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National Day for Truth and Reconciliation: Exhibit features stolen Kainai children’s stories of resilience on Treaty 7 lands

By Tiffany Dionne Prete In Canada, when we talk about truth and reconciliation we have a tendency to focus on the Indian residential school system (IRS). While engaging with knowledge about residential schools and their legacies is an important facet of truth and reconciliation, there are other colonial school systems that we also need to acknowledge, consider and remember. In addition to Survivors of the IRS, we have Survivors of other colonial school systems the Canadian government initiated and implemented…

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Six Nations Elected Council nominations are in with two vying for elected chief

By Lynda Powless Editor SIX NATIONS OF THE GRAND RIVER-  Its official…Six Nations is in election mode! Nominations for Six Nations coming November band council elections are in and there are two people seeking the top spot on the elected council, former Elected Chief Steve Williams and current councillor Sherri-Lyn Hill. Saturday’s (Sept., 23, 2023) nominations at the Six Nations community hall resulted in 14 people running for 12 councillor seats including six  members of the current council and there…

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Psst… where’s the audit?

With an election just two months away the current Six Nations Elected Council (SNEC) seems determined…

Six Nations Election coming

Six Nations Elected Council looking to gain support?

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Special Reports

Historical stereotypes challenged in reconstruction of Haudenosaunee armour

By Lisa Iesse Writer HAMILTON – A Six Nations man’s reconstruction of 400-year-old Haudenosaunee armour speaks…

The Feather Report – Black & White and Red All Over

The Feather Report Summer Blues

Press Releases

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

World News

What to know about the Morocco earthquake and the efforts to help

By Sam Metz THE ASSOCIATED PRESS An earthquake has sown destruction and devastation in Morocco, where death and injury counts continue to rise as rescue crews dig out people both alive and dead in villages that were reduced to rubble. Law enforcement and aid workers, both Moroccan and international, have arrived in the region south of Marrakech that was hardest hit by the magnitude-6.8 tremor Friday night and several aftershocks. Residents await food, water and electricity, and giant boulders now block steep mountain roads. Here’s what you need to know:…

Cree Nation pushes for more representation at UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

Covid-19

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

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

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

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National Day for Truth and Reconciliation: Exhibit features stolen Kainai children’s stories of resilience on Treaty 7 lands

By Tiffany Dionne Prete In Canada, when we talk about truth and reconciliation we have a…

Several First Nations from Ring of Fire region demand meeting with Premier Doug Ford

TORONTO-Leaders of several First Nations from the Ring of Fire region in northern Ontario have demanded…

`Chase’ council revisits decision to reject Every Child Matters crosswalk after community pushback

By Breanne Massey  Local Journalism Initiative Reporter In the Village of Chase in Secwepemcul’ecw, residents are…

B.C. First Nation research finds 158 child deaths at four facilities 

By Darryl Greer Canadian Press MISSION, BRITISH COLUMBIA- An investigation into unmarked graves and missing children…

National Gathering on Unmarked Burials supports Fort George investigation

By Patrick Quinn  Local Journalism Initiative Reporter At the fifth National Gathering on Unmarked Burials, held…

Peatlands ‘just as important as the Amazon’

 By Amanda Rabski-McColl  Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The second largest carbon sink on earth is everyone’s…

Flag raising at B.C. legislature honours residential school survivors, lost children

VICTORIA -Fresh fall winds helped mark a flag-raising ceremony today at the British Columbia legislature honouring…

Most evacuation orders, alerts lifted in B.C.’s Okanagan wildfires

WEST KELOWNA, B.C.- Evacuation orders and alerts have been lifted for all but one property in…

Doig River First Nations looking to establish urban reserve in Dawson Creek

By Tom Summer Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Doig River First Nations wants to develop an urban…

Seven First Nations strike historic deal on nuclear power 

By John Chilibeck  Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Seven Mi’kmaq communities in New Brunswick and the tribal…

QIA `always going to advocate’ for completion of truth commission’s 25 recommendations

By Tom Taylor Local Journalism Initiative Reporter In 2010, the Qikiqtani Truth Commission (QTC) published a…

First Nations community in northern Alberta evacuates again due to wildfire

Alta.- Residents of a First Nations community in northern Alberta who had to evacuate in the…

Proposed sign project to recognize Treaty 9

By Amanda Rabski-McColl Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Conversations continue about a sign recognizing First Nations, Metis,…

We carry DNA from extinct cousins like Neanderthals. Science is now revealing their genetic legacy 

By Laura Ungar And Maddie Burakoff THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Neanderthals live on within us. These ancient…

Scam alert: text, messages being sent out across region on `grocery rebate’

By Timothy Schafer Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The Canada Revenue Agency is warning residents of the…

Manitoba could make history by electing first First Nations premier to lead province

By  Brittany Hobson THE CANADIAN PRESS WINNIPEG-A First Nations premier would head a province for the…

Six Nations Elected Council nominations are in with two vying for elected chief

By Lynda Powless Editor SIX NATIONS OF THE GRAND RIVER-  Its official…Six Nations is in election…

Haldimand OPP charge four in thefts from vehicles in Caledonia

CALEDONIA, ON –  Haldimand County OPP have charged two Hamilton teenagers and two youths after reports…

Police injured in ‘moments of chaos’: Coquitlam, B.C. mayor 

COQUITLAM, B.C- Police officers have been injured amid what the mayor of Coquitlam, B.C., says were…

Brantford Police arrest four youth after assault involving multiple youths

BRANTFORD, ONT-  Brantford Police Service (BPS) have arrested four youths and are continuing to investigate an…

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