloud will forever have fond memories of the 2023 National Hockey League playoffs. That’s because…

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Column: Haudenosaunee deserves a lacrosse team of its own at the 2028 Olympics

October 25, 2023 535 views

By Paul Newberry THE ASSOCIATED PRESS They call it the “medicine game,’’ which is a bit of a misnomer because…

Students from across Six Nations Elementary schools competed in cross country at Chiefswood Park Thursday Oct., 19. (Photo by Lisa Iesse)

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Six Nations Cross County, students hit the ground running…

October 25, 2023 654 views

Results: OMSK JK girls – Aida (Teegan) Staats-hill 2nd JK boys – Dalton Porter 1st – Micheal Porter 3rd –…

Six Nations had three of its lacrosse teams win provincial championships in their categories at the Fall Ball finals held in Orangeville on Saturday.

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Six Nations lacrosse clubs capture provincial championships

October 18, 2023 604 views

By Sam Laskaris Writer Officials with the Six Nations Minor Lacrosse Association certainly had plenty of reasons to celebrate this…

Six Nations’ Danielle Johnson (pictured on far right) is a member of a Toronto-based adult synchronized skating club that will participate in the upcoming Winter World Masters Games in Italy. Photo courtesy Danielle Johnson.

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Sam Laskaris – BEHIND THE ACTION – Danielle Johnson

October 18, 2023 499 views

By Sam Laskaris Writer It’s going to happen. More than two decades after she was forced to miss out on…

The Haundenosaunee Nations won the bronze medal at the World Lacrosse Super Sixes event held in Oshawa.

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Bomberry leads Haudenosaunee Nationals to bronze medal at World Lacrosse tournament

October 11, 2023 576 views

By Sam Laskaris Writer Three Six Nations members were part of a Haudenosaunee Nationals squad that captured a bronze medal…

$By Sam Laskaris Writer A men’s lacrosse squad comprised primarily of Six Nations players captured top honours at an Onondaga Nation tournament. The local club, called Down Belowers, participated in the three-day event named The Nations Cup. All matches in the tourney, which concluded on Sunday, were at the Onondaga Nation Arena, near Syracuse, N.Y. Five teams participated in The Nations Cup. Players were representing their Haudenosaunee communities. This marked the first time The Nations Cup had been staged since 2019. The event was not held in each of the past three years because of the COVID-19 pandemic. This year’s entrants included three squads from Onondaga Nation. They were the Onondaga Fire, Onondaga Warriors and a club simply called House Team. Also participating was a squad from Allegany, N.Y. The Down Belowers won all six of their matches at the tournament. They defeated the Onondaga Fire 8-7 in the championship final. Travis Longboat scored the game-winning goal for the Down Belowers on a penalty shot in the dying moments of the final. The Down Belowers were awarded a penalty shot after the Fire was called for a too many men infraction. The Down Belowers are a tournament team organized by brothers Elan, Stephen and Al Henhawk. The squad competed in its first tourney in 2019. “It’s all just to have some fun,” said Elan Henhawk, who is also one of the Down Belowers’ goalies. Clubs at The Nations Cup were also playing for a bit of cash. Teams had to pay a $1,000 registration fee. Members of The Down Belowers ended up winning $3,500. Elan Henhawk said his side did not know what sort of competition it would face at the tournament. “It was thrown together so fast,” said Henhawk, a member of the Six Nations Tomahawks, a Senior C team that won the Ontario-based Senior Series Lacrosse championship this past August. “We didn’t get the schedule of it until the day before.” One of the reasons the schedule was late getting posted was because tournament organizers had to reshuffle things. Henhawk said a squad from Kahnawake, Que. was also supposed to compete in the event but did not take part. Henhawk shared the Down Belowers’ goaltending duties with Dusty Hill. Hill, who has signed a contract with the National Lacrosse League’s Georgia Swarm, said he played in The Nations Cup as a tuneup for his upcoming training camp with the Swarm. “It felt really comfortable,” said Hill, who backstopped the Down Belowers to victory in Sunday’s final. “It was just being with a bunch of guys I’ve known pretty much my whole life.” The Down Belowers trailed by as many as three goals in the second period of Sunday’s championship final. “We all knew the goals were going to come,” Hill said. “We had a lot of experienced players.” The Down Belowers’ next tournament will be the Dreamcatcher Lacrosse Festival. That event, which is scheduled for Dec. 1-3, will be held at Six Nations’ Iroquois Lacrosse Arena.$