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Woodland Cultural Centre’s annual Smoke Dance competition heats up the crowd Chiefs face familiar foe in MSL final “Bait And Switch”: New Provincial Residential School Survivor Funding Is Not What It Seems Rivermen deadlocked with Merchants in league final Six Nations Firefighters beat the heat with Sunset Splash Three-time national Mann Cup champs commence playoffs It was Pow Wow time at Six Nations Over 100 people took to the Rainbow Bridge this past weekend AFN Blasts Federal Response to Namaygoosisagagun Wildfire Crisis: “Absolutely Ridiculous & Disgusting” Wild fire smoke from northern Ontario pushing into southern Ontario including Six Nations

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Manitoba shelter support worker program grads seek to make difference in lives of province’s most vulnerable

By Maggie Macintosh, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Winnipeg Free Press Pauline Pollard didn’t hesitate when asked what advice she would give her teenage self, a pregnant young mother of one in an abusive relationship. “Leave sooner,” she said, citing everything she’s learned over the last 25 years, including at Red River College Polytechnic’s shelter support worker program. The 43-year-old said she has “a lot of compassion” for women of all ages who find themselves stuck in unsafe situations. It’s far…

Editorial

It’s audit time

It appears the current members of the Six Nations Elected Council (SNEC) don’t seem to mind setting…

First Nations Policing a right!

Editorial: It’s about integrity

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The Feather Report – Black & White and Red All Over

Black & White and Red All Over Photos by Carl Pascoe & Rachel A. Powless By…

The Feather Report Summer Blues

MEET THE CHIEF: Garden River Chief Andy Rickard and council work to keep community COVID-19 safe

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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

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From our Blog

Lawyers Call On Six Nations community to participate in Haldimand Treaty land rights court action

Estimated at between$13.9 billion and $8.7 trillion, Six Nations massive land claim about to hit the…

New Housing development aimed at reducing Toronto’s Indigenous housing crisis

By Alex Murray Writer A new 100-unit, Indigenous-led supportive housing development that could help de-escalate the…

Today in History

Aug 16 In 2018, Natan Obed, 42, was re-elected leader of Canada’s 60,000 Inuit. Obed said…

UNDER THE NORTHERN SKY: Kattawapiskak Keekehwin Gathering 2026

By Xavier Kataquapit Attawapiskat First Nation wrapped up another successful Kattawapiskak Keekehwin Gathering for the community.…

Chiefs face familiar foe in MSL final

By Sam Laskaris Writer The Six Nations Chiefs will have to beat a familiar foe in…

Six Nations club wins provincial Junior C title

By Sam Laskaris Writer The Six Nations Stealth now has provincial bragging rights. The local Junior…

Attack bow out in semi-finals

By Sam Laskaris Writer The Grand River Attack exceeded some expectations. But the local squad didn’t…

Manitoba shelter support worker program grads seek to make difference in lives of province’s most vulnerable

By Maggie Macintosh, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Winnipeg Free Press Pauline Pollard didn’t hesitate when asked…

Labrador town demands help before it will back N.L.-Quebec energy pact

A Labrador town that could be transformed by new developments proposed in Newfoundland and Labrador’s tentative…

‘Ribeye of the sky’: the hunt for a once-threatened bird reopens in Ontario

By Leah Borts-Kuperman, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Narwhal Starting next month, Ontario hunters will have…

Iroquois Lodge Residents Make Move to Brantford Fox Ridge Facility

By Alex Murray Writer After months-long delays, the residents of Iroquois Lodge finally made the move…

Wildfire season tracking to be 4th worst on record; fire risk remains elevated

By Nick Murray Canada is on track for its fourth worst wildfire season on record. At…

Whitesand First Nation plans phased return for wildfire evacuees

By Mike Stimpson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, SNnewswatch.com THUNDER BAY — Hundreds of Whitesand First Nation…

Medicine Hat police expand body camera program to 86 units

By Brook Wagner, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Medicine Hat News The Medicine Hat Police Service has…

Edmonton Public School Board honours Indigenous graduates

By Regan Treewater, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Alberta Native News A high school graduation is a…

ACFN chief joins B.C. First Nations to oppose new pipeline

By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Alberta Native News – The chief of Athabasca Chipewyan…

Man who threw trailer hitch at Indigenous woman granted full parole: Indigenous group

An organization representing dozens of northern Ontario First Nations says a man who threw a trailer…

‘We’re Mi’kmaq first’: two-spirit identity supported by L’Nu communities

By Rosemary Godin, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Cape Breton Post The co-founder of the Wabanaki Two-Spirit…

Six Nations signs MOU with Brantford over development of Brantford Boundary lands

 City of Brantford Mayor Kevin Davis and Six Nations of the Grand River Elected Chief Sherri-Lyn…

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