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 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."

 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."

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

 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 ...

 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 ...

 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 ...

 Duric, Donna, Turtle Island News, Fall 2015     "Six Nations Polytechnic has received yet another injection of funding this time from the Province of Ontario as part of its Local Poverty Reduction Strategy."

 Duric, Donna, Turtle Island News, Fall 2015     "A Six Nations woman is facing charges after a house was moved off its foundation last week when a car crashed into it."

 Powless, Lynda, Turtle Island News, 29 Apr 2015     Six Nations longest serving volunteer hits 35 years of service By Lynda Powless, Editor He was there when the Hagersville Tire Fire exploded on Six Nations boundaries. "I remember those hoses up on the ends of the escalators swinging back and forth ...

 Duric, Donna, Turtle Island News, 29 Apr 2015     Mexican activists speak out about abducted students By Donna Duric, Writer On September 26, a convoy of buses carrying students from Ayotzinapa, a teacher training institute in Mexico's southern state of Guerrero, was shot at by local police agents. The ...

 Duric, Donna, Turtle Island News, 23 Sep 2015     CAS calls drop by one third after move By Donna Duric, Writer Calls for child protection on Six Nations have dropped by one third since the former Children's Aid Society of Brant-Native Services Branch was booted off the territory last year. Andy ...

 Duric, Donna, Turtle Island News, 2 Sep 2015, pp.3-4     Confederacy system needs fixing, woman says she is on "witchhunt" By Donna Duric, Writer One woman claimed she was on a "witchhunt." Another wanted to know where the $800 million in equity the Haudenosaunee Development Institute (HDI) raised to buy ...

 Duric, Donna, Turtle Island News, 22 Jul 2015, pp.4, 7     Six Nations could be partner in largest wind project in Ontario By Donna Duric, Writer Six Nations could become a partner in the largest wind project in Ontario if it agrees to the $1 billion Niagara Regional Wind project. At a sparsely attended ...

 Duric, Donna, Turtle Island News, 22 Jul 2015, pp.8-9     Band Council blasts Aboriginal Affairs over MRP law By Donna Duric, Writer Since the federal Matrimonial Real Property Act on reserves came into force last December, land transfers on Six Nations have been in limbo due to new requirements from Aboriginal ...

 Duric, Donna, Turtle Island News, 1 Jul 2015, pp.2, 4     Province commits $97 million to aboriginal post-secondary By Donna Duric, Writer The Ontario government announced last week it is committing $97 million in funding for aboriginal post-secondary education over the next three years. Ontario Minister ...

 Duric, Donna, Turtle Island News, 24 Jun 2015     Men's Fire objects to band council control of Burtch lands By Donna Duric, Writer The Six Nations Men's Fire says it will fight any attempt by Six Nations Band Council to place the controversial Burtch lands into a federal corporation before transferring ...

 Duric, Donna, Turtle Island News, 21 Jan 2015     Kearns disintegrator emitting toxic chemicals, report says By Donna Duric, Writer A controversial landfill site "disintegrator" was emitting dioxins and furans, well-known cancer-causing carcinogens, into the air at Six Nations at levels twice the ...