{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"The Turtle Island News","provider_url":"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com","author_name":"Sandy","author_url":"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/index.php\/author\/sandy\/","title":"Six Nations Councillors may be tackling taxes - The Turtle Island News","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"42LoVk8PaK\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/08\/six-nations-councillors-may-be-tackling-taxes\/\">Six Nations Councillors may be tackling taxes<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/08\/six-nations-councillors-may-be-tackling-taxes\/embed\/#?secret=42LoVk8PaK\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Six Nations Councillors may be tackling taxes&#8221; &#8212; The Turtle Island News\" data-secret=\"42LoVk8PaK\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!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);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"Six Nations councillors want to ensure Indigenous people don\u2019t pay federal taxes. Six Nations Elected Council (SNEC) doesn\u2019t want to let the federal government collect taxes from community members and hopes to challenge the excise tax, carbon tax and more. Councillors took on the issue in Elected Chief Sherri-Lyn Hill\u2019s absence recently. The Elected Chief was on a personal day. But that didn\u2019t stop councillors from moving Forward. \u201cI think we need to start fighting back on this matter. I hate to say, it\u2019s almost like they are devious,\u201d said Councillor Hazel Johnson. \u201cYou think you\u2019re headed up a little bit and they come in the back door with some other idea to get more money out of the native people,\u201d Councillor Hazel Johnson said. SNEC passed a motion, during","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Councillor-Amos-Keye-Jr-150x150.jpg"}