Trimmed down Six Nations Elected Council runs deficit in 2020 audit despite...
Six Nations Band Council is made up of one full time Chief and 9 part-time councillors. Councillors are elected at large population of 27,000 with both on and off reserve voting in 2020. The 2020 –...
View ArticleMEET THE CHIEF: Curve Lake First Nation Chief Emily Whetung
By Victoria Gray Writer The community in Curve Lake First Nation rallied around each other at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and have continued to support each other in a way that amazes Chief...
View ArticleMeet the Chief: Nipissing First Nation Chief Scott McLeod
By Victoria Gray Writer Nipissing First Nation came through the pandemic with less than two dozen cases of COVID-19. Chief Scott McLeod credits their planning, location and involved community for...
View ArticleMeet the Chief: Moose Cree First Nation Chief Mervin Cheechoo
By Victoria Gray Writer The Moose Cree First Nation suffered throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and lost many more community members than usual, but the nation is pushing forward to finish projects,...
View ArticleMeet the Chief: Chief Marcus Hardy says Red Rock First Nation battling to...
By Victoria Gray Writer Red Rock First Nation has spent most of the pandemic trying to mitigate the social impacts of the pandemic and health directives had on their membership. The community of 330 is...
View ArticleMeet the Chief: Fort Albany First Nation Chief Robert Nakogee
By Victoria Gray Writer Fort Albany First Nation faced challenges regularly, but the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated those challenges, but the community is on the mend and is focused on making...
View ArticleMEET THE CHIEF: Gull Bay First Nation Chief…the community wouldn’t let...
By Victoria Gray Writer Kiashke Zaaging Anishinaabek – Gull Bay First Nation has strived to continue pursuing land claims and treaty rights throughout the pandemic, while also advancing infrastructure...
View ArticleMEET THE CHIEF: Kettle and Stoney Point Chief Jason Henry working to protect...
By Victoria Gray Writer Kettle and Stony Point First Nation was the first reserve to publicly announce a member had tested positive for COVID-19 in March 2020. “There was a lot of fear, everywhere. It...
View ArticleMEET THE CHIEF: Garden River First Nation Chief Andy Rickford, community...
By Victoria Gray Writer Garden River First Nation took an aggressive position to protect the community from COVID-19 and continue to have strict guidelines and it kept them COVID-19 free for most of...
View ArticleMEET THE CHIEF: Garden River Chief Andy Rickard and council work to keep...
By Victoria Gray Writer Garden River First Nation took an aggressive position to protect the community from COVID-19 and continue to have strict guidelines and it kept them COVID-19 free for most of...
View ArticleBlack Walnuts Foraged Food Security
By Terrylynn Brant Mohawk Seedkeeper Gardens Black Walnuts have been a traditional foraged food source among the Haudenosaunee for centuries. Today, with food security on everyone’s mind we are seeing...
View ArticleSix Nations library holds history on its shelves in over 100 year old building
By Victoria Gray, Writer Photos by Victoria Gray The history of Six Nations is held in the hearts and minds of its members, but it’s also enshrined in text at the Six Nations Public Library (SNPL). The...
View ArticleSustainable Communities Save Seeds!
By Terrylynn Brant Since the beginning of agriculture over 10,000 years ago people have saved seeds. The Haudenosaunee seed savers have developed a wide variety of seeds over the centuries. This...
View ArticleBlack Walnuts Foraged Food Security
By Terrylynn Brant Mohawk Seedkeeper Gardens Black Walnuts have been a traditional foraged food source among the Haudenosaunee for centuries. Today, with food security on everyone’s mind we are seeing...
View ArticleRemember the Whirlwind Woman: The unsolved murder of Sonya Cywink
By Bree Duwyn Writer “When we were young girls, we went ice-fishing for a weekend,” said Meggie Cywink, recalling the fondest memory of her late sister Sonya. One chilly winter weekend in northern...
View ArticleSustainable Communities Save Seeds!
By Terrylynn Brant Since the beginning of agriculture over 10,000 years ago people have saved seeds. The Haudenosaunee seed savers have developed a wide variety of seeds over the centuries. This...
View ArticleSpecial Section: A Community in Transition
Is Six Nations ready for the re-building of a traditional government: -1924: The Haudenosaunee Confederacy Chiefs’ Council were forcibly ousted as the recognized governing body on Six Nations by the...
View ArticleThe Feather Report: The Value of Observation
By Rachel A. Powless Feather Reporter Photos by Carl Pascoe & Rachel A. Powless It has been a while since our last conversation yet our resident birds still continue on. And so, shall I. Back in...
View ArticleThe Feather Report
“Style is the feather in the arrow, not the feather in the cap.” George Sampson What Are Feathers All About? By Rachel A. Powless Feather Reporter Photos by Carl Pascoe & Rachel A. Powless The...
View ArticleHCCC departments’ audit shows a government growing, 60 employees, nine...
Haudenosaunee Development Institute audit released in court documents The HDI audit, by KPMG, $6,428,359 in revenues for the 2022 year and expenses of $5,616,967 leaving revenues of $811,392. The...
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