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As an act of reconciliation, Ford is open to removing obsolete dams at Six Nations’ request

Ontario Premier Doug Ford is open to removing two defunct hydro dams installed along the Grand River, at the request of environmental activists at Six Nations, sources familiar with his thinking tell The Chronicle. The dams, located in Caledonia and

Six Nations’ elections are being corrupted by Tribal administrators

Brenda Johnson, a widely respected social worker and community organizer from Ohsweken, ON, about 90 minutes south of Toronto, is being barred from running in the Six Nations Reserve’s elections. She was denied ballot access on transparently frivolous grounds by

Carolyn Bennett risks the Trudeau government’s credibility with continued delay of Six Nations talks

Activists at Six Nations say that Crown-Indigenous Affairs Minister Carolyn Bennett is risking the credibility of the Trudeau government’s wide-ranging rhetoric relating to Canada’s historic alliance with Six Nations if she continues to delay the direct talks that she has

Candidate for Six Nations’ council seen on video aiding in the brutal beating of a critic

Crystal Monture, a candidate for Six Nations’ administrative council, is seen on video footage aiding in the violent beating of a woman outside of a community meeting in February. She is seen actively preventing others from helping the victim, as

Six Nations billionaire invites MacKay, O’Toole to Grand River to discuss CPC’s relationship with indigenous people

Ken Hill, the billionaire entrepreneur and tobacco mogul from the Six Nations Reserve in Southern Ontario, has extended an open invitation to Conservative Party Leadership candidates Peter MacKay and Erin O’Toole to private discussions at his home on the sovereign

Haudenosaunee retake Six Nations Council House, may dismiss Reserve officials

Observers of indigenous politics are calling it the next ‘Standing Rock‘ — and protest camps are expected to grow all summer long — during a Parliamentary election year, to boot. On May 28th, citizens of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy barricaded the Six Nations

Hydro One injunction sparks political unrest at Six Nations, as corruption allegations emerge against Reserve official

Sovereign immunity is a tenant of international law that says that the rulers of one State cannot be pursued by the Courts of another State for criminal or civil prosecution. It stems from the notion in English common law that

Will Mark Hill keep his pledge to reject Ken Hill’s financial support in Six Nations election?

Six Nations Elected Councillor Mark Hill plans to run for Chairman of the Six Nations Elected Council (SNEC) later this year. Early this year, when news of Councillor Hill’s candidacy for Chairman broke, it ignited a community conversation about privilege and influence

Political schism at Six Nations nuetralizes Chief Ava Hill’s influence

To understand the outrage that is being directed at Chief Ava Hill, who leads the Six Nations Elected Council (SNEC), you must first understand the deep and profound political schism that has long defined the Six Nations community’s politics. The

Federal agent charged with criminal assault against an Indigenous woman from Six Nations

The longtime administrator of the Six Nations Reserve, the most populous First Nations community in Canada, was charged with the criminal assault of an indigenous woman from Ohsweken, ON, following a Superior Court hearing in Brantford yesterday. Canadians from coast

Mark Hill plans to run for Six Nations’ Chief, with powerful backing

Six Nations’ Councilman Mark Hill is planning to run for Chief of the Grand River Reserve in Ohsweken, ON, the largest First Nations community in Canada. Hill is the nephew of businessman Kenny Hill, a co-founder of Grand River Enterprises,

Jamieson family may field a candidate for Six Nations’ Chief, but banking connections raise worries

OHSWEKEN, ON — Ron Jamieson is an enrolled member of the Six Nations of the Grand River Reserve and is currently a partner with the financial services intermediary First Canadian Property Investments Ltd., which he co-owns with two non-Aboriginal partners: Derek

Mark Hill responds to The Chronicle’s early reports of Chief candidacy

Dear Buffalo Chronicle News, For starters I’d like to wish you and your team a Merry Christmas and Happy Nu;ya! May your year be filled with much prosperity, transparency and accountability. I find it very unfair and disturbing that you

Gerald Butts fears that indigenous activists are extorting Trudeau with evidence of illegal sex, sources say

Sources close to Gerald Butts tell The Chronicle that the Prime Minister’s principal secretary fears that indigenous activists are in possession of evidence of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau engaging in illegal sexual intercourse and that he believes they may be

Indigenous leaders beg the Governor-General to reject Trudeau’s request for a snap election

Indigenous leaders from across Canada are aghast that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau would call for a snap election going into the fall ‘COVID season’ in the midst of a generational global pandemic. They are so worried that the election will

Seneca elections could shift Nation’s attention to import-export trade

The Seneca Party won a clean sweep of November general elections this week. As expected, current Treasurer Matt Pagels will take office as President, while current President Ricky Armstrong will serve as Treasurer. Pagels narrowly won the party nomination for

Trudeau operatives have been hounding Mark Zuckerberg to censor a US-based newspaper

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and senior figures in his government — including Minister of Democratic Institutions Karina Gould — and several of his principal political operatives have been hounding Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg with appeals to censor a newspaper this week.

Poloncarz may allow Senecas to repurpose old Bills Stadium for lacrosse rather than fund demolition

(January 7, 2022) — Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz is considering adaptive reuse possibilities for the current Bills Stadium once a new stadium is constructed, whether in Orchard Park or near downtown Buffalo. Officials in the Poloncarz administration, including Deputy

Pegula may sell Bandits, Knighthawks lacrosse teams to Seneca Nation of Indians in cash crunch

Pegula Sports & Entertainment may be in such a serendipitous cash crunch that billionaire Terry Pegula may be willing to sell his two National Lacrosse League franchises — the Buffalo Bandits and the Rochester Knighthawks — to the Seneca Nation

Federal spending on foreign abortions increased to $700m, infuriating Canada’s indigenous people

When Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced earlier this summer that his government would spend more than $700 million a year to fund abortions overseas, Canada’s indigenous people were stunned. Now, that shock is beginning to turn into anger and outrage.