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 Duric, Donna, Turtle Island News, 28 Jan 2015     Six Nations youth to compete in Miss Teen Canada By Donna Duric, Writer Former Miss Teen Six Nations Aleria McKay is thrilled to be representing the community when she competes in the prestigious Miss Teen Canada competition this summer. The poised ...

 Powless, Lynda, Turtle Island News, Spring 2015     "Six Nations Band Council says it is not in talks with Ontario about tobacco despite claims by a local lawyer that discussions have taken place over the community's tobacco industry."

 Powless, Lynda, Turtle Island News, Spring 2015     "The Ministry of Transporation is seeking to expropriate lands that once belonged to the Grand River Navigation Company to provide a detour during replacement of the Argyle Street Bridge over the Grand River."

 Durie, Donna, Turtle Island News, Spring 2015     "At least two complaints have come to band council about the effects of on-going renovations at Bicentennial Daycare on some of the children."

 Duric, Donna, Turtle Island News, Fall 2015     "Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne's governments may be dictating to developers within the Haldimand Tract lands whom at Six Nations they are to consult and engage with in developing lands Six Nations has an interest in."

 Durie, Donna, Turtle Island News, Spring 2015     "Any person who can trace his or her lineage back to Six Nations of the Grand River will be protected under the Haudenosaunee Confederacy Chiefs Council's (HCCC) new tobacco law."

 Durie, Donna, Turtle Island News, Spring 2015     "Charges of criminal negligence causing death against former NHLer Stan Jonathon have been dropped."

 Durie, Donna, Turtle Island News, Spring 2015     "The Mohawk Chief that negotiated the return of the Burtch lands to Six Nations, says he is "deeply concerned" with Ontario's reneging on its agreement on how the Burtch lands would be returned and its encroachment into the community's internal affairs."

 Turtle Island News, 11 Feb 2015     Haudenosaunee Chiefs develop draft tobacco law The Haudenosaunee Confederacy Chiefs Council (HCCC) has approved a draft working tobacco law to go to the community for input. The Royanni, accepted the proposed tobacco strategy as a draft at its meeting ...

 Duric, Donna, Turtle Island News, 7 Oct 2015     Six Nations and Brant County launch OBP rooftop solar project By Donna Duric, Writer The newly-formed Six Nations Economic Development Corporation celebrated the first-ever solar energy project on the reserve with a grand opening ceremony last Friday at ...

 Turtle Island News, 11 Feb 2015     "The new national chief of the Assembly of First Nations says Prime Minister Stephen Harper personally told him that the Conservative government will not move ahead with its controversial overhaul of aboriginal education."

 Hanagan, Dennis, Turtle Island News, 17 Jun 2015     "Chippewas of the Thames were in federal court here June 16 to appeal a ruling by the National Energy Board that would allow Enbridge to transport tar sands diluted bitumen through its Line 9 pipeline, that runs through southern Ontario, to the east coast for shipping."

 Powless, Lynda, Turtle Island News, 13 May 2015, pp.3-4     Caledonia man launching OPP racial profiling complaint By Lynda Powless, Editor A Caledonia man is accusing the Haldimand County OPP of "racial profiling" after an armed OPP Emergency Response Team (ERT) team descended on his Thistlemore Street home last ...

 Duric, Donna, Turtle Island News, 13 May 2015     Hazardous waste will no longer be stockpiled at landfill By Donna Duric, Writer The investigation into what caused the hazardous materials fire at the Six Nations landfill two weeks ago is still on-going and Six Nations Band Council has declared that ...

 Duric, Donna, Turtle Island News, 11 Mar 2015     CAS seizures modern version of residential schools By Donna Duric, Writer Renowned social worker Dr. Cindy Blackstock says the disproportionate seizure of First Nations children is a modern-day version of residential schools. Blackstock made the ...

 Miller, Adam, Turtle Island News, 20 May 2015     Court forces Ontario to live up to First Nations/OLG agreement: First Nations to get seat on board By Adam Miller, THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO - A First Nations group has won a seven-year legal battle to have a seat on the board of directors of the Ontario ...

 Duric, Donna, Turtle Island News, 11 Mar 2015     Ontario First Nations schools last in Fraser rankings By Donna Duric and Lynda Powless, Writers Ten of the 11 schools finishing last in this year's Fraser Institutes ranking of over 3,000 Ontario schools are First Nations schools from remote northern ...

 Powless, Lynda, Turtle Island News, 4 Mar 2015     "First Nation leaders and Canada's senior politicians may have met Friday to tackle the problem of missing and murdered indigenous women, but they came out of the meeting with little more than a promise to meet again next year...and two federal ministers distanced themselves from the group by holding their …

 Duric, Donna, Turtle Island News, 20 May 2015     Six Nations Bread and Cheese event celebrates Nationhood By Donna Duric, Writer In what has become a sort of tourist phenomenon, the 118th annual Bread and Cheese Day event held at the Gaylord Powless arena on Monday brought out droves of visitors from near ...

 Duric, Donna, Turtle Island News, 20 May 2015     Tobacco law heads to Confederacy in June By Donna Duric, Writer The second draft of the proposed Haudenosaunee tobacco law is heading to the Confederacy Chiefs Council for approval next month. The new tobacco law, which aims to regulate the industry ...