Rekindling the Council Fire of the 1701
Planning and Discussion Meeting to be held at the Gathering Place, 2593 Chiefswood Rd. Six Nations 10am-4pm, Sunday. Dec 11, 2022. In 1701 over 39 Indigenous nations sent 1,300 delegates to Montreal to make...
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Laith Marouf and the Right to Offend Colonizers and Collaborators: A Panel Discussion
TYENDINAGA MOHAWK TERRITORY – On Friday, September 16th, Real People’s Media held a panel discussion with award-winning journalist, broadcasting policy expert, and Palestinian activist Laith Marouf. The panel consisted of Jooneed Khan, a legendary...
Regent Theatre holds 2nd Annual Truth & Reconciliation Concert Featuring iskwe on Friday Sept 30th
In honour of Truth and Reconciliation Day, the Regent Theatre (located at 224 Main St. in Picton, Ontario) is featuring iskwē as the headlining artist at their second annual Truth and Reconciliation concert. iskwē...
RCMP raids only sovereign Indigenous cannabis dispensary in Alberta, steals property and damages facility
Burnin Grass Dispensary, one of the only sovereign Indigenous cannabis shops operating openly in Alberta was raided by the RCMP on Thursday, Sept 1st, 2022. In violation of constitutionally protected treaty and Aboriginal rights, the RCMP came onto the reserve with automatic assault rifles at the ready as they sawed through the wall of the building. According to eye-witnesses, the RCMP kicked down doors even though they were provided with the keys by employees on site.
Indigenous women are still being murdered in Vancouver
At least five women have turned up dead in recent months in Vancouver – four of whom were Indigenous. At least two other Indigenous women have recently gone missing. As of yet, no arrests have been made, and the police seem more interested in doing public relations than in finding the killers.
A Sovereign Path Forward
Band councils, lands reserved for Indians, and to end the Indian act By Chief Del Riley & Tom Keefer with Karen Commandant The PDF version of this document is available for download here. Comments...
Uncle Gene visits the 1701 Iroquois Trading Post
On June 3, 2022, Gene Hill visited the 1701 Iroquois Trading Post on Kingston Rd, in Scarborough Ontario. The 1701 Iroquois Trading Post is a sovereign Indigenous store retailing cannabis, tobacco, fish and other Indigenous products.
2022 Indigenous Tattoo Gathering takes place in Tyendinaga this weekend
Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory’s 2nd Annual Indigenous Tattoo Gathering is taking place at the Legacy 420 event grounds at 756 York Rd starting Friday May 20th and going until Monday May 23. The event is...
Webinar: How to resist economic genocide?
Join an interactive webinar with speakers including: Ken Hughes Sr. Spokesperson for Mississaugas of the Credit Medicine Wheel, Tyendinaga Mohawk War Chief Kanenhariyo, and Hereditary Crane Clan Chief Delbert Riley on Monday, April 4th at 7pm.
Supporters rally and stop police eviction of Anishinaabe Kwe for refusing to pay property taxes
Robyn “Kiki” Eshkibok was awoken this morning by the arrival of a sheriff and half a dozen Sault Ste. Marie police officers who tried to evict her from her home at 416 Old Garden River Rd. Eshikbok, who is from Wiikemkoong and Ketegaunseebee First Nations has been living in her home since October 2011, but ceased paying property taxes to the city after becoming aware of her Aboriginal and Treaty rights.
