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 Press, Jordan, Turtle Island News, 20 Jul 2016     "Half of the country's aboriginal families living on reserve could miss out on the federal government's new child benefit aimed at raising hundreds of thousands of Canadians out of poverty."

 Duric, Donna, Turtle Island News, 23 Mar 2016     Hydro One threatens "clear cutting" of sections of Red Hill Valley; HCCC concerned By Donna Duric, Writer The Haudenosaunee Confederacy Chiefs Council (HCCC) is "extremely concerned" over Hydro One threats to virtually clear cut sections of the prized Red ...

 Duric, Donna, Turtle Island News, 24 Feb 2016     Ministry frustration pushing indigenous reclamation of archaeology By Donna Duric, Writer An Ontario archaeologist says indigenous reclamation of artifacts, digs and heritage sites in the province is on the move as frustration with the Ministry of Tourism, ...

 Mitchell, Bob, Turtle Island News, 16 Mar 2016     Ellen Gabriel: Canadian laws still oppress indigenous people By Bob Mitchell, Special to Turtle Island News BRANTFORD - Canada's laws continue to be based on racist doctrines that oppress its Indigenous People, says Ellen Gabriel, an artist from ...

 Duric, Donna, Turtle Island News, Spring 2016     HCCC snubbed: Six Nations Ec-Dev offered solar energy partnership By Donna Duric, Writer The Haudenosaunee Confederacy Chiefs Council has once again been ignored after the Ontario Power Generation partnered with SunEdison and the Six Nations Economic ...

 Leslie, Keith, Turtle Island News, 24 Feb 2016     "Ontario will spend $100 million over the next three years on a long-term strategy to end violence against indigenous women, most of it on support for families."

 Turtle Island News, 9 Mar 2016     Iroquois Caucus objects to historic Algonquin land claim deal The Haudenosaunee Confederacy Chiefs Council (HCCC) will be notifying the Governor General and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's office they are the treaty holding body for the Haudenosaunee, otherwise ...

 Duric, Donna, Turtle Island News, 6 Apr 2016     Polytech gets $70,000 Trillium grant for indigenous languages By Donna Duric, Writer Six Nations Polytechnic is once again leading the charge in the revitalization of Six Nations languages. The educational institute received a $70,000 grant from ...

 Duric, Donna, Turtle Island News, 6 Apr 2016     Men's Fire loses court case, injunction stays on McClung site By Donna Duric and Lynda Powless, Writers CAYUGA - A failure to provide evidence necessary to quash an injunction against Six Nations people at a proposed McClung Road subdivision may actually ...

 Perkel, Colin, Turtle Island News, 6 Apr 2016     "Survivors of Canada's notorious residential school system have the right to see their stories archived if they wish but their accounts must otherwise be destroyed in 15 years. Ontario's top court ruled in a split decision Monday."

 Puxley, Chinta, Turtle Island News, 6 Apr 2016     "A First nations chief says the deaths of nine people in a house fire on a remote northern Ontario reserve should spur federal government to improve what he says are third-world conditions on dozens of reserves across the country."

 Duric, Donna, Turtle Island News, 13 Apr 2016, pp.2-3     New Six Nations Fire Hall long time coming By Donna Duric, Writer It was a day filled with excitement, gratitude and optimism as the Six Nations Fire Department officially opened their brand-new fire hall. "To say today is a great day would be a ...

 Duric, Donna, Turtle Island News, 13 Apr 2016     Six Nations Men's Fire shuts down water hook-up to development By Donna Duric, Writer The Six Nations Men's Fire shut down construction Wednesday morning on a water hook-up site to the controversial McClung Road housing development in Caledonia. ...

 Duric, Donna, Turtle Island News, 13 Apr 2016     Child welfare conference aims to define customary care By Donna Duric, Writer A failure of courts, court workers lack of understanding and child protection workers misunderstanding of intergenerational trauma are all behind Six Nations' move to take over ...

 Turtle Island News, 13 Apr 2016     "The House of Commons held an emergency debate on the suicide crisis playing out in Attawapiskat First Nation as well as other communities Tuesday night."

 Hanagan, Dennis, Turtle Island News, 20 Apr 2016     "Three Ontario cabinet ministers announced here April 18 that the province is putting more than $250,000 toward research projects to evaluate how police involvement might be affecting the way indigenous women report - or don't report - incidents of sexual violence or harassment against them."

 Duric, Donna, Turtle Island News, 30 Mar 2016     Six Nations Band Council rejects methadone clinic in Village Plaza By Donna Duric, Writer OHSWEKEN, ONT - Two months after a local woman announced she wanted to open a medical centre at the Ohsweken plaza, complete with a methadone clinic, Six Nations ...

 Turtle Island News, 30 Mar 2016     "First Nations children suffering from skin rashes in a northern Ontario community are being treated by a team of doctors, but their struggle speaks to much deeper systematic problems, says the local MP."

 Windle, Jim, Turtle Island News, 3 Feb 2016     Truth and Reconciliation Commission Report recognizes sports as a healer By Jim Windle OTTAWA - The following excerpts are directly from the recently released Truth and Reconciliation Committee report (TRC) and hint that sports were a life­saver for some ...

 Duric, Donna, Turtle Island News, 27 Apr 2016     10th Annual Turtle Island News Earth Day Festival draws thousands By Donna Duric, Writer The Turtle Island News' 10th Annual Earth Day Festival last Wednesday was a time of rebirth. Thousands of trees were handed out to community members eager to ...