1.0The Turtle Island Newshttps://theturtleislandnews.comSandyhttps://theturtleislandnews.com/index.php/author/sandy/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="CNdF2HXhbB"><a href="https://theturtleislandnews.com/index.php/2026/11/04/editorial-snec-hccc-time-for-solutions/">Editorial: SNEC/HCCC time for solutions</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://theturtleislandnews.com/index.php/2026/11/04/editorial-snec-hccc-time-for-solutions/embed/#?secret=CNdF2HXhbB" width="600" height="338" title="“Editorial: SNEC/HCCC time for solutions” — The Turtle Island News" data-secret="CNdF2HXhbB" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://theturtleislandnews.com/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://theturtleislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/editorial_thumb-1.jpg300300Six Nations Elected Band Council (SNEC) needs to explain itself. Now, we realize no matter what the issue is with this current band council there are times when you just have to give your head a shake! SNEC, out of the blue, joined the local Men’s Fire group in an attempt to take the Haudenosaunee Confederacy Chiefs’ Council’s (HCCC) development arm the Haudenosaunee Development Institute (HDI) to court. SNEC never explained why they joined the lawsuit? They didn’t explain what they hoped to gain, on behalf of the community, you know the community who didn’t even know the HDI was being taken to court, or if they were just jumping onboard to help the Men’s Fire group pay some legal bills. (And if that’s the case SNEC really needs to